Automated updating from Playstore

[digitalstone]

I have been searching on this particular issue, found some clues but nothing particular.
Inside the Google Play Store app, inside the 3-stripes menu, you have the "My apps & games" button.
Once you click that, you have the option to "UPDATE ALL".
Now i would like to automate this with the Control UI (finally diving into it).

My issues are very noob-ish. Can't seem to do:

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click(75, 150); // Supposed to click the 3-stripe-menu

Not a single indication is showing of anything happening on opening the screen of the app.

[Desmanto]

That 3 stripes menu (hamburger menu) is the navigation button. Should use clickById() for more reliability. click(x,y) is the last resort.
The next "My apps & games" can't be help, since it is a list, should use click(pattern).
Finally, if there are updates, the "Update all" button will be there, use its Id.

Summed up, this is the core script.

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sleep(1000)
clickById("com.android.vending:id/navigation_button");
sleep(500);
click("My apps & games");
sleep(1000);
clickById("com.android.vending:id/header_action_button");

I add sleep(1000) to ensure the script get enough time for the first launch, since playstore open quite slow in some devices.

You can add more check, using the existsById() to make sure the button is there (means there are updates). Or you can add additional notification trigger to check what apps got updated and log them sequentially to a list and report it after finish.

[digitalstone]

Oh wait a minute, so controlling UI script is basically just "normal" script with the extra functions that apply only to UI-stuff?
I already did know that performing the click(x,y) method was kind of twonky, but i didn't know any form of reference like you showed me in your answer.
And so those references actually are the actual "path" (if i can call them that, kind of a Windows-term perhaps).

Interesting, i think i get it now
Thanks as always