# Android - Can't scroll to a MobileElement in a dropdown when the dropdown appears above its AutoCompleteTextView

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/android-cant-scroll-to-a-mobileelement-in-a-dropdown-when-the-dropdown-appears-above-its-autocompletetextview/36154>\
**Category:** Issues/Bugs\
**Created:** [April 18, 2022, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/android-cant-scroll-to-a-mobileelement-in-a-dropdown-when-the-dropdown-appears-above-its-autocompletetextview/36154 "2022-04-18T12:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dor\_Blayzer](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/dor_blayzer/32/10676_2.png) [@Dor\_Blayzer](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Dor_Blayzer)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 1:29pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/android-cant-scroll-to-a-mobileelement-in-a-dropdown-when-the-dropdown-appears-above-its-autocompletetextview/36154/2 "2024-03-27T13:29:48Z")

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Related to those issues:

> [@How to click on AutoCompleteTextView](https://discuss.appium.io/t/how-to-click-on-autocompletetextview/1488):
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> Hello, I have an Android app with a field that allows the user to text but verifies the input by providing valid suggestions in an AutoCompleteTextView. The user must select the valid auto complete option and the text is then verified. If the user does not select the auto complete option, the text is not verified even if it is typed exactly (and the user cannot continue with verifying the form). So I need a way to click the AutoCompleteTextView but it doesn’t look like Appium supports this yet.I…

> [@How to select values from autocomplete dropdown in android using javascript+mocha](https://discuss.appium.io/t/how-to-select-values-from-autocomplete-dropdown-in-android-using-javascript-mocha/15190/10):
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> @Aleksei: yes, do we have an option to find the element co-ordinates?? Cheers

> [@Cant access drowpdown/spinner item](https://discuss.appium.io/t/cant-access-drowpdown-spinner-item/33334/3):
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> [layout\_inspector] Apparently the items are wraped in a PopUpWindow and not as a child of the spinner (they are using [https://material.io/components/text-fields/android#using-text-fields](https://material.io/components/text-fields/android#using-text-fields))

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