# Calendar DatePicker: Keeps scrolling up and down

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 13, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232 "2018-11-13T15:11:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/u/vsharma)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/1 "2018-11-13T15:11:17Z")

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Hello Friends,

I am new B to appium so need guidance of this case,using Java Programming language  
Java Client - 6.1,Appium Server - 1.8  
Trying to scroll on a calendar to select a particular year  
After reading forums tried below but not working

WebElement element = driver.findElement(MobileBy.AndroidUIAutomator(  
“new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().resourceId(“android:id/date\_picker\_year\_picker”)).getChildByText(”

- “new UiSelector().className(“android.widget.TextView”), “1981”)”));

The scrolling happens it scrolls up then down then up and gives error but expected is not selected.

 ![Image1](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/6/658f7a6115e14696a093f5ba109e24f47be865f2.JPG) ![Image2](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5458bd13a98f021618be39afae7d422fdc8a590d.JPG)

e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Returning result: {“status”:9,“value”:“Could not parse UiSelector argument: problem using reflection to call this method”}  
org.openqa.selenium.UnsupportedCommandException: The requested resource could not be found, or a request was received using an HTTP method that is not supported by the mapped resource.  
(WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)  
Command duration or timeout: 0 milliseconds  
Build info: version: ‘3.14.0’, revision: ‘aacccce0’, time: ‘2018-08-02T20:13:22.693Z’

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**Author:** ![Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/aleksei/32/6267_2.png) [@Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Aleksei)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/2 "2018-11-13T18:38:30Z")

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the problem is that 1981 is not visible while automation tries to find it. as result you have such result.

try compare your value and scroll yourself e.g.:

```auto
// just flingForward
driver.findElement(MobileBy.AndroidUIAutomator(
   "new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().resourceIdMatches(\".*id/date_picker_year_picker\")).flingForward()"));
// or flingBackward
driver.findElement(MobileBy.AndroidUIAutomator(
   "new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().resourceIdMatches(\".*id/date_picker_year_picker\")).flingBackward()"));

```

now check again current value and decide scroll again or we can now tap needed element.

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**Author:** ![vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/u/vsharma)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/3 "2018-11-14T07:12:40Z")

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Thank You Aleksei for inputs.However it gives the below in logs, the fling happens on device though

e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Finding new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().resourceIdMatches(".\*id/date\_picker\_year\_picker")).flingBackward() using ANDROID\_UIAUTOMATOR with the contextId: multiple: false  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Parsing scrollable: new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().resourceIdMatches(".\*id/date\_picker\_year\_picker")).flingBackward()  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] UiSelector coerce type: class java.lang.String arg: “.\*id/date\_picker\_year\_picker”  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] UiScrollable invoking method: public boolean com.android.uiautomator.core.UiScrollable.flingBackward() throws com.android.uiautomator.core.UiObjectNotFoundException args:  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Returning result: {“status”:9,“value”:“Could not parse UiSelector argument: methods must return UiScrollable or UiObject instances”}  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Condition unmet after 328ms. Timing out.  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Responding to client with error: {“status”:9,“value”:{“message”:“The requested resource could not be found, or a request was received using an HTTP method that is not supported by the mapped resource.”,“origValue”:“Could not parse UiSelector argument: methods must return UiScrollable or UiObject instances”},“sessionId”:“e21ada17-250f-472b-86ef-5fd76cb5a15c”}  
e[36minfoe[39m: e[37m\<-- POST /wd/hub/session/e21ada17-250f-472b-86ef-5fd76cb5a15c/element e[39me[31m500e[39me[90m 327.690 ms - 327e[39m e[90me[39m  
org.openqa.selenium.UnsupportedCommandException: The requested resource could not be found, or a request was received using an HTTP method that is not supported by the mapped resource. (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)  
Command duration or timeout: 0 milliseconds  
Build info: version: ‘3.14.0’, revision: ‘aacccce0’, time: ‘2018-08-02T20:13:22.693Z’  
System info: host: ‘VAIBHAVS-LAPTOP’, ip: ‘XYZ’, os.name: ‘Windows 7’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘6.1’, java.version: ‘1.8.0\_161’  
Driver info: io.appium.java\_client.android.AndroidDriver  
Capabilities {Port: 4723, appActivity: iratrips.droid.SplashActivity, appPackage: com.iratrips.consumer, browserName: Android, databaseEnabled: false, desired: {Port: 4723, appActivity: iratrips.droid.SplashActivity, appPackage: com.iratrips.consumer, deviceName: Motorolla, platformName: Android, version: 6.0.1}, deviceName: ZY2235F2FB, javascriptEnabled: true, locationContextEnabled: false, networkConnectionEnabled: true, platform: LINUX, platformName: Android, platformVersion: 6.0.1, takesScreenshot: true, version: 6.0.1, warnings: {}, webStorageEnabled: false}  
Session ID: e21ada17-250f-472b-86ef-5fd76cb5a15c  
\*\*\* Element info: {Using=-android uiautomator, value=new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().resourceIdMatches(".\*id/date\_picker\_year\_picker")).flingBackward()}  
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)

I have few more queries but once this resolves I shall raise.

Thanks  
Vaibhav

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**Author:** ![Zuzeac](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5a626/32.png) [@Zuzeac](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Zuzeac)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/4 "2018-11-14T16:47:17Z")

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My solution for calendar selection: Open the date picker, tap on year, then I get the index of elements from the list, I check if the expected text is present, if not I swipe from the last item in the list till the first one. and so on till the element is found and tapped.  
Define elements per your case

```
  public void selectDate() {
	register.birthDate.click();
	general.datePickerYear.click();
	u.swipeInListTillExpectedTextAndTap(general.yearList, "1991", 20);
	general.datePickerNextButton.click();
	general.datePickerDay.click();
	general.datePickerOK.click();
}

public void swipeInListTillExpectedTextAndTap(List<MobileElement> list, String expectedText, int time) {
	int i = 1;
	while (!driver.getPageSource().contains(expectedText)) {
		swipeInListFromLastToFirst(list);
		i++;
		if (i == time)
			break;
	}
	tap(driver.findElementByAndroidUIAutomator("new UiSelector().textContains(\"" + expectedText + "\")"));
}

public void swipeInListFromLastToFirst(List<MobileElement> listID) {
	int items = listID.size();
	org.openqa.selenium.Point centerOfFirstElement = listID.get(0).getCenter();
	org.openqa.selenium.Point centerOfLastElement = listID.get(items - 1).getCenter();
	new TouchAction<>(driver).longPress(point(centerOfLastElement.x, centerOfLastElement.y))
			.moveTo(point(centerOfFirstElement.x, centerOfFirstElement.y)).release().perform();
}

```

Let me know if helps.

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**Author:** ![Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/aleksei/32/6267_2.png) [@Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Aleksei)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/5 "2018-11-14T16:56:12Z")

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@Zuzeac. My mistake. Replace ‘date\_picker\_year\_picker’ with locatorID of listView. Upper element on your screenshot.

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**Author:** ![Zuzeac](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5a626/32.png) [@Zuzeac](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Zuzeac)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/6 "2018-11-14T18:22:11Z")

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> [@vsharma](#):
>
> Could not parse UiSelector argument: methods must return UiScrollable or UiObject instances

Hi @Aleksei,  
Didn’t know that we can user flingForward and backward. Good to know, thanks. Where can i find documentation for all UiSelector’s method? would like to research.  
Nevertheless, I’m getting same error as @vsharma: Could not parse UiSelector argument: methods must return UiScrollable or UiObject instances.  
The driver will scroll a bit then throw error.  
I tried with different resource id’s, I don’t get it why.

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**Author:** ![Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/aleksei/32/6267_2.png) [@Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Aleksei)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 7:57pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/7 "2018-11-14T19:57:27Z")

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@Zuzeac docs - [https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/test/uiautomator/UiScrollable](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/support/test/uiautomator/UiScrollable)

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**Author:** ![vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/u/vsharma)\
**Post date:** [November 15, 2018, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/8 "2018-11-15T02:13:37Z")

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Thank You @Zuzeac, @Aleksei for inputs will try and revert the findings.

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**Author:** ![vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/u/vsharma)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:14pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/9 "2018-11-17T15:14:05Z")

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e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Got data from client: {“cmd”:“action”,“action”:“element:touchMove”,“params”:{“x”:720,“y”:1322}}  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Got command of type ACTION  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Got command action: touchMove  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Display bounds: [0,0][720,1184]  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] Responding to client with error: {“status”:29,“value”:{“message”:“The coordinates provided to an interactions operation are invalid.”,“origValue”:“Coordinate [x=720.0, y=1322.0] is outside of element rect: [0,0][720,1184]”},“sessionId”:“bc720888-172e-4bef-9cbd-93ec502a666d”}  
e[36minfoe[39m: e[37m\<-- POST /wd/hub/session/bc720888-172e-4bef-9cbd-93ec502a666d/touch/perform e[39me[31m500e[39me[90m 1090.710 ms - 242e[39m e[90me[39m  
e[36minfoe[39m: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Returning result: {“status”:29,“value”:“Coordinate [x=720.0, y=1322.0] is outside of element rect: [0,0][720,1184]”}  
org.openqa.selenium.interactions.InvalidCoordinatesException: The coordinates provided to an interactions operation are invalid. (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)  
Command duration or timeout: 0 milliseconds  
Build info: version: ‘3.14.0’, revision: ‘aacccce0’, time: ‘2018-08-02T20:13:22.693Z’  
System info: host: ‘VAIBHAVS-LAPTOP’, ip: ‘192.168.56.1’, os.name: ‘Windows 7’, os.arch: ‘amd64’, os.version: ‘6.1’, java.version: ‘1.8.0\_161’  
Driver info: io.appium.java\_client.android.AndroidDriver  
Capabilities {Port: 4723, appActivity: iratrips.droid.SplashActivity, appPackage: com.iratrips.consumer, browserName: Android, databaseEnabled: false, desired: {Port: 4723, appActivity: iratrips.droid.SplashActivity, appPackage: com.iratrips.consumer, deviceName: Motorolla, platformName: Android, version: 6.0.1}, deviceName: ZY2235F2FB, javascriptEnabled: true, locationContextEnabled: false, networkConnectionEnabled: true, platform: LINUX, platformName: Android, platformVersion: 6.0.1, takesScreenshot: true, version: 6.0.1, warnings: {}, webStorageEnabled: false}  
Session ID: bc720888-172e-4bef-9cbd-93ec502a666d

Hi @Zuzeac I am lost… please advise for the below  
1)The logs shows out of bound for display, I noticed that when I printed the list size it is 1 is that causing this? The text for the list falls under different class…  
List e1=driver.findElements(By.xpath("//\*[@class=‘android.widget.ListView’]"));  
Below is printed in log  
System.out.println(centerOfFirstElement); \> (360, 661)  
System.out.println(centerOfLastElement); \> (360, 661)  
When Year is lauched in clicks on centre

Hi @Aleksei you mentioned in comment above replace ‘with locatorID of listView’ I had used the locator id of the list…is anything else you were refering too?

![1](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fbd8cc4d34c687470bbf63215ad2101d444fdfda.JPG) ![2](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/5/543cb933f9ac2a41f4fc37fee3be96619a21e853.JPG)

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**Author:** ![Zuzeac](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/b5a626/32.png) [@Zuzeac](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Zuzeac)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/10 "2018-11-17T15:53:42Z")

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> [@vsharma](#):
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> List e1=driver.findElements(By.xpath(“//\*[@class=‘android.widget.ListView’]”));

@vsharma The list is  
android:id/text1  
` List e1=driver.findElements(By.id("android:id/text1"));`

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**Author:** ![vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@vsharma](https://discuss.appium.io/u/vsharma)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/11 "2018-11-18T04:04:40Z")

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My Bad…  
You caught it right @Zuzeac…Thanks “Guru” was trying this for last 1 week as practice.

Thanks @Aleksei for ur support as usual.

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**Author:** ![sandeepmaaram](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/sandeepmaaram/32/5966_2.png) [@sandeepmaaram](https://discuss.appium.io/u/sandeepmaaram)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2019, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/12 "2019-06-25T17:20:31Z")

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@vsharma did you find the solution for this? I am also facing same issue keeps scrolling up and down

 ![datepicker](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/3/3830c7a69a76a8ec09069817fb4d4db3c459ecf5.png)

ListView inside scrollView, is this the problem?

Thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![sandeepmaaram](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/sandeepmaaram/32/5966_2.png) [@sandeepmaaram](https://discuss.appium.io/u/sandeepmaaram)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/13 "2019-07-01T13:43:45Z")

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@Zuzeac here what is tap(). Is it working for you?

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**Author:** ![bhavyamy](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@bhavyamy](https://discuss.appium.io/u/bhavyamy)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2019, 10:16am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/14 "2019-07-28T10:16:44Z")

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Hi vsharma Iam facing same issuse in android and same datepicker in android …how to scroll specific year plzzzzzzzzzz,

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**Author:** ![bhavyamy](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ce73a5/32.png) [@bhavyamy](https://discuss.appium.io/u/bhavyamy)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/15 "2019-08-01T00:40:32Z")

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Hi I am facing same datepicker issue in android …how to scroll for previous year …I am working on WebdriverIO project …these function not working

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**Author:** ![venkateshk88](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/venkateshk88/32/6678_2.png) [@venkateshk88](https://discuss.appium.io/u/venkateshk88)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/16 "2019-11-11T13:06:47Z")

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@vsharma Could you please post the detailed example line of code for this solution. Please help me out. Thanks. Awaiting your reply.

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**Author:** ![Husain\_Ahmad](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/husain_ahmad/32/8643_2.png) [@Husain\_Ahmad](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Husain_Ahmad)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 2:14pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/17 "2021-03-04T14:14:03Z")

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Finally after 3 days i got solution. :):)🙂 Thank You Aleksei

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**Author:** ![madhukarapai](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@madhukarapai](https://discuss.appium.io/u/madhukarapai)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 4:30am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/18 "2021-11-05T04:30:47Z")

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Hi Aleksei,

Can I get some sample code to scroll till 1981, I treid with scrollforward() & flingBackward() method. when I run with flingBackWard() method, its while scrolling its crossing the expected year & it will throw element not found error.

Thanks  
Madhukar

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**Author:** ![Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/aleksei/32/6267_2.png) [@Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Aleksei)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2021, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/19 "2021-11-05T06:54:13Z")

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it is mentioned above in thread with ‘UiScrollable’

also other ways you can read -\> [http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/tutorial/swipe-tutorial/](http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/tutorial/swipe-tutorial/)

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**Author:** ![madhukarapai](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@madhukarapai](https://discuss.appium.io/u/madhukarapai)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2021, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/calendar-datepicker-keeps-scrolling-up-and-down/24232/20 "2021-11-06T12:13:03Z")

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Hi Aleksei,

I’m new to appium & learned this appium recently. I’m practicing the API Demo’s App.While practicing in the API Demo’s App, for the following Scenario i’m facing issue.  
My Flow:  
APIDemo App-\>Views-\>Date Widgets-\>1.Dialog-\>Change The Date-\>Here i’m changing the year to 1999.  
Below is the my Code.

```
        driver.findElementByXPath("//*[@text='Views']").click();
        driver.findElementByXPath("//*[@text='Date Widgets']").click();
        driver.findElementByXPath("//*[@text='1. Dialog']").click();
        driver.findElementByXPath("//*[@text='CHANGE THE DATE']").click();
        driver.findElementById("android:id/date_picker_header_year").click();
        
        
        String text="1999";
        String uiSelector = "new UiSelector().textMatches(\"" + text + "\")";
    // WebElement year1=driver.findElementByXPath("//android.widget.TextView[@text='1999']");

        String command = "new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().scrollable(true).instance(0)).scrollIntoView(" + uiSelector + ").flingBackward();";
        // String command = "new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().scrollable(true).instance(0)).scrollIntoView(" + uiSelector + ").scrollBackward();";
        driver.findElement(MobileBy.AndroidUIAutomator(command));

```

When I executed above code, I am not able to scroll till1999.It will scroll up twice & scroll down twice & execution will stop.

It would be helpful if you can guide me, if there is any issue in my code.

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