Difference between click() and tap()

[willosser]

You can use x-y coordinates if you know them to tap that region of the screen

[Jaswitha]

Hello ,

Thanks for the reply .I know the coordinates but either of the tap function or long press function is not able to perform the touch on the canvas.

Thanks
Jaswitha

[reachBharathan]

is this app a hybrid app or native app? if your app is a hybrid then you not be able to inspect element using UI automator you can try use chrome remote debugger.

[Jaswitha]

Thanks .It is a native app.I will try chrome remote bugger .The main problem is with touching the object even though i have exact coordinates. I can actually see that it is performing touch by enabling show touches settings option in my tablet .Besides i am not able to see the window that has to be opened after touch is performed.

[Jaswitha]

on the green card i need to tap.But it is not performing touch on this card.Can anyone help me with this.

[adurrani87]

One quick question about the coordinates. Is it correct that when you dump the View Hierarchy from the DDMS and then click on the specific element you get the coordinates?

[ravikr42]

Hi Osamaa

you can get element co-ordinates from the WebElement itself.
Try the below code :
WebElement ele = driver.findElement(By.className(“abc”));
Point loc = ele.getLocation();
int x = loc.getX();
int y = loc.getY();
driver.tap(x, ele, y);

Hope this will help

[Nivi]

your solution worked for me. Thanks

[nitinmania]

This is what worked for me.

[otalfredo8]

As Appium java-client works directly with mobile native gestures.

[Innaya]

@ravikr42

WebElement ele = driver.findElement(By.className(“abc”));
Point loc = ele.getLocation();
int x = loc.getX();
int y = loc.getY();
driver.tap(x, ele, y);

Hi, i used your solution but it marked red underline below word “tap”

[Aleksei]

you taking left upper corner! which is wrong. change it to:

MobileElement ele = (MobileElement) driver.findElement(By.className("abc"));
Point loc = ele.getCenter(); // gives NPE if element NOT exists

regarding tap use:

1. best: http://appium.io/docs/en/commands/interactions/actions/
2. http://appium.io/docs/en/commands/interactions/touch/tap/

PointOption pointOption = new PointOption().withCoordinates(loc.x, loc.y);
new TouchAction(driver).tap(pointOption).perform();

4. there also other ways …

[Innaya]

Thanks for reply, but now getting red mark below “MobileElement”

[Aleksei]

This is appium element. What appium java client you use? MobileElement should be even in very old.

[Innaya]

@Aleksei

new TouchAction(driver).tap(pointOption).perform();

im using java-client-8.0.0-beta

[mykola-mokhnach]

appium/java-client/blob/master/docs/v7-to-v8-migration-guide.md#elements-lookup

[Aleksei]

I am still with old. With new client you can use old WebElement

[Innaya]

@Aleksei

getCenter();

When i changed to WebElement, there is no error in script but got this error in console

[Aleksei]

@Innaya pls read doc migration sent by mykola-mokhnach
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The changes made in Selenium 4 broke class name selector strategy in Appium. AppiumBy.className should be used instead of Selenium's By.className now.