How to make a simple Click in Java-client 8.3.0

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Hi,
I’m trying to increase Appium java client from 7.x to 8.x and I’m having trouble understanding how I can make a simple click on coordinates X and Y and passing duration of that click?

I could find good examples on how to make complex actions, while I have no idea how to make a simple click.

As an example, I created a scroll action like this:

PointerInput finger = new PointerInput(PointerInput.Kind.TOUCH, “finger”);
Sequence scroll = new Sequence(finger, 0);
scroll.addAction(finger.createPointerMove(Duration.ofMillis(0), PointerInput.Origin.viewport(), startX, startY));
scroll.addAction(finger.createPointerDown(PointerInput.MouseButton.LEFT.asArg()));
scroll.addAction(finger.createPointerMove(Duration.ofMillis(timeInMillis), PointerInput.Origin.viewport(), endX, endY));
scroll.addAction(finger.createPointerUp(PointerInput.MouseButton.LEFT.asArg()));
driver.perform(Arrays.asList(scroll));

How can I make a simple click on X and Y with duration?

I found this piece of code here: Appium Pro: iOS-Specific Touch Action Methods

Map<String, Object> args = new HashMap<>();
args.put(“x”, 2);
args.put(“y”, 2);
driver.executeScript(“mobile: tap”, args);

… but as I understand, this is iOS specific + the Duration is missing. How to achieve the same on Android? Where is this documented?

Any help very much appreciated.

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I wrote the following for myself, works great.
the only method you need to change is waitForElementToBeClickable(element) I just use WebDriverWait instance to make sure the element is clickable before tapping it.

public static void tapPoint(Point point) {
    PointerInput finger = new PointerInput(PointerInput.Kind.TOUCH, "finger");
    Sequence tap = new Sequence(finger, 1);
    tap.addAction(finger.createPointerMove(Duration.ZERO, PointerInput.Origin.viewport(), point.getX(), point.getY()));
    tap.addAction(finger.createPointerDown(0));
    tap.addAction(finger.createPointerUp(0));
    driver.perform(Collections.singletonList(tap));
}

public static void tapElement(WebElement element) {
    waitForElementToBeClickable(element);
    Rectangle rec = element.getRect();
    int centerX = rec.getX() + (rec.getWidth() / 2);
    int centerY = rec.getY() + (rec.getHeight() / 2);
    Point elementLocation = new Point(centerX, centerY);
    tapPoint(elementLocation);
}

as well, if you want to control the duration, between the createPointerDown(0) and CreatePointerUp(0) add the following:

        tap.addAction(new Pause(finger, myDuration));

it should work, just set myDuration accordingly.