Ruby: Scroll to element and click

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Is there any way that I can scroll to an element and click in android using appium with ruby?

I have tried a variety of things:

scroll_to(text, scrollable index)
find_element(text: "India").click

scroll_to_exact("India")
find_element(text: "India").click

def scroll_to text

appium.driver.scroll_to text

text = %Q("#{text}")
args = appium.scroll_uiselector(“new UiSelector().text(#{text})”)
appium.driver.find_element :uiautomator, args
end

def scroll_to_exact(text, scrollable_index = 0) end
Basically, I have a native app, consider whatsapp sign up, where you click on the country code tab and scroll and select a country. I would want to scroll and select “India” text in this.

I tried even using cordinates:

execute_script ‘UIATarget.localTarget().flickFromTo({x:144, y:173},{x:677, y:73}).click’
All these would just scroll to the element, and again scroll back to the top of the page. Is there anyway, i can ask it to stop once identified and click on it

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All these would just scroll to the element, and again scroll back to the top of the page.

This behaviour, using UiScrollable#scrollIntoView depends on uiautomator framework. Sometimes, I also see such behaviour.
You can implement scroll action with TouchAction and find_element and check the element alternatively such as:

(0...times).each do            # continue to scroll the element `times` time
  Appium::TouchAction.new.swipe(xxxx).perform # scroll down
  ele = check_element(element) # check if the element is displayed or not
  return ele unless ele.nil?   # return the element if the element is displayed
end
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@KazuCocoa
I get an error that says “undefined method `fetch’”

Can you please tell me what is ‘xxxx’ in the second line of code? Do I need to pass the id or the text of the element there? or the cordinates?

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@KazuCocoaI tried implementing it, but
It scrolls so fast like its playing a poker or gamble, spinning the wheel, and the list goes no where.

Then(/^I scroll to country India$/) do
  #find_element(name: "Cayman Islands").click
  Appium::TouchAction.new.swipe(start_x: 144, start_y: 1634, end_x: 144, end_y: 149).perform
  Appium::TouchAction.new.swipe(start_x: 144, start_y: 149, end_x: 144, end_y: 1634).perform
  find_element(name: "Croatia").click
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If you’d like to control scroll speed, you can use : duration parameter like https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/blob/80f80715dcee6de968700ece40894222af41579a/lib/appium_lib/device/touch_actions.rb#L151 .

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@reach2jeyan,

Why are you scrolling both directions?

Appium::TouchAction.new.swipe(start_x: 144, start_y: 1634, end_x: 144, end_y: 149).perform
Appium::TouchAction.new.swipe(start_x: 144, start_y: 149, end_x: 144, end_y: 1634).perform

First you swipe from bottom to top, then top to bottom. Also, this scrolls only once. Look at KazuCocoa’s original code - scroll down, return the element if it’s visible, else repeat.