Swiping with RemoteTouchScreen in Chrome app, Android

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I’m pulling my hair out here - have been trying to get this to work for weeks. I currently have a SwipeableWebDriver class and a Test class.
Here’s some things that I can do:

  • Connect to my device (Android S3)
  • Access Chrome browser
  • Find a URL
  • Connect to URL
  • Interact with webelements

I cannot use any of the TouchScreen methods. I get a variety of errors, ranging from “WebDriverException: Not yet implemented” to “NullPointerException”.
I cannot get this to work with RemoteWebDriver or AppiumDriver. I have to have the functionality to be able to tap on the screen and swipe as I’m testing HTML5 games.

This is my SwipeableWebDriver method:

public class SwipeableWebDriver extends RemoteWebDriver implements HasTouchScreen {

RemoteTouchScreen touch;

public SwipeableWebDriver(URL remoteAddress, Capabilities desiredCapabilities) {
    super(remoteAddress, desiredCapabilities);
    touch = new RemoteTouchScreen(getExecuteMethod());
}

@Override
public TouchScreen getTouch() {
    return touch;
}
}

And this is my main Test class:

public class AppiumDriverTest {


WebDriver driver;
TouchActions action;

@Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
    killDriver();

    System.out.println(">> Desired Caps");

    DesiredCapabilities cap = new DesiredCapabilities();

    cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME, "Chrome");
    cap.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
    cap.setCapability("deviceName", "GT-I9300");
    cap.setCapability("rotatable", "true");

    driver = new SwipeableWebDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), cap);
    action = new TouchActions(driver);
}

@After
public void tearDown() throws Exception {
    driver.quit();
}

@Test
public void testRun() throws Exception {
    System.out.println(">> Driver to URL");
    driver.get("http://stackoverflow.com/");

    System.out.println(">> Swipe Attempt");
    action.down(300,200)
            .flick(0,10)
            .release()
            .perform();
}

Any help would be greatly appreciated, else I run the risk of murdering a coworker!

Thanks,
Rori

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killDriver(); is just a taskmanager command to make sure all instances of chromedriver.exe are destroyed before starting.
I am missing a } at the very end of my AppiumDriverTest.java file that I posted.

The error occurs at action.down(…), and the error is found on this pastie link

I have tried to do the javascript emulator, but have had no luck there.

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Rori,
I started with Appium 5 days ago and I encounter the exact same issues, I do not see a solution. Did you get any?
Eric