# Unable to click on Signin button **URL:** \ **Category:** Support\ **Created:** [March 28, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347 "2016-03-28T13:25:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ravikiran\_Chowdary](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/ravikiran_chowdary/32/1969_2.png) [@Ravikiran\_Chowdary](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Ravikiran_Chowdary)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 1:25pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/1 "2016-03-28T13:25:26Z")
after entered the credentails, there is sign in button, I have used normal click command/ tap functinoality to click dat particualr button, script is getting passed but clicking is not happenining, Any alertnate methods to click on this particualr button ![](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/f/f58e00621286eb987c0b8fe6961f2b57bcc5a0e5.png) **_strong text_** please find the attached SS… ---
**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:** [March 28, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/2 "2016-03-28T14:07:38Z")
add you code for help. ---
**Author:** ![117](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/117/32/6821_2.png) [@117](https://discuss.appium.io/u/117)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/3 "2020-02-17T12:55:27Z")
Hi guys, seems, I have the same issue. I am QA and trying integrate the Appium into my pet-project in the first time, I trying to click on the Next button programmatically using appium library. This button should brings me to the next screen, but nothing happens. Please, take a look at the code, will you have any ideas about why it doesn’t work, Thanks) Note: I have native app for AndroidTV devices. I installed him to Android\_TV\_720p\_API\_28 emulator. **My code:** [myCode.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/5aKTvoXoe9d4MZGvnwfb8H37587.txt) (1.9 KB) **Appium-server logs** : [appium-server-logs.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/mC6r14egRduFBWLcNt4h4EofkgF.txt) (33.7 KB) **pom file:** [pom.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/fRNrwIlPpkaN8D8BPZ33NPqYhDj.txt) (1.3 KB) I discussed with familiar developer, and he said that Next button is located in the different activity named AppConfiguratorActivity. So, when I switch to this activity (AppConfiguratorActivity) and tried click on the Next button, I receive error: [error\_appium-server-logs.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/qGGdqiy1cL6FuiUYvAdpqrbEnM9.txt) (30.0 KB) **new code(tried switch to AppConfiguratorActivity):** [newCode.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/b0vZ9zPZCUcpfeYNO5ccVkOUnZb.txt) (2.2 KB) ---
**Author:** ![abhiqa](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/abhiqa/32/11074_2.png) [@abhiqa](https://discuss.appium.io/u/abhiqa)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/4 "2020-02-17T13:06:23Z")
@117 android:exported=“true” should be in AndroidManifest.xml details can be found on below link: [Link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19829507/android-java-lang-securityexception-permission-denial-starting-intent) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2020, 1:08pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/5 "2020-02-17T13:08:48Z")
add also output on thi screen with: ```auto System.out.println(driver.getPageSource()); ``` here we can see your “Next” element and it attributes. ---
**Author:** ![117](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/117/32/6821_2.png) [@117](https://discuss.appium.io/u/117)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/6 "2020-02-17T14:26:56Z")
@Aleksei Hi! How you think, Am I took the right locator? page source: [PageSource.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/dA3O9sA0qRMO08Nt2y7PFfjjGCT.txt) (11.0 KB) `MobileElement el1 = (MobileElement) _driver.findElement(MobileBy.AndroidUIAutomator("new UiSelector().resourceIdMatches(\".*guidedactions_item_title\").text(\"Next\")"));` **Note:** **How element tree looks in UIAutomatorViewer:** [dump.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/ro3b7A7N2JS1sN6lE49X679YY1W.txt) (9.3 KB) ---
**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:** [February 17, 2020, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/7 "2020-02-17T14:41:52Z")
el1 code looks OK. but in " [myCode.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/5aKTvoXoe9d4MZGvnwfb8H37587.txt)" i do not see **TAP action** on el1. e.g. use: ```auto TapOptions tapOptions; try { tapOptions = new TapOptions().withElement(ElementOption.element(el1)); new TouchAction(driver).tap(tapOptions).perform(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } ``` Also in Developer Android Menu enable “Show touches” -\> it will help you to see where TAP happens. ---
**Author:** ![117](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/117/32/6821_2.png) [@117](https://discuss.appium.io/u/117)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/8 "2020-02-17T14:49:13Z")
@Aleksei Exactly, you are right, I stupid, I forgot that need to click/tap on the button 😅 ---
**Author:** ![117](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/117/32/6821_2.png) [@117](https://discuss.appium.io/u/117)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/9 "2020-02-18T09:47:12Z")
Hi guys! Thanks for replies So, I used to **TAP action** code that provided @Aleksei, but I still cannot bring to the next screen. **code:** [code.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/w2Fe30ZrP6hpqAf9MVrEbSjLT54.txt) (2.4 KB) **appium-logs:** [appium-server-logs.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/qhojyW7WfJgm46nO6Kog3LJtM0f.txt) (31.7 KB) **XML Source to Clipboard:** [XML Source to Clipboard.txt](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/short-url/u0Jyjf7K1XTbOBV03n9QBsG77br.txt) (11.0 KB) Please, attention pay, I enabled “Show touches” as Aleksei told me. And what I see, if I tap on Next text —\> I cannot go to the next screen, like that: ![Screenshot_1](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/9/93563b13b9bf9e7c60442fde06de2d09cd8ed844.jpeg) **but** , if I move a focus to the right side and make tap —\> I can go to the next screen, like that: ![Screenshot_2](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/f/fe2b63e2e9bab4021f56862af6ae5e757e25e8aa.jpeg) May be, it linked to wrong locator: `MobileElement el1 = (MobileElement) _driver.findElement(MobileBy.AndroidUIAutomator("new UiSelector().resourceIdMatches(\".*guidedactions_item_title\").text(\"Next\")"));` I asked familiar developer, and he said that probably need to tap/click on GuideActionItemCantainer: ![image](https://discuss.appium.io/uploads/default/original/2X/3/30971b6784ca8002aa235ad5c507c2ff62814974.png) but I don’t see GuideActionItemCantainer in SourcePage. ---
**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:** [February 18, 2020, 10:49am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/unable-to-click-on-signin-button/9347/10 "2020-02-18T10:49:53Z")
Double check that you can reproduce this manually. If should be reproducible also manually. It just a bug in such case.