Issue
I am unable to scroll down to the bottom of any page in an Android app using Appium. Multiple approaches were attempted, including those found on Stack Overflow. (It seems this challenge is common.) However, all attempts failed.
Environment:
- Appium version: 1.6.2
- Appium client: Java (java-client-6.1.0.jar)
- Android versions: 5.1, 6.0.1, 7.1.1
- Java version: jre1.8.0_171
- Selenium version: selenium-java-3.13.0
- App type: Cordova (hybrid); the app is built with Cordova but when running
System.out.println(driver.getContext());, the result isNATIVE_APP
Please share any alternatives or refinements that can solve this problem. Any helpful suggestions are greatly appreciated!
The following summarizes the various approaches that were attempted:
- Approach: scrollIntoView() (various implementations)
- Source: Udemy course
- Error: Does not scroll and NO error
- Approach: Try catch > scrollIntoView()
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39658626/how-to-scroll-top-to-botton-using-android-driver
- Error: Partially works: the page scrolls down but not far enough
- Approach: Swipe
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39130591/swipe-or-scroll-to-bottom-in-appium-android
- Error: Swipe is deprecated
- Approach: touchAction.longPress + moveTo
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44282417/how-to-scroll-with-appium-1-7-1-using-touchaction
- Error: "driver cannot be resolved"
- Approach: touchAction.longPress + moveTo
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44282417/how-to-scroll-with-appium-1-7-1-using-touchaction
- Error: "The method longPress(LongPressOptions) in the type TouchAction is not applicable for the arguments (int, int)"
- Approach: touch.longPress + moveTo
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50304699/how-to-scroll-to-specific-element-inlatest-version-of-appium-using-java
- Error: "takeaway cannot be resolved"
- Approach: moveTo + using coordinates
- Source: http://www.automationtestinghub.com/appium-scroll-examples/
- Error: The 'press' action is deprecated!
- Approach: Using Press Approach to swipe + moveTo
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49004686/scroll-text-area-with-terms-and-conditions-on-hybrid-app-with-appium
- Error: "The method press(AndroidElement) is undefined for the type Object"
- Approach: touchAction 'tap' using coordinates
- Source: https://discuss.appium.io/t/scrolling-to-element-in-android-app-using-java/17208
- Error: None; it partially works: the page scrolls down but not far enough!
- Approach: UiScrollable > Specify Parent scrollable frame and Child element
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/51003840/9214050
- Error: "Could not parse UiSelector argument: problem using reflection to call this method"
- Approach: UiScrollable > Specify Parent scrollable frame and 'scrollIntoView' child element
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/51003840/9214050
- Error: Does not scroll and NO error
- Approach: Changed “scrollable” attribute for page elements from “false” to “true” using CSS styles
- Source: http://burnignorance.com/html-tips/making-a-smooth-scroll-view-for-android-ios-in-html/
- Error: none, but app won't scroll to bottom of page.
- Approach: Touch actions: “mobile: swipe”, “mobile: scroll” (http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/touch-actions/)
- Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32387357/i-cant-make-swipe-gesture-work-for-me-in-appium-using-java#
- Error: "Unknown mobile command "scroll". Only shell,startLogsBroadcast,stopLogsBroadcast commands are supported."
- Approach: HashMap + scrollObject.put
- Source: http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/touch-actions/
- Error: "Unknown mobile command "scroll". Only shell,startLogsBroadcast,stopLogsBroadcast commands are supported."
- Approach: Adjusted context of app from "native" to "webview" (since it's a Cordova app)
- Source: https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/writing-running-appium/caps.md
- Error: "Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: It is impossible to create a new session because 'createSession' which takes HttpClient, InputStream and long was not found or it is not accessible."
- Error: "org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: No Chromedriver found that can automate Chrome '58.0.3029'. See https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/writing-running-appium/web/chromedriver.md for more details. (WARNING: The server did not provide any stacktrace information)"
driver.findElementByAndroidUIAutomator("new UiScrollable(new UiSelector()).scrollIntoView(resourceId(\"send-to-email-app\"));").click();
try {
driver.findElementByAndroidUIAutomator("new UiScrollable(new UiSelector()).scrollIntoView(text(\"Send\"))");
}catch(Exception e) {
System.out.println("We got an error scrolling!");
}
driver.swipe(0, Startpoint,0,scrollEnd,1000);
...touchAction.longPress(fromX, fromY).moveTo(toX, toY).release().perform();
TouchAction touchAction = new TouchAction(driver);
touchAction.longPress(10, 10).moveTo(x, y).release().perform();
...TouchAction touch = new TouchAction(driver);
touch.longPress(co_ordinates[0], co_ordinates[1]).moveTo(dinates[0], dinates[1]).release().perform();
actions.press(startX, startY).waitAction(Duration.ofSeconds(2)).moveTo(endX, endY).release().perform();
TouchAction().press(el0).moveTo(el1).release();
TouchAction touchAction = new TouchAction(driver);
touchAction.tap(PointOption.point(x, y)).perform();
MobileElement doeButton = driver.findElement(MobileBy.AndroidUIAutomator(
"new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().text(\"Android scrollbar test\")).getChildByText("
+ "new UiSelector().className(\"android.widget.TextView\"), \"Doe\")"));
MobileElement sendEmailButton = driver.findElement(MobileBy.AndroidUIAutomator(
"new UiScrollable(new UiSelector().resourceId(\"content\")).scrollIntoView("
+ "new UiSelector().resourceId(\"add-task-button\"))"));
sendEmailButton.click();
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
HashMap params = new HashMap();
params.put("direction", "up");
js.executeScript("mobile: swipe", params);
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) driver;
HashMap scrollObject = new HashMap();
scrollObject.put("direction", "down");
js.executeScript("mobile: scroll", scrollObject);
appCapabilities.setCapability("autoWebview", "true");
Solution
As a variation on the options proposed above, here is another way of implementing TouchAction in combination with press and moveTo methods that worked for me. This results in a downward screen swipe. You might need to simply adjust the coordinates to whatever works best on your client:
new TouchAction(driver).press(PointOption.point(550, 640)).waitAction().moveTo(PointOption.point(550, 60)).release().perform();
For additional info, you might check out these references:
- Appium site: http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/touch-actions/
- Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rHe0r6YsVg
Answered By - toasty
Answer Checked By - Robin (JavaFixing Admin)
