Difference between click() and tap()

Usual click doesn't work?

yah....its not....if Element is \Hidden and Need to Scroll.....
even its avilable in DOM.

Myself, I use a method I've wrote called tapOn :

 public static void tapOn(WebElement element){
        new TouchAction((MobileDriver) getDriver()).tap(element).perform();
    }

I just send him a WebElement. To get it, I use this :

getDriver().findElement(By.xpath(elementSelector))

where the elementSelector is the xPath, found with Appium finder for example.

It makes me able to first get the WebElement in the view, and then create the methods to tap on it.

Yes for sure.

First I've the method getDriver :

public static WebDriver getDriver(){
        return AppiumTest.driver;
    }

It returns the driver, to make actions afterward.

Then each screen of the app is split in two sides : first I get the elements, then I create the methods (actions).

To get the elements, I use the method findElement i've wrote above.
And after, to tap on an element, I've created the method tapOn wrote above too. But getDriver() and tapOn() is wrote in another class accessible for each test.

You want an exemple ?

Hi @Julien_Blanc

That would be a great help, if you provide.

Appreciate your help.

Hello,
I have a query regarding tap function. I wanted to test a touch action on the object that we have created on the canvas . I tried using tap and click but it didn't work me. And I am not able to see the object that I wanted to touch using ui automator. The object was a rectangle created by the 4 lines . Can someone suggest me how to perform touch on this object .

Thanks

You can use x-y coordinates if you know them to tap that region of the screen

Hello ,

Thanks for the reply .I know the coordinates but either of the tap function or long press function is not able to perform the touch on the canvas.

Thanks
Jaswitha

is this app a hybrid app or native app? if your app is a hybrid then you not be able to inspect element using UI automator you can try use chrome remote debugger.

Thanks .It is a native app.I will try chrome remote bugger .The main problem is with touching the object even though i have exact coordinates. I can actually see that it is performing touch by enabling show touches settings option in my tablet .Besides i am not able to see the window that has to be opened after touch is performed.

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on the green card i need to tap.But it is not performing touch on this card.Can anyone help me with this.

One quick question about the coordinates. Is it correct that when you dump the View Hierarchy from the DDMS and then click on the specific element you get the coordinates?