How can I scroll in android/ios from top to bottom using appium driver?

"mobile: scroll" these gestures are deprecated with java client new versions.

driver.swipe, Touch Action class help in scrolling. Below code works for me in android. You can modify it as per your needs

public class TouchActions{

public static AndroidDriver<WebElement> _driver;

@BeforeClass
public void setUpAppium() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
	DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();   
	AppCapabilitiesSetUp(capabilities);
	_driver = new AndroidDriver<WebElement>(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4725/wd/hub"), capabilities);
}

@Test
public void installAndLaunchSecondAppTest() throws InterruptedException{
	// Wait for launced app to load
	Thread.sleep(10000);

	// Press Home Key to minimize launched app
	_driver.sendKeyEvent(AndroidKeyCode.HOME);
	Thread.sleep(3000);
	
	// Press Menu button to view all installed app's
	_driver.findElementByAccessibilityId("Apps").click();
	
	// Using Touch Action Classes
	TouchAction tAction=new TouchAction(_driver);
	int startx = _driver.findElement(By.name("Email")).getLocation().getX();
	int starty = _driver.findElement(By.name("Email")).getLocation().getY();
	int endx = _driver.findElement(By.name("Dev Settings")).getLocation().getX();
	int endy = _driver.findElement(By.name("Dev Settings")).getLocation().getY();
	System.out.println(startx + " ::::::: " + starty + " ::::::: " + endx +  " ::::::: " +	endy);

	//First tap on the screen and swipe it right using moveTo function
	tAction.press(startx+20,starty+20).moveTo(endx+20,endy+20).release().perform(); 
	Thread.sleep(1000);
	
	//Second tap on the screen and swipe it left using moveTo function
	tAction.press(endx+20,endy+20).moveTo(startx+20,starty+20).release().perform();
	Thread.sleep(1000);
}

@AfterClass(alwaysRun=true)
public void teardown(){
	_driver.closeApp();
	_driver.quit();
}

public DesiredCapabilities AppCapabilitiesSetUp(DesiredCapabilities cap){
	cap.setCapability(CapabilityType.BROWSER_NAME,"");
	cap.setCapability("platformVersion","4.4.4");
	cap.setCapability("platformName","Android");
	cap.setCapability("deviceName","emulator-5554");
	cap.setCapability("appPackage","appPackage");
	cap.setCapability("appActivity","appActivity");						
	return cap;
	
}

}

I see that you are using AndroidDriver to create your driver.

Can I use the same code to create a driver that can be used to automate an iOS app?

Is it possible to share ipa file ? I will not share with any one and if able to create working code I will delete it.
Actually I tried scroll of iOS UICatalog using coordinates it didn't worked.
But if I pass web element to Touch Actions it worked.

You can only conclude that u reach to end of page if u r test case says to click this element

so put terminating condition like

for (int i = 0; i < dimensions.getHeight(); i++) {
driver.swipe(0,scrollStart,0,scrollEnd,2000);
if (driver.findElement(By.name("YourText")).size()>0)
exit;
}
driver.findElement(By.name("YourText")).click();

so with this for each scroll it will check that element is visible if yes it will come out of loop and click it else it keeps on scrolling.

consider last visible element and remember it. not changed = we reached end.

@lostinhogwarts

It depends how u want to move

(0,0) (0,10) - move 10 units in y direction vertical up swipe (0,10) - move 10 units in y direction vertical down swipe (10,0) - move 10 units in x direction horizontal right swipe (10,0) - move 10 units in x direction [horizontal left swipe]

+20 or -20 from computed coordinates using getLocation.getX() / getLocation.getY() simply means a kind of error removing way some time computed coordinates are on extreme boundary of screen so swipe goes wrong

do not use for loop for (int i = 0; i < dimensions.getHeight(); i++)

@Karunakaran_M and @amitjaincoer191
Scenario 1:- worked for me

Thanks a lot

Hi,

scenario 1 works well for me if the element I am looking for exist.
But if it doesn't exist how can I stop the for loop when I reach the end of the page, if I don't know the last element of the page?

More precisely,
I am trying to check if a given element exist in a page. To do that, I use the scenario 1.
It's perfect if the element is found but if it isn't found, the scenario 1 continue to run until the end of "for" loop is reached, even if the end of the page is reached.

I can't know the last element of the page because it's a list that is specific for each App user and that can be change (add / remove element).

Thanks.

Thank you Karunakaran_M.

I already used the workaround with the swipe method and loop a predetermined number of time to find a specific element.

But I wonder, instead to have a predetermined number of time:
for i=0; i <10; i++,
we can have a way something like:
for i=0; i < "end of page"; i++ OR while(! "end of age")
where "end of page" is not fix <=> not necessary the same element at the end of the page.

So far, I swipe screen by screen and retrieve the last element text of the current screen, and compare with the previous last element text (of the previous screen).
If it's the same => I reach the end of the page and stop the loop.

But I am not sure it's the best way to do that

Have a nice day

Hi Guys,

driver.scroll();
driver.scrollTo();

not coming when i'm doing driver.

Even for me scenario 1 worked fine....

I am scrolling an overlay not a page !!! Super !