How to automate 3 finger touch at a same time using appium driver in java?

[Selvi_Ranganathan]

1. I need to automate multi touch action for iOS app.In the iOS app, I have certain function, i.e.to enable admin mode
   context,I will enable admin mode by keeping three fingers vertically exactly on the text "powered By enable" for 3 seconds.

2. I don't know, whether it is possible to automate this operation using appium driver.

3. I have tried with below coding for multitouch action.

4. By using below code , touch action occurs for me, but not in the same time. It
   occurs one by one. I need to automate three fingers touch at a time.

WebElement el= driver.findElement(By.xpath("//UIAApplication[1]/UIAWindow[1]/UIATableView[1]/UIATableCell[5]/UIAStaticText[1]"));
MultiTouchAction multiTouch = new MultiTouchAction(driver);
TouchAction action0 = new TouchAction(driver).tap(el);
TouchAction action1 = new TouchAction(driver).tap(el);
TouchAction action2 = new TouchAction(driver).tap(el);
multiTouch.add(action0).add(action1).add(action2).perform();

[Aleksei]

1) your example not clear. you touching same place with 3 figures. In real world it is one touch.
2) in real life you always start touching one by one.

try something like:

        WebElement el1 = driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("id1"));
        WebElement el2 = driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("id2"));
        WebElement el3 = driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("id3"));
        MultiTouchAction multiTouch = new MultiTouchAction(driver);
        TouchAction action1 = new TouchAction(driver);
        TouchAction action2 = new TouchAction(driver);
        TouchAction action3 = new TouchAction(driver);
        action1.press(el1).waitAction(300).moveTo(10, 0).release();
        action2.press(el2).waitAction(300).moveTo(-10, 0).release();
        action3.press(el3).waitAction(300).moveTo(-10, 10).release();
        multiTouch.add(action1).add(action2).add(action3).perform();

[Selvi_Ranganathan]

@Aleksei, I will explain clearly, First I will place my 3 fingers in the "text" at a time for 3 seconds, after that it will show a message as "Admin mode is active". If keep three fingers at a time on the text only, it will enable admin mode. If I perform touch action one by one means, it wouldn't enable admin mode.I need to automate this touch operation. Is there any way to automate this multi touch gesture?

[Aleksei]

First I will place my 3 fingers in the "text" at a time for 3 seconds

Are you putting your fingers on top of each other? In you code you putting fingers into same place (e.g. x = 100, y = 100 ) = one finger.

If you want to put 3 fingers on some element - you need provide 3 different coordinates.
thus your code should be something like:

        int x  = driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("id1")).getLocation().getX();
        int y  = driver.findElement(MobileBy.id("id1")).getLocation().getY();
        MultiTouchAction multiTouch = new MultiTouchAction(driver);
        TouchAction action1 = new TouchAction(driver);
        TouchAction action2 = new TouchAction(driver);
        TouchAction action3 = new TouchAction(driver);
        action1.press(x+2,y+2).waitAction(3500).release(); //3.5sec for sure, 2 pixels inside el
        action2.press(x+4,y+4).waitAction(3500).release(); //3.5sec for sure, 4 pixels inside el
        action3.press(x+6,y+6).waitAction(3500).release(); //3.5sec for sure, 6 pixels inside el
        multiTouch.add(action1).add(action2).add(action3).perform();

[Selvi_Ranganathan]

@Aleksei, Ok I will try above code.

[Selvi_Ranganathan]

@Aleksei, I need one clarification regarding above code. I have tried with above code, it highlights the particular text alone. According to my scenario,

1. I will keep my three fingers at a time on the text, according to the above code, it will press at 2 pixels and wait for 3500 second and then it will release the action and the same action repeated for another pixels also, Am I correctly interpreted with above code?

2. But I want to press with 3 fingers for 3500 seconds together and then I need to release() and perform(). Can you provide the solution for this?

[Aleksei]

it should tap simultaneously all 3 actions otherwise it is issue in Appium or Android UIAutomator tool.
try to play like(just added slightly move):

action1.press(x+2,y+2).waitAction(3500).moveTo(1,0).waitAction(3500).release();

[Dipti_Shetty]

Hi Aleksei, I want to automate 2 finger zoom and pan gesture using c# code… Can you please help me here with the code…i am new to appium and struggling alot with these two multi finger gestures…

[saikrishna321]

@Dipti_Shetty please check this

saikrishna321/VodQaAdvancedAppium/blob/master/src/test/java/com/appium/gesture/GestureTest.java#L167