Tap vs Click on Appium

[jhaskumar]

Can some one help me to understand the underline technology behind Tap vs Click in Appium

In my Hybrid app Automation i used through out the click operation some thing like “driver.findlelement().click” to tap on any elements and my script is running fine on real device throughout the app

Am i doing some thing wrong or will there be any flaws on my testing if i am using click method across automation for my Hybrid app

Waiting for expert suggestion

Thanks
Saurabh

[Venkatesh]

This is how tap is defined in TouchAction class

/**
* Tap the center of an element.
*
* @param el element to tap.
* @return this TouchAction, for chaining.
*/

public TouchAction tap(WebElement el) {
ActionParameter action = new ActionParameter(“tap”, (HasIdentity) el);
parameterBuilder.add(action);
return this;
}

while click() can be called directly on WebElement.

you can use click without any issues, Tap () returns TouchAction and is useful in chaining further Action.

[jhaskumar]

Thanks Venkatesh for giving me confidence by saying “you can use click without any issues”.

I will also check the documentation

Thanks
Saurabh

[sachin925]

Thanks @Venkatesh, it is really helpful