Gestures

Mobile devices allow a multitude of gestures, which can be used across the app. However, there are no standards as to what gestures an app must implement. Some of the gestures most typically used are tap, swipe, pinch, and double tap. One good thing with mobiles is that these gestures are constantly evolving and eventually become natural to use. So, let's take a look at the different gestures and how they can be implemented.

TouchAction

Appium implements the new TouchAction API, which allows chaining touch events and, thereby, facilitates gesture implementation. Touch Action is pretty robust and supports a multitude of gestures, which ease the simulation:

We will discuss some of the methods mentioned earlier, that TouchAction supports:

• press:
  • press(WebElement el): This method allows you to press on the center of the element
  • press(int x, int y): This method allows you to press on an absolute position (x and y coordinates)
  • press(WebElement el, int x, int y): This method allows you to press...