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What is the method of utilizing webdriverio and appium to press, hold, and scroll down on a webpage?

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answered 2022-07-10 09:00:00 +0000

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To press, hold, and scroll down on a webpage using WebdriverIO and Appium, follow these steps:

  1. Launch Appium server and start the session for your desired mobile device emulator or physical device.
  2. Install and configure the required WebdriverIO and Appium packages in your project.
  3. Use the touchAction method to create a touch action chain.
  4. Add press and wait actions to the touch action chain to press and hold an element on the webpage.
  5. Add a moveTo action to the touch action chain to scroll down on the webpage.
  6. Execute the touch action chain.

Here is some sample code to achieve this:

const touchActions = new webdriverio.TouchAction();

touchActions
  .press({x: 200, y: 400})
  .wait(2000)
  .moveTo({x: 200, y: 200})
  .release();

browser.performActions([touchActions]);

In this example, the press action presses and holds an element at coordinates (200, 400) on the webpage. The wait action waits for 2 seconds before executing the next action, which is the moveTo action that scrolls down on the webpage to coordinates (200, 200). Finally, the release action releases the touch. The performActions method executes the touch action chain.

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