I can't made Swipe action work. I did browsed through the web for a few days and found many similar questions but there is no working answer. Also I have tried TouchAction class, doesn't work as well.
I have Appium Version 1.4.13 (Draco) and using Java, TestNG framework.
btw I made scrolling work using (you can use the same logic as a pull to refresh) here is code sample.
public void scrollUp() {
JavascriptExecutor js = (JavascriptExecutor) getDriver();
HashMap<String, String> scrollObject = new HashMap<String,String();
scrollObject.put("direction", "up");
scrollObject.put("element", listElements.get(1).getText());
js.executeScript("mobile: scroll", scrollObject);
}