Unable to perform Drag and Drop action in Android using Appium

Question

I am unable to perform drag and drop action using below code in Android Hybrid App using Appium.

Platform : Appium with windows

Option 1

new TouchAction(driver).longPress(ele1).moveTo(ele2).release.perform();

Option 2

new TouchAction(driver).longPress(ele1).moveTo(ele2, 252, 180).release.perform();

Option 3

new TouchAction(driver).longPress(ele1, 252, 152).moveTo(ele2, 252, 180).release.perform();

Appium version: 1.4.13 ; Android OS: 4.4.2

Error: Appium throws an error like it did not perform drag action successfully.

--- log appium server ---- info: [debug] [BOOTSTRAP] [debug] Returning result: {"value":"Did not drag successfully","status":13}

Note: I tried in both Horizontal and Vertical perspective but no luck.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 14 '16 at 17:45

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You can use instruments to record your drag and drop gesture and use the generated uiautomation scripts in JAVASCRIPT executor ..

Open your instruments (sub ide of xcode)
Choose your simulator with the hybrid app
Choose record option in instruments
Manually perform drag and drop gesture
Uiautomation scripts for corresponding gesture will get generated
Copy the script and use in JavaScriptexecutor and execute the code

answered Feb 14 '16 at 17:45

sunder kandasamy

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Hi sunder Thanks for your comments. I am using appium(android) with windows. Could you please explain how that has to be done in windows ? Thanks Vinoth – Vinoth Vino Feb 15 '16 at 10:20
@VinothVino this seems worth a mention in the question as well – Naman Feb 15 '16 at 11:53
but testroid is not free – sunder kandasamy Feb 15 '16 at 15:48
can you try giving some wait between actions like new TouchAction(driver).longPress(ele1).wait(somewait).moveTo(ele2).release.perform(); – sunder kandasamy Feb 15 '16 at 15:50
I already tried with wait. But appium throws an error for wait. Issue with wait is already exist. – Vinoth Vino Feb 16 '16 at 07:31

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '16 at 11:00

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I believe drag drop most of the elements will be implemented as list and the 1st element should be clicked at times before performing move actions

You can use the index of that element to move try this

driver.findElements(By.id("your identifier")).get(0).click();
new TouchAction((MobileDriver)driver).longPress(driver.findElements(By.id("your identifier")).get(0)).moveTo(driver.findElements(By.id("your identifier")).get(7)).release().perform();

Replace get(0),(7) by your index no of your id's

answered Feb 15 '16 at 11:00

karthick23

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@ Karthick I have tried that possibility too.. I got same issue "drag dint complete successfully" – Vinoth Vino Feb 15 '16 at 13:04
can u share the uiautomator view snippet for both elements – karthick23 Feb 16 '16 at 05:27
Sorry Karthick. I am unable to post snippets since we have restriction over here. What do you need from my other than this ? – Vinoth Vino Feb 16 '16 at 07:36
i cannot comment more without seeing them – karthick23 Feb 16 '16 at 08:41

Unable to perform Drag and Drop action in Android using Appium

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