Example of touch event with webdriver python?

Question

I have seen about 100 touch event examples for the Java webdriver online, but not a single one for python. Would someone be so kind as to post one here, so it saves people many hours of search? Here is my attempt to do a basic double_tap on an element in an android simulator in order to zoom in on it. Much thanks

EDIT: Thanks to Julian's help I was able to figure out the missing link: for some reason, the touch actions require an extra .perform() at the end. Below you will find a bunch of touch events in action--and the code is cleaner. Enjoy!

import unittest, time
from selenium import webdriver

print "Here are our available touch actions (ignore the ones that look like __xx__): ", dir(webdriver.TouchActions)
#print dir(webdriver)



class Test(unittest.TestCase):


    def setUp(self):
        self.driver = webdriver.Remote(command_executor='http://localhost:8080/wd/hub',  desired_capabilities=webdriver.DesiredCapabilities.ANDROID)
        self.touch =webdriver.TouchActions(self.driver)

        #self.driver = TouchActions(self.driver)
        #self.driver = webdriver.Firefox()
        self.driver.implicitly_wait(30)


    def testHotmail(self):
        self.driver.get("http://www.hotmail.com")

        elem=self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input[name='login']")
        #tap command
        self.touch.tap(elem).perform()
        time.sleep(2)
        elem.send_keys("hello world")
        time.sleep(2)
        #double tap
        self.touch.double_tap(elem).perform()
        time.sleep(2)

        #testing that regular webdriver commands still work
        print self.driver.find_element_by_partial_link_text("Can't access").text

        elem= self.driver.find_element_by_css_selector("input[type='submit']")
        self.touch.tap(elem).perform()
        time.sleep(3)




    def tearDown(self):

        time.sleep(3)

        try:
            self.driver.quit()
        except Exception:
            print(" TearDown Method: Browser seems already closed.")

        pass


if __name__ == "__main__":
    unittest.main()

Here is an original Java Example:

WebElement toFlick = driver.findElement(By.id("image"));
// 400 pixels left at normal speed
Action flick = getBuilder(driver).flick(toFlick, 0, -400, FlickAction.SPEED_NORMAL)
        .build();
flick.perform();
WebElement secondImage = driver.findElement(“secondImage”);
assertTrue(secondImage.isDisplayed());

Answer 1

I've made some tweaks to your example, at least the test runs without error. I don't know what you expect the web site to do when a user double-taps in the username field...

Here is the revised code:

import unittest, time

from selenium.webdriver import Remote
from selenium.webdriver import  DesiredCapabilities
from selenium.webdriver.remote import webelement , command
from selenium.webdriver.common.action_chains import ActionChains
from selenium.webdriver.common.touch_actions import TouchActions




class Test(unittest.TestCase):


    def setUp(self):
        remote = Remote(command_executor='http://localhost:8080/wd/hub',  desired_capabilities=DesiredCapabilities.ANDROID)
        self.remote=remote
        remote.implicitly_wait(30)

    def tearDown(self):
        pass


    def testName(self):
        # self.remote.get("http://icd.intraxinc.com/pxr")
        self.remote.get("https://icd.intraxinc.com/pxr/ext/login.action")
        elems= self.remote.find_element_by_css_selector("#j_username")
        print dir(self)
        print dir(self.remote)
        touchactions = TouchActions(self.remote)
        print dir(touchactions)
        touchactions.double_tap(elems)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    #import sys;sys.argv = ['', 'Test.testName']
    unittest.main()

I left various debug print statements in the example to show you how I investigated the problem you were facing. I also changed the URL to the one your login page redirects to. This was a workaround for an unrelated problem I had with a version of the Android driver, installed on the device.

FYI: I tested with android-server-2.21.0.apk on an Android phone running 4.0.4 of Android. Here are the material changes to your example code

        touchactions = TouchActions(self.remote)
        print dir(touchactions)
        touchactions.double_tap(elems)