How to tap and hold (Long press) using appium for Android?

Question

Is there any code to tap and hold on Appium? i use python , is there any command to support it ?

For double click i used click on element twice, for tap and hold i am not getting any solution

Answer 1

Need to pass driver

TouchAction action = new TouchAction(driver);
action.longPress(webElement).release().perform();

Answer 2

Yes, you can use TouchAction class to longPress any element. Try this:

TouchAction action = new TouchAction();
action.longPress(webElement).release().perform();