Long press touch action is no longer working for iOS in 1.8.0

The problem

Long press TouchAction method is not recognized as long press in iOS when moving up to Appium 1.8.0. If I use Appium 1.7.2, the long press method works as expected.

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.8.0 (Appium Desktop 1.6.1)
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): 1.7.2 (Appium Desktop 1.5.0)
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Mac (10.13.3), Ruby 2.5.1 (Ruby Gems: appium_console (2.8.1), appium_lib (9.12.0), appium_lib_core (1.5.0)
• Mobile platform/version under test: Xcode 9.2 (11.2)
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Simulator
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: Appium.app

Details

It seems like something has changed with the long press method, which has caused it to not be recognized as a long press in iOS. Executing the following commands in Appium Ruby Console, I got unexpected results when calling long_press() in Appium 1.8.0.

Command	1.7.2 gesture recognized	1.8.0 gesture recognized	result
Appium::TouchAction.new.press(x:200,y:100).release.perform	tap	tap	pass
Appium::TouchAction.new.long_press(x:200,y:100).release.perform	long press	tap	fail
Appium::TouchAction.new.press(x:200,y:100).wait(500).release.perform	tap	tap	pass
Appium::TouchAction.new.press(x:200,y:100).wait(501).release.perform	long press	long press	pass

Link to Appium logs

Will add if needed

Code To Reproduce Issue

https://github.com/JoelWhitney/sample-appium-test/tree/touch-action-bug

Steps To Reproduce Issue

1. Clone sample-appium-test
2. In Appium Desktop 1.6.1, start Server 1.8.0
3. Open Terminal at sample-appium-test directory
4. Start Appium Ruby Console, via arc command
5. Execute Appium::TouchAction.new.long_press(x:200,y:100).release.perform command
6. Notice UILabel says Tap occurred instead of Long press occurred
7. Execute Appium::TouchAction.new.press(x:200,y:100).wait(500).release.perform command
8. Notice UILabel says Long press occurred as expected
9. In Appium Desktop 1.5.0, start server 1.7.2
10. Repeat steps 5-8 and notice long press behaves as expected

[mykola-mokhnach]

since 1.8.0 touch action handler has been completely rewritten, so it is now using the “fair” XCTest implementation under the hood. Previously we were trying to match a limited set of action chains that were similar to the available XCUIElement method calls.

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