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TouchActions throws java.lang.ClassCastException: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.interactions.HasTouchScreen exception

See original GitHub issue

Description

Trying to long press a mobile element by;

        TouchActions action = new TouchActions(driver);
        action.longPress(element);
        action.perform();

per example usage in; http://appium.io/docs/en/commands/interactions/touch/long-press/

and getting ;

java.lang.ClassCastException: io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver cannot be cast to org.openqa.selenium.interactions.HasTouchScreen
	at org.openqa.selenium.interactions.touch.TouchActions.<init>(TouchActions.java:38)
	at stepdefinitions.Scenarios.i_longpress_contact(Scenarios.java:137)
	at ✽.I longpress contact contact(src\test\resources\features\Contacts.feature:76)

Environment

java client build version or git revision if you use some shapshot: 7.0.0
Appium server version or git revision if you use some shapshot: appium@1.10.1
Desktop OS/version used to run Appium if necessary: Windows 10 Enterprise
Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe) or Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: npm: ‘6.5.0’
Mobile platform/version under test: Android 7.1.1
Real device or emulator/simulator: Real Device Motorola Moto E4 Plus

Other versions

    <aspectj.version>1.8.10</aspectj.version>
    <cucumber.version>4.2.2</cucumber.version>
    <cucumber.jvm.deps.version>1.0.6</cucumber.jvm.deps.version>
    <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
    <selenium.server.version>3.141.59</selenium.server.version>
    <appium.java.client.version>7.0.0</appium.java.client.version>

Ecxeption stacktraces

https://gist.github.com/dokmetas/a196d76aa648b56543153e8a5659cb2c

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 5 years ago
Comments:11 (2 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

3reactions

dokmetascommented, Mar 11, 2019

@nurayttumer below works for my configuration;

import org.openqa.selenium.interactions.Actions;

new Actions(driver).clickAndHold(element).perform();

2reactions

dokmetascommented, Feb 11, 2019

works with Actions API. Thanks.

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