How to achieve Long click in Uiautomator

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Question:

I am trying to write a code to capture pictures in burst mode.This requires long click (for about a minute)on the Capture button.How to achieve this?

UiObject CameraButton = new UiObject(new UiSelector().text("Capture"));
        CameraButton.longClick();

longclick() : how much time it will hold the button?Is it possible to perform a long click with a time stamp.

Answer 1:

Use swipe (int startX, int startY, int endX, int endY, int steps) to perform long click for a time you wish. The last parameter steps determines the time. For a 100 steps, the swipe will take about 1/2 second to complete. The greater the value of steps, the longer the duration of click and release.

UiObject CameraButton = new UiObject(new UiSelector().text("Capture"));
Rect CameraButton_rect = CameraButton.getBounds();
getUiDevice().swipe(CameraButton_rect.centerX(), CameraButton_rect.centerY(), CameraButton_rect.centerX(), CameraButton_rect.centerY(), 100);

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answered  Jan 31 '14 at 10:28

Answer 2:

Another option is to drag the object to itself:

UiObject CameraButton = new UiObject(new UiSelector().text("Capture"));
CameraButton.dragTo(CameraButton, 10);

Chose the steps acording to the time you want it to take.