Appium - Select Item From Drop Down Of Android App

Selecting item/value from drop down is needed in android software app as most of the apps contain drop down. Earlier we learnt how to select value from spinner in android appium software test which is opening in direct list in THIS POST. Now let's see another example of how to select value from drop down list which is opening in popup.

App To Use And Aim Of Test

We will use API Demos software app in this drop down item selection test. Our main aim is to click on drop down to open items list popup and then selecting one item from list as shown in bellow image.

You can view above screen from API Demos software app's Home -> Views -> Controls -> 2. Dark Theme. -> Tap on Drop Down.

Create And Run Test

I have created very simple appium android drop down item selection software automation test. Create bellow given test in eclipse.

SelectValueDropDown.java

package Android;

import io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import org.openqa.selenium.By;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
import org.testng.annotations.Test;

public class SelectValueDropDown {
 AndroidDriver driver;

 @BeforeTest
 public void setUp() throws Exception {
  DesiredCapabilities capabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
  capabilities.setCapability("deviceName", "ZX1B32FFXF");
  capabilities.setCapability("browserName", "Android");
  capabilities.setCapability("platformVersion", "4.4.2");
  capabilities.setCapability("platformName", "Android");
  capabilities.setCapability("appPackage", "io.appium.android.apis");
  capabilities.setCapability("appActivity","io.appium.android.apis.ApiDemos");
  driver = new AndroidDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);
  driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
 }

 @Test
 public void select() throws InterruptedException {
  // Scroll till element which contains "Views" text If It Is not visible on screen.
  driver.scrollTo("Views");
  // Click on Views.
  driver.findElement(By.name("Views")).click();
  // Scroll till element which contains "Controls" text If It Is not visible on screen.
  driver.scrollTo("Controls");
  // Click on Controls.
  driver.findElement(By.name("Controls")).click();
  // Scroll till element which contains "2. Dark Theme" text If It Is not visible on screen.
  driver.scrollTo("2. Dark Theme");
  // Click on 2. Dark Theme.
  driver.findElement(By.name("2. Dark Theme")).click();
  // Typing in text box using sendKeys command.
  driver.findElement(By.id("io.appium.android.apis:id/edit")).sendKeys("Test");
  //To hide keyboard 
  driver.hideKeyboard();
  //Click on dropdown to open list.
  driver.findElement(By.id("android:id/text1")).click();
  //Select item "Mars" from drop down list.
  driver.findElement(By.name("Mars")).click();   
 }

 @AfterTest
 public void End() {
  driver.quit();
 }
}

Run above test in eclipse using appium and testng and observe test execution. Last syntax will select item "Mars" from list items.

This way you can select value from android software app's drop down list in appium test.

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