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Tap an element. These call app_tap.

tap​

tap(target: string, options?: { fingers?: number }): Promise<void>
tap(point: Point, options?: { fingers?: number }): Promise<void>

doubleTap​

doubleTap(target: string | Point): Promise<void>

Examples​

Tap an element by its visible text​

await device.tap('text=Network & internet')

The same call from the command line, mobium tap "text=Network & internet", printed on an Android 15 emulator:

tapped text=Network & internet at (407, 867)
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Before: mobium tap &quot;text=Network &amp; internet&quot; on an Android 15 emulatorAfter: mobium tap &quot;text=Network &amp; internet&quot; on an Android 15 emulator

mobium tap "text=Network & internet" on an Android 15 emulator

Tap a ref from the last map​

await device.tap('@e2')

Double-tap​

await device.doubleTap('@e2')

Tap right after work the screen does not show, with the gray box on​

await device.launch('dev.mobium.mobiumapp', { grayBox: true })
await device.tap('testid=busyQuiet')
await device.tap('testid=busyRowB')   // waits for the app to say it is idle

The same call from the command line, mobium tap testid=busyRowB, printed on an Android 15 emulator:

tapped testid=busyRowB at (540, 1095)
gray box: waited 307 ms for the app to go idle (busy: quiet)

mobium tap testid=busyRowB on MobiumApp&#39;s Busy Demo, Android 15 emulator, launched with --gray-box: the tap waited for the quiet refresh to finish, and Row B is the new generation&#39;s

mobium tap testid=busyRowB on MobiumApp's Busy Demo, Android 15 emulator, launched with --gray-box: the tap waited for the quiet refresh to finish, and Row B is the new generation's

On a device​

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Before: mobium double-tap testid=pressTarget on an Android 15 emulatorAfter: mobium double-tap testid=pressTarget on an Android 15 emulator

mobium double-tap testid=pressTarget on an Android 15 emulator