📱 Automating Scroll in Android with Appium & WebdriverIO

Intro:

Scrolling to a specific element during mobile automation testing is a common challenge — especially when the element is not visible on the first screen. Today, I’ll share a simple and reusable function to scroll to an element by its text using UiScrollable in Appium with WebdriverIO.

The Function:

How to Call It:

Why This is Useful:

✅ Handles scrolling and visibility check in one place

✅ Easy to reuse in multiple tests

✅ Supports both default and custom timeouts

✅ More reliable than directly interacting with elements that might be off-screen