Cannot get method getInstance from class androidx.test.uiautomator.Gestures with parameter types [class androidx.test.uiautomator.UiDevice]

[Comeodore]

With new master i have next issue when try click on element, 2.3.0 beta01 uiautomator

appium/appium#19597

external_services/appium_driver/driver.py:614: in click
    element.click()
venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py:94: in click
    self._execute(Command.CLICK_ELEMENT)
venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webelement.py:395: in _execute
    return self._parent.execute(command, params)
venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/selenium/webdriver/remote/webdriver.py:348: in execute
    self.error_handler.check_response(response)
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self = <appium.webdriver.errorhandler.MobileErrorHandler object at 0x29d5c3e50>
response = {'status': 500, 'value': '{"value":{"error":"unknown error","message":"An unknown server-side error occurred while pro...:2081)\\n\\tat io.appium.uiautomator2.utils.ReflectionUtils.getMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:93)\\n\\t... 38 more\\n"}}'}

    def check_response(self, response: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
        """
        https://www.w3.org/TR/webdriver/#errors
        """
        payload = response.get('value', '')
        if isinstance(payload, dict):
            payload_dict = payload
        else:
            try:
                payload_dict = json.loads(payload)
            except (json.JSONDecodeError, TypeError):
                return
            if not isinstance(payload_dict, dict):
                return
        value = payload_dict.get('value')
        if not isinstance(value, dict):
            return
        error = value.get('error')
        if not error:
            return
    
        message = value.get('message', error)
        stacktrace = value.get('stacktrace', '')
        # In theory, we should also be checking HTTP status codes.
        # Java client, for example, prints a warning if the actual `error`
        # value does not match to the response's HTTP status code.
        exception_class: Type[sel_exceptions.WebDriverException] = ERROR_TO_EXC_MAPPING.get(
            error, sel_exceptions.WebDriverException
        )
        if exception_class is sel_exceptions.WebDriverException and message:
            if message == 'No such context found.':
                exception_class = appium_exceptions.NoSuchContextException
            elif message == 'That command could not be executed in the current context.':
                exception_class = appium_exceptions.InvalidSwitchToTargetException
    
        if exception_class is sel_exceptions.UnexpectedAlertPresentException:
            raise sel_exceptions.UnexpectedAlertPresentException(
                msg=message,
                stacktrace=format_stacktrace(stacktrace),
                alert_text=value.get('data'),
            )
>       raise exception_class(msg=message, stacktrace=format_stacktrace(stacktrace))
E       selenium.common.exceptions.WebDriverException: Message: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: Cannot get method getInstance from class androidx.test.uiautomator.Gestures with parameter types [class androidx.test.uiautomator.UiDevice]
E       Stacktrace:
E       io.appium.uiautomator2.common.exceptions.UiAutomator2Exception: Cannot get method getInstance from class androidx.test.uiautomator.Gestures with parameter types [class androidx.test.uiautomator.UiDevice]
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.utils.ReflectionUtils.getMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:97)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.model.internal.CustomUiDevice.getGestureController(CustomUiDevice.java:159)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.core.AxNodeInfoHelper.click(AxNodeInfoHelper.java:131)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.model.BaseElement.click(BaseElement.java:70)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.handler.Click.safeHandle(Click.java:37)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.handler.request.SafeRequestHandler.handle(SafeRequestHandler.java:59)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.server.AppiumServlet.handleRequest(AppiumServlet.java:277)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.server.AppiumServlet.handleHttpRequest(AppiumServlet.java:271)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.http.ServerHandler.channelRead(ServerHandler.java:77)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:366)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:345)
E       	at io.netty.handler.codec.MessageToMessageDecoder.channelRead(MessageToMessageDecoder.java:102)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:366)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:345)
E       	at io.netty.channel.CombinedChannelDuplexHandler$DelegatingChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.java:435)
E       	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.fireChannelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:293)
E       	at io.netty.handler.codec.ByteToMessageDecoder.channelRead(ByteToMessageDecoder.java:267)
E       	at io.netty.channel.CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.channelRead(CombinedChannelDuplexHandler.java:250)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:366)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:345)
E       	at io.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateHandler.channelRead(IdleStateHandler.java:266)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:366)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.fireChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:345)
E       	at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline$HeadContext.channelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:1294)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:366)
E       	at io.netty.channel.AbstractChannelHandlerContext.invokeChannelRead(AbstractChannelHandlerContext.java:352)
E       	at io.netty.channel.DefaultChannelPipeline.fireChannelRead(DefaultChannelPipeline.java:911)
E       	at io.netty.channel.nio.AbstractNioByteChannel$NioByteUnsafe.read(AbstractNioByteChannel.java:131)
E       	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKey(NioEventLoop.java:611)
E       	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeysOptimized(NioEventLoop.java:552)
E       	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.processSelectedKeys(NioEventLoop.java:466)
E       	at io.netty.channel.nio.NioEventLoop.run(NioEventLoop.java:438)
E       	at io.netty.util.concurrent.SingleThreadEventExecutor$2.run(SingleThreadEventExecutor.java:140)
E       	at io.netty.util.concurrent.DefaultThreadFactory$DefaultRunnableDecorator.run(DefaultThreadFactory.java:144)
E       	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1012)
E       Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodException: androidx.test.uiautomator.Gestures.getInstance [class androidx.test.uiautomator.UiDevice]
E       	at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:2103)
E       	at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethod(Class.java:2081)
E       	at io.appium.uiautomator2.utils.ReflectionUtils.getMethod(ReflectionUtils.java:93)
E       	... 38 more

@KazuCocoa @mykola-mokhnach

[mykola-mokhnach]

This is expected. Google did some breaking changes there and the server code must be updated in order to be compatible with them.
You may try to play with this draft for now: #591

[KazuCocoa]

UIA2 driver 2.38.0 has the fix