Changing battery level

vicidroid 2016-02-21 11:42:39 UTC #1

I want to test application when battery is low. Is it possible to change battery level using Appium?

willosser 2016-02-22 16:51:01 UTC #2

If you are running your test case locally, you can call adb. The following two commands can be used to change the battery level and update the rest of the system:

adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BATTERY_CHANGED --ei status 3 --ei level --ei scale 100
adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BATTERY_LOW

vicidroid 2016-02-23 19:52:06 UTC #3

Thanks for your reply.

Is there a method to do this inside my test class on Eclipse or can we use just command prompt for this purpose?

willosser 2016-02-24 17:14:19 UTC #4

As far as I know, this is not built into Appium. You will need to either explore appium-adb or make a system call from your test code.

Moshik177 2017-10-09 08:04:00 UTC #5

Hi ,
i have a question on this issue , i need to change the battery charging state to discharging in the Intent.ACTION_BATTERY_CHANGE ( i need to run a test , that the phone is not charge but i use usb that charge the phone) , i try to use adb commands like "“adb shell am broadcast -a android.intent.action.BATTERY_CHANGED --ez present false --ei state 3 --ei level 40 --ei plugged 0” or “adb shell dumpsys battery set status 3 | set usb 0” but the intent isn’t change , can appium help with that or there is another way to handle this issue?

willosser 2017-10-31 15:47:35 UTC #6

It may be due to the version of Android you are using. I’ve stopped working with Android recently, but I recall we were having problems with Android N or maybe O because of Android changes. As far as I know, Appium has nothing here to help you.