How to automate Home,back,up,down,Menu button at bottom of Android phone using appium java client 6.1.0?

sanket492 2018-08-15 06:31:48 UTC #1

I am new to appium and trying to automate one android native app but currently I am blocked as I am not able to inspect back,Home,Active app button present at bottom of Android phone screen.

I googled a lot about it but everywhere I found use of method “pressKeyCode(int key)” but this method is currently deprecated
(https://appium.github.io/java-client/io/appium/java_client/android/nativekey/PressesKey.html)

I tried new method pressKey(KeyEvent keyEvent) but still not working.

Request to please help or let me know any reference where I can get details regarding.

PFB part of code:

AndroidDriver driver;
driver=new AndroidDriver(new URL(“http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub”), cap);

driver.pressKey(KeyEvent(KEYCODE_MENU))); // KEYCODE_MENU can not be resolved
driver.pressKey(withKey(AndroidKey.HOME)))); //The method home is undefined for the type AndroidKey.

mykola-mokhnach 2018-08-15 13:10:45 UTC #2

github.com

appium/java-client/blob/742db4eb751c07e93c58e697d8fe21cde2849135/src/test/java/io/appium/java_client/android/KeyCodeTest.java#L41


public class KeyCodeTest extends BaseAndroidTest {
private static final By PRESS_RESULT_VIEW = By.id("io.appium.android.apis:id/text");


@Before
public void setUp() {
    final Activity activity = new Activity(driver.getCurrentPackage(), ".text.KeyEventText");
    driver.startActivity(activity);
}


@Test
public void pressKeyCodeTest() {
    driver.pressKey(new KeyEvent(AndroidKey.ENTER));
    assertThat(driver.findElement(PRESS_RESULT_VIEW).getText(),
            containsString(String.format("KEYCODE_%s", AndroidKey.ENTER.name())));
}


@Test
public void pressKeyCodeWithMetastateTest() {
    driver.pressKey(new KeyEvent(AndroidKey.SPACE)
            .withMetaModifier(KeyEventMetaModifier.SHIFT_ON));
    final String state = driver.findElement(PRESS_RESULT_VIEW).getText();

sanket492 2018-08-20 04:34:18 UTC #3

Thanks for help, this worked for me.