Using multitouch with android home button

[appium123]

How do I use multi-touch with the android home button? While pressing a button in an app I want to press the home button.

[Telmo_Cardoso]

Try this and adapt to your code:

TouchAction touchAction=new TouchAction(driver);
touchAction.longPress(element).perform();
pressNativeHome(device);

Where pressNativeHome() just calls:

adb -s «device_id» shell input keyevent 3

Not having the release() it leaves the button pressed.

[appium123]

That worked!!! Thank you!!!

[Aleksei]

@Telmo_Cardoso @appium123
another way for home

((AndroidDriver) driver).pressKeyCode(AndroidKeyCode.HOME);