How to push app in background and launch from same screen in Appium with selenium

Question

Is there any way to do the following process in android Automation using Appium with android driver?

Press home button from some specific screen. Put app in backgrou

Answer 1

driver.runAppInBackground(Duration.ofSeconds(10));

Answer 2

Here it is how it works.

1. Code for Running the App in back ground

   ((AppiumDriver)driver).runAppInBackground(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
   

2. Get back back to the current activity again

   ((StartsActivity)driver).currentActivity();
   

Answer 3

appium_lib ruby client allows you to do this with

background_app 5 where 5 is the number of seconds you want the app to be in background. This will automatically, resume the application in the same screen.

Answer 4

You can use this snippet of code

((AppiumDriver)driver).runAppInBackground(Duration.ofSeconds(10));
((StartsActivity)driver).currentActivity();

If it is not working then please update your appium with the latest version and try with the same snippet of code.

Thanks

Answer 5

Put App in background:

((AndroidDriver)driver).runAppInBackground(Duration.ofSeconds(20));

To start App from background:

driver.activateApp("app package name");

Answer 6

Works for me: ((Appium 1.10, Android 8.1))

2 options:

1st solution:

driver.runAppInBackground(Duration.ofMillis(300));

After you close your popUp, you use this line and your app will go to background and back and you will get back the focus to your app.

2nd solution: better one :)

Add this line to settings:

capability.setCapability("noReset", true);

From now your app will start like normal app, without setting reset what means without pop-ups and you will not have problem with focus at all.

I hope it will work also for you! :)