is there any way to remove app from background using Appium in Windows.
What i want is
- Start server with -No reset
-Run the program
-Program ends
-driver quits using driver.quit() method
Now when i start my test execution again , the app on which i was earlier working is there in the memory.So i have to press "Home" key and remove it from memory and then start working on it. (e.g. if i am working on messaging app of device , after test execution i press "Home" hardkey and manually remove the app as follows)
Please help me how to do this
You have to use driver.closeApp() before driver.quit().
Please see this link with the different appium methods provide app control.
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I have two drivers, one for my app and one for Chrome.
The flow is like so:
Start the app driver, set up the app (app starts background process).
Start the Chrome driver, do some stuff there and quit this driver.
But what I actually want to do is this:
Start the app driver, set up the app (app starts background process).
Close this app, but leave the background process running
Start the Chrome driver, do some stuff there and quit this driver.
Open back up the app which I have closed in step 2
Quitting the driver (driver.quit()) is obviously not an option, since this also kills the background process. Same as with (driver.close_app()).
I was thinking about doing this via UI, by simply clicking the "Recent Button" and swiping up on my app, but how would I then get back the app?
My question: Is it possible to close the app without killing the background process, if so - how?
After asking in the Appium Forum the solution is as follows:
Put the app into background for an indefinite amount of time:
driver.background_app(-1)
and activate it once you need it again:
driver.activate_app("app.id")
Background:
I want to remove the user logging session after the tests so that whenever I kick off tests again it starts from Login Functionality. But as of now after teardown() functions i.e. after quitting the session (the appium driver) the user remains logged in.
I have tried reset options/caps mentioned on this page.
http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/other/reset-strategies/
but no luck except fullReset but it takes a lot of time because it also shuts down the simulator completely.
Question: How can I delete/remove the login session from the iOS app without having a simulator restarted?
I am using
Appium version 1.16.0
Capabilities properties
appium.platformName=IOS
appium.platformVersion=9
appium.deviceName=iPhone 6s plus
appium.app=/Users/CR9972/Desktop/iOSDemo/demo.app
To solve this issue, you can create the app session from the scratch using the #BeforeMethod and then unistall/remove the app using the #AfterMethod. This way, you would be having a complete new session every time your test case would start executing.
To remove the app in the #AfterMethod, you can use:
driver.resetApp("bundle id of the app");
And if the above command doesn't work then you can use:
driver.removeApp("bundle id of the app");
I am trying to launch ios app from python script/terminal using ios-deploy. This is a test app so it might crash and need to relaunch multiple times.
I want to check if this app is currently running or not on the connected device, for my relaunch logic to work. But I am kind of stuck here.
I know idevicesyslog which can capture logs and then parsing logs I can check if my app is currently running or not. But isn't there any sophisticated way to just check if an app is currently running or not in device. Xcode/instruments can get the list of processes via GUI in connected device but I want a command line utility so that I can take certain action.
You can check app or debug app using safari.
Open safari.
And If develop option not available on top navigation bar then open preferences of safari and in advance tab tick show develop option in below that screen.
One of the benefits of Appium is that I can run tests against the app without compiling in any instrumentation. But, there's a feature I want to turn off in my app when Appium is the user.
How can Appium can send information directly to the app, to tell it that Appium is driving? This needs to happen shortly after launch, so hiding a secret switch somewhere is not a good option.
You can use the processArguments capability to pass application launch arguments through Appium to your application. Inside your application you can read the launch arguments and values using NSUserDefaults.
I'm using appium to automate some tests but I want the application under test to return to the same start in between tests. I think that the easiest way to do this would be to close and reopen the app. Is this possible with appium? If so, how?
(Note: driver.close() does not work)
You can do this with driver.quit(). You will need to reconnect but as long as the server is launched with the --no-reset switch it should boot up in the state where you left it.
You could also background the app as an alternative using executeScript with "mobile: background" (see https://github.com/mutualmobile/appium/commit/53f0c58857eec512f48732d40ace71b7db4ae32f) or calling the UIAutomation command directly with executeScript. (e.g. au.background(5)) for 5 seconds in the background.