Automation Guide Action-based testing language Built-in actions System actions Device

 press device buttons

press device buttons

Description

Simulate the pressing of a physical button on a mobile device.

Arguments

• buttons

  Button to press.

  Supported values/buttons:

  • {power}
  • {camera}
  • {volume up}
  • {volume down}
  • {home}
  • {back}
  • {menu}
  • {search} 

• duration

  (Optional) Time duration for which to simulate the pressing and holding of the physical button (units: milliseconds; default = 1000).

Valid contexts

This action may be used within the following project items: test modules and user-defined actions.

Applicable Systems/Platforms

Use of this action is supported on the following systems/platforms: Android.

Notes

• Only one button may be specified in a single action line.
• This action supports the <ignore> modifier. If the string <ignore> is present as the value of any of the arguments, or any argument contains an expression that evaluates to <ignore>, the action is skipped during execution.

Applicable Built-In Settings

The following settings are applicable to this action: remove double quotes from cells.

Example

Action Lines