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

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.