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

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! :)