How to press 'Home' button on real android device

Question

I'm writing some QA tests for android and faced with an issue that none of the known methods for pressing 'Home' button work. I want to mention that I use AppiumDriver , not AndroidDriver .

((AndroidDriver) driver).pressKeyCode(AndroidKeyCode.HOME); - this one doesn't work driver.pressKeyCode(AndroidKeyCode.HOME); - doesn't work either

Is there any method to press android button in 2020?

Answer 1

Well if you want to send an app in background then simply use

`driver.CloseApp()`

function and relaunch it by

driver.OpenApp()

You can also use press keycode method Below are the codes

Home Menu Button - 82
Back Button - 4
Recent app - 187