Is it possible to kill an app from recent apps screen by swiping using Appium on Android?

Question

I am trying to use Touchaction by by defining start point and endpoint, but it does not seem to work. Any suggestions?

public static void swipeVertical(AppiumDriver driver, double startPercentage, double finalPercentage, double anchorPercentage, int duration) throws Exception {

    Dimension size = driver.manage().window().getSize();
    int anchor = (int) (size.width * anchorPercentage);
    int startPoint = (int) (size.height * startPercentage);
    int endPoint = (int) (size.height * finalPercentage);
    new TouchAction(driver).press(anchor, startPoint).waitAction(duration).moveTo(anchor, endPoint).release().perform();

    //In documentation they mention moveTo coordinates are relative to initial ones, but thats not happening. When it does we need to use the function below
    //new TouchAction(driver).press(anchor, startPoint).waitAction(duration).moveTo(0,endPoint-startPoint).release().perform();
}

swipeVertical(driver,0.9,0.1,0.5,3000);

Answer 1

Key presses on appium are done by

driver.press_keycode(code)

All required codes can be found here

• 187 - KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH

Try this, not sure whether it solves