Is there any way i can send key events to ios device

[naveenjammula]

I want to press the Home key in iOS by using the python script. Please let me know how to proceed

[amedvedjev]

only in simulator:

Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
String[] args = {"osascript", "-e", "tell application "System Events" \n tell application "iOS Simulator" to activate \n tell application "System Events" to keystroke "h" using {command down, shift down} \n end tell"};
runtime.exec(args);

[naveenjammula]

i want to send Home key on real iOS device

[omoskovko]

I want too but as I understand there is no possibility to do it on real iOS device because of xcode limitation.

UIATarget class has only small list of methods listen below:
Device Controls and Actions
clickVolumeDown
clickVolumeUp
holdVolumeDown
holdVolumeUp
lockForDuration
lock
shake
unlock
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/ToolsLanguages/Reference/UIATargetClassReference/index.html

[imurchie]

Given that you cannot automate another app, why do you want to press the Home key?

[omoskovko]

With Android I can press Home button and send application to the background or start another application. I need it to test notification messages that my application send when it appear in background.

[imurchie]

But you cannot do that in iOS. Android allows you to open multiple apps and automate them. iOS does not. Unfortunately.

[omoskovko]

It's not true. In iOS-7 you can open notification window and press calc button. After that my application go to the background and calculator we'll be in foreground. And I can receive notification message from my application. If you want to see how I do that look in code bellow.

    def start_calc(self):
        CR_Window = self.driver.find_element_by_ios_uiautomation('UIATarget.localTarget().frontMostApp().mainWindow()')
        end_y = CR_Window.size['height']
        self.driver.swipe(20, end_y, 20, 100)
        self.driver.find_element_by_name('Calculator').click()
        self.driver.find_element_by_name('Result')

    def open_notification_window(self):
        CR_Window = self.driver.find_element_by_ios_uiautomation('UIATarget.localTarget().frontMostApp().mainWindow()')
        end_y = CR_Window.size['height']
        self.driver.swipe(20, 0, 20, end_y)
        el = self.driver.find_element_by_name('All')

        uTouch = TouchAction(self.driver)
        p = uTouch.press(x=el.location['x']+2, y=el.location['y']+2)
        p.release().perform()

    def open_notification(self, user):
        uTouch = TouchAction(self.driver)

        nLine = self.driver.find_element_by_name('Zultys Mobile, now, You have incoming call from {}'.format(user.extension))
        p = uTouch.press(x=nLine.location['x']+2, y=nLine.location['y']+2)
        p.release().perform()

But unfortunately it's work only with iOS-7. In iOS-8 notification window is not visible.

[moizjv]

Does not look like an issue. Unfortunately is a limitation by iOS

[rutin31]

imurchie commented on 4 Feb 2015

But you cannot do that in iOS. Android allows you to open multiple apps and automate them. iOS does not. Unfortunately.

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Has something changed in the last appium(betta 1.6.6) version for ios ?

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