Can we get device notifications using AndroiDriver

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I am writing automation test for my app using appium

  1. I will send notification to mobile app via external site
  2. My mobile app will receive notification in an device.
  3. Is there a way to test to device notification for Android using Appium?
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no problem.
1 - first you need open notification bar and clear it (for sure that no other notifications in list can affect your test)
to open notification bar use: driver.openNotifications()
to find clear all notification button use id: com.android.systemui:id/clear_all_button
for return into application use either native back button or e.g. try {driver.runAppInBackground(1);} catch (Exception e) {//ignore}
2 - check is your app shows notification while in foreground. if NOT = send application to background first before open notification bar.
send app into background: driver.sendKeyEvent(AndroidKeyCode.HOME)

3 - now send notification to phone -> open notification bar -> locate your message -> tap it

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Everything is explained above

  1. driver.openNotifications(); >>> This will work for device with API level >= 18
  2. In some devices swiping down from top of screen to any point also brings push notifications into focus
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@Aleksei @amitjaincoer191 Thanks for your answers. Its working for me.

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Till the part to opening notification shade there isn’t any problem. But whenever I try to locate the notification of my app using the text driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.TextView[@text='TitleText']")); I am not able to click it because this textview is not clickable. Also, whenever I try to click or tap it appium crashes. error: uncaughtException: Cannot read property 'sockets' of null date Is there any solution for finding your notification item and click it?

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so code is:

//open notification
((AndroidDriver) driver).openNotifications();
sleep(1); //wait while notifications are playing animation to appear to avoid missed taps
nativeNotificationPage = new NativeNotificationPage(driver);
assertTrue("Native notification page is NOT loaded", nativeNotificationPage.isNativeNotificationPage());

int itemsListSize = nativeNotificationPage.getLastItemsContentSize();

String title, text;
int notificationItemNum = 0;
for (int i = 0; i <= itemsListSize; i++) {
    title = nativeNotificationPage.getItemTitle(i);
    text = nativeNotificationPage.getItemText(i);
    System.out.println("   notification title is: " + title);
    System.out.println("   notification text is: " + text);
    if (title.equals("SOME_TEXT")) {
        notificationItemNum = i;
        break;
    }
}

messagesPage = nativeNotificationPage.tapItemTitle(notificationItemNum); //messagesPage = our client messages screen

public void sleep(int sec) {
    try{Thread.sleep(sec*1000);}catch(Exception e){}
}

public class NativeNotificationPage extends Page {

    @FindBy(id = "com.android.systemui:id/notification_panel")
    private List<WebElement> notificationPanel;
    //settings data
    @FindBy(id = "com.android.systemui:id/clear_all_button")
    private List<WebElement> clearAllBtn;
    //last items
    @FindBy(id = "com.android.systemui:id/latestItems")
    private List<WebElement> lastItemsContainer;
    //events data
    @FindBy(id = "android:id/status_bar_latest_event_content")
    private List<WebElement> lastItemsContent;
    @FindBy(id = "android:id/title")
    private List<WebElement> itemTitle;
    String itemTitle_Locator_Text = "android:id/title";
    @FindBys({
            @FindBy (id = "android:id/big_text"),
            @FindBy (id = "android:id/text")
    })
    private List<WebElement> itemText;
    String itemText_Phone_Locator_Text = "android:id/text";
    String itemText_Tablet_Locator_Text = "android:id/big_text";
    @FindBy(id = "android:id/time")
    private List<WebElement> itemTime;


    public NativeNotificationPage(WebDriver driver) {
        super(driver);
    }

    public boolean isNativeNotificationPage() throws Exception {
        boolean bool;
        setFastLookTiming();
        bool = !notificationPanel.isEmpty();
        setDefaultTiming();
        return bool;
    }

    public boolean isClearAllBtnLoaded() {
        boolean bool;
        setLookTiming(3);
        bool = !clearAllBtn.isEmpty();
        setDefaultTiming();
        return bool;
    }

    public int getLastItemsContentSize() {return lastItemsContent.size();}

    public String getItemTitle(int num) {return lastItemsContent.get(num).findElement(By.id(itemTitle_Locator_Text)).getText();}

    public String getItemText(int num) {
        //System.out.println(lastItemsContent.get(num).findElements(MobileBy.className("android.widget.TextView")).size());
        if (isPhone())
            return lastItemsContent.get(num).findElements(MobileBy.className("android.widget.TextView")).get(2).getText();
        else {
            setLookTiming(3);
            if (lastItemsContent.get(num).findElements(MobileBy.id(itemText_Tablet_Locator_Text)).isEmpty()) {
                setDefaultTiming();
                return lastItemsContent.get(num).findElement(MobileBy.id(itemText_Phone_Locator_Text)).getText();
            } else {
                setDefaultTiming();
                return lastItemsContent.get(num).findElement(MobileBy.id(itemText_Tablet_Locator_Text)).getText();
            }
        }
    }

    public void tapClearAllBtn() {tapElement(clearAllBtn.get(0));}

    public MessagesPage tapLastItemsContent(int num) {
        tapElement(lastItemsContainer.get(num));
        return new MessagesPage(driver);
    }

    public MessagesPage tapItemTitle(int num) {
        tapElement(lastItemsContent.get(num));
        return new MessagesPage(driver);
    }
}
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Thanks for the code Aleksei. Can you please share the codes for messagepage class and page super class also the setlooktiming methods?

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Whenever I open notifications shade and try to findElement from there Appium server just crashes
error: uncaughtException: Cannot read property ‘sockets’

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@Karunakaran_M How can we send the notification from an external site?

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You can use free messaging apps like free2sms to sms on the device and then test the notification for the same

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Can you try by changing your xpath syntax by //td[text()=‘UserID’] as () closing bracket is missing in your path. Or check with ‘contains’ xpath.

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Thanks Aleksei. … it works here