# Opening control center, notification center or app selector

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/opening-control-center-notification-center-or-app-selector/45655>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [April 1, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/opening-control-center-notification-center-or-app-selector/45655 "2025-04-01T13:28:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![veno](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/veno/32/12972_2.png) [@veno](https://discuss.appium.io/u/veno)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/opening-control-center-notification-center-or-app-selector/45655/1 "2025-04-01T13:28:21Z")

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Is there a better way to open any of these:

- control center,
- notification center or
- app selector

other than swiping screen, which differs from ios version/phone model.

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**Author:** ![Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/aleksei/32/6267_2.png) [@Aleksei](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Aleksei)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/opening-control-center-notification-center-or-app-selector/45655/2 "2025-04-01T19:55:34Z")

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Problem not in Appium. Apple does not have such API with XCUITest…