Scheduled Actions times parameter

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I’m trying to speed up some part of a test using the Scheduled Actions feature.

{
  "script": "mobile: scheduleAction",
  "args": [
    {
      "name": "pinAction",
      "intervalMs": 1000,
      "times": 4,
      "maxPass": 4,
      "steps": [
        {
          "type": "gesture",
          "name": "pinStep",
          "payload": {
            "locator": {
              "strategy": "-android uiautomator",
              "selector": "new UiSelector().text(\"1\")"
            },
            "subtype": "click"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

I assume the parameter “times”: 4 indicates that the action with its step should be performed 4 times.
But this is not true and the action is performed only once

Could anyone enlighten me on this issue?

2

You may check the logcat output to see more details about what happened with the scheduled action. Check appium-uiautomator2-server/app/src/main/java/io/appium/uiautomator2/utils/actions_scheduler/ScheduledActionsManager.java at 1ae907551ff4e874d5f55b17e7aff6349663d505 · appium/appium-uiautomator2-server · GitHub for possible log lines written by the actions scheduler

3

It is also possible to fetch the action history to know more about how many times it was executed when and which results it produced

4

Logcat logs:

06-16 02:04:15.124 21059 21089 I appium  : channel read: POST /session/c12042c1-4f49-4fca-bd27-3df2dd50b269/appium/schedule_action
06-16 02:04:15.124 21059 21089 I appium  : ScheduleAction command
06-16 02:04:15.126 21059 21059 I appium  : About to run steps of the scheduled action 'pinAction' (execution 1 of 4)
06-16 02:04:15.126 21059 21089 I appium  : AppiumResponse: {"sessionId":"c12042c1-4f49-4fca-bd27-3df2dd50b269","value":null}
06-16 02:04:15.126 21059 21059 I appium  : About to run the step 'pinStep (gesture)' (1 of 1) belonging to the scheduled action 'pinAction'
06-16 02:04:15.130 21059 21059 I appium  : Waiting up to 10000ms for the device to idle
06-16 02:04:15.210 21059 21059 I appium  : Finished running the step 'pinStep' (type 'gesture') (1 of 1) belonging to the scheduled action 'pinAction'. Step result: {"exception":null,"name":"pinStep","passed":true,"result":null,"timestamp":1718492655126,"type":"gesture"}
06-16 02:04:15.211 21059 21059 I appium  : The scheduled action 'pinAction' has been executed 4 times in total
06-16 02:04:20.158 21059 21089 I appium  : channel read: POST /session/c12042c1-4f49-4fca-bd27-3df2dd50b269/appium/unschedule_action
06-16 02:04:20.160 21059 21089 I appium  : UnscheduleAction command
06-16 02:04:20.169 21059 21089 I appium  : AppiumResponse: {"sessionId":"c12042c1-4f49-4fca-bd27-3df2dd50b269","value":{"repeats":1,"stepResults":[[{"exception":null,"name":"pinStep","passed":true,"result":null,"timestamp":1718492655126,"type":"gesture"}]]}}

It seems that this doesn’t look correct

5

Yes, there was a bug. fix: The amount of runs to unschedule an action by mykola-mokhnach · Pull Request #645 · appium/appium-uiautomator2-server · GitHub should fix it

6

Works as expected with [email protected].

Thanks for the fix.