Switching between apps

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The testing of my app requires me to end each iteration of a testcase with opening the android’s “Settings” application, entering the bluetooth section and deleting a known connection to a device.

Here’s an example progression in my test:

#### Define applications to run
&{VPD_APPLICATION}=
...    package=vPD.Android.VPD.Android
...    activity=vpd.android.vpd.android.MainActivity
...    alias=VPD_
&{SETTINGS_APPLICATION}=
...    package=com.android.settings
...    activity=com.android.settings.Settings
...    alias=Settings_

#### Open my application (VPD)
${ID} =  Open Application    ${APPIUM_SERVER}
alias=${VPD_APPLICATION}[alias]
...    appium:automationName=uiautomator2
...    appium:platformName=Android
...    appium:deviceName=${DEVICE_NAME}
...    appium:autoGrantPermissions=true
...    appium:appPackage=${VPD_APPLICATION}[package]
...    appium:newCommandTimeout=600
...    appium:appActivity=${VPD_APPLICATION}[activity]
...    appium:noReset=${True}

#### Execute a batch script that flashes the device that we BT to
${PROG_RES} =    Run Process    ${BASH_PATH}    ProgramVPD.sh    
...    --option  ${VPD_SN}    shell=True    cwd=${BUILD_PATH}

#### Open Settings application and remove paired connection
${SETTINGS_AID} =  Activate Application    ${SETTINGS_APPLICATION} 
[package]
# entering Bluetooth section and removing saved device ...

#### Restart VPD application and terminate Settings application
Open Application    ${VPD_APPLICATION}[alias]
Sleep  2
Terminate Application    ${SETTINGS_APPLICATION}[package]

Restarting my app after this progression often leads to it either crashing, or being “deactivate” to the background. How should this be done the correct way?

2

First, if the app is crashing you may be looking at a bug. I don’t know your app or the reason that it’s crashing, but I would think that shouldn’t be happening.

Second, what happens if you manually walk though this scenario, running the batch script & all that? Do you get a crash there too?

What you are describing doesn’t sound like a terribly unusual scenario. I wonder if you could diagnose which step is causing the bad behavior? Like if there are 4 steps, what if you just did the first 3, do you see the same behavior? What if you did 1, 2, and 4? How about 1, 3, and 4? etc.

3

bluetooth is app in android. how about just clear it data using package name com.android.bluetooth ?

  • adb command
    or
  • appium command reset app using package name