The method startActivity(Activity) from the type StartsActivity is deprecated

Deshik_S · July 3, 2023, 2:24pm

Please help me out with an issue. I am getting this message “The method startActivity(Activity) from the type StartsActivity is deprecated”. I am trying to start the activity but it shows the method is deprecated. Could you please help me with an alternative? Below is the java-client version that I am using.

io.appium java-client 8.5.0

Aaditya_Awasthi · October 21, 2023, 10:22am

There can be 2 conditions that might be causing this issue.

driver that you are using might be not initialized with desired capabilities, i.e. it is showing a cross over the startActivity(), you might have used the AndroidDriver class but not initialized it.
I believe startActivity() method is now deprecated and soon will not be present in upcoming new java-client updates. I am also looking for a new implementation for this.

Ashif_Reza · December 17, 2023, 8:46am

This issue still persists. Did anyone find any solution or alternative to the startActivity method, or any way around the issue?

Dor_Blayzer · December 18, 2023, 2:43am

You can always check the changelog of the client on GitHub :

github.com

appium/java-client/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

# Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

_9.1.0_
- **[ENHANCEMENTS]**
  - Introduce better constructor argument validation for the `AppiumFieldDecorator` class. [#2070](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2070)
  - Add `toString` to `AppiumClientConfig`. [#2076](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2076)
  - Perform listeners cleanup periodically. [#2077](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2077)
  - Add non-W3C context, orientation and rotation management endpoints removed from Selenium client. [#2093](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2093)
  - Add non-W3C Location-management endpoints deprecated in Selenium client. [#2098](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2098)
- **[BUG FIX]**
  - Properly unwrap driver instance if the `ContextAware` object is deeply nested. [#2052](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2052)
  - Update hashing and iteration logic of page object items. [#2067](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2067)
  - Assign method call listeners directly to the proxy instance. [#2102](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2102)
  - Use JDK 11 to build Jitpack snapshots. [#2083](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/2083)
- **[DEPRECATION]**

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Removed startActivity method from AndroidDriver. Use ‘mobile: startActivity’ extension method instead