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how to simulate long press using AndroidViewClient-5.5.1

i want to simulate long press on power key using AndroidViewClient , i could achieve this using monkeyrunner . code is as follows :

from com.android.monkeyrunner import MonkeyRunner, MonkeyDevice
device = MonkeyRunner.waitForConnection(10,'840615d')
device.press("KEYCODE_POWER", MonkeyDevice.DOWN)

please help ...

Android API - kitkat (19)
AndroidViewClient version - 5.5.1
Solution

  • The latest version (AndroidViewClient 6.0.0) provides a new (an experimental) AdbClient.longPress(name) method, which has an special workaround for the POWER case as it seems input keyevent --longpress POWER does not work as expected.

    You can try:

    device.longPress('POWER')

    and see if it works. If it does not, please read the comments in that method and follow the instruction to create a bug report that could add support for your device too.