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Programmatically sending an app to background

Is there a way to send the application to background? Similarly to how you can call XCUIApplication.terminate(), I have some UI Elements to test on applicationDidBecomeActive(_:). Does anyone know if this is at all possible?

Solution

  • I would recommend checking out XCUIDevice. Here is how you might press the home button and then relaunch the application

    func testExample() {

    // Has a nav bar.
    XCTAssert(XCUIApplication().navigationBars.element.exists)

    XCUIDevice().press(XCUIDeviceButton.home)
    // Before Swift 3: XCUIDevice().pressButton(XCUIDeviceButton.Home)
    XCUIApplication().launch()

    // Navigationbar still there on second launch.
    XCTAssert(XCUIApplication().navigationBars.element.exists)
}