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How to open app from Recently open apps in android device using Appium?

I have tried the following code for the above mentioned problem, 

    driver.pressKey(new KeyEvent().withKey(AndroidKey.APP_SWITCH));
    //Code for swipe left

    ((AndroidDriver) driver).startActivity(new Activity(ANDROID_PACKAGE, ANDROID_STARTACTIVITY));
    //user you application package name and activity for start application

When I switch between applications my previous application gets restart. Could anyone please help me to stop this restart.

Solution

  • Key presses on appium are done by driver.press_keycode(code)

    All required codes can be found here

    • 187 - KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH

    So in your case, The final code would be like,

    driver.press_keycode(187) - KEYCODE_APP_SWITCH