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Key Press Actions

Key press methods are provided by AndroidActions (which extends KeyPressActions). Use them with an Appium Android driver. There is no separate accessor on DriverActions for generic key presses.

Methods (from the framework)​

// Android key events
void pressKey(io.appium.java_client.android.nativekey.KeyEvent keyEvent);
void longPressKey(io.appium.java_client.android.nativekey.KeyEvent keyEvent, long durationMillis);
void longPressAndroidKey(io.appium.java_client.android.nativekey.AndroidKey key, long durationMillis);

Usage​

import io.appium.java_client.android.nativekey.AndroidKey;
import io.appium.java_client.android.nativekey.KeyEvent;

DriverActions actions = new DriverActions(driver);

// Press BACK key
actions.androidActions().pressKey(new KeyEvent(AndroidKey.BACK));

// Long press HOME for 1.5 seconds
actions.androidActions().longPressKey(new KeyEvent(AndroidKey.HOME), 1500);

// Long press VOLUME_DOWN for 2 seconds (convenience)
actions.androidActions().longPressAndroidKey(AndroidKey.VOLUME_DOWN, 2000);

Notes​

  • Requires Android (Appium) driver; these methods are not available on desktop web.
  • Durations are in milliseconds.
  • For iOS, use the gesture methods in IOSActions instead of key events.