Simulating pressing the Home button in Xcode 7 UI Automation

Question

I've got it down to:

XCUIDevice.pressButton(noideawhatgoeshere)

I've tried XCUIDeviceButtonHome, home, Home, 1

How do I simulate pressing the home button in Xcode on iOS?

Madaih

Answer 1

You need to get the device instance first. So to simulate pressing the home button:

XCUIDevice.sharedDevice().pressButton(XCUIDeviceButton.Home)

should work (it does for me on a physical device)

Thanks!

Mazen

Swift 5 Version:

XCUIDevice.shared.press(XCUIDevice.Button.home)

Also, verified it works in the simulator, at least in Xcode 11.2.1 on a simulated "iPad Pro (9.7-inch)" running iPadOS 13.2.2.

Lineate

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Swift 3: XCUIDevice.shared().press(.home) – Brunette

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Answer 2

Swift 4:

XCUIDevice.shared.press(.home)

Sibelius

Answer 3

In Swift version 4.0.2 and 4.0.3:

XCUIDevice.shared().press(XCUIDeviceButton.home)

Lesh

Answer 4

Objective C

    [XCUIDevice.sharedDevice pressButton: XCUIDeviceButtonHome];

There are also XCUIDeviceButtonVolumeUp for volume up button and XCUIDeviceButtonVolumeDown for volume down button.

Axillary

Answer 5

Now in Swift 4.1:

XCUIDevice.shared.press(XCUIDevice.Button.home)

Culet