Background App

Send the currently running app for this session to the background

Example Usage

driver.runAppInBackground(Duration.ofSeconds(10));

self.driver.background_app(10)

// webdriver.io example
driver.background(10);



// wd example
await driver.backgroundApp(10);

@driver.background_app(10)

// TODO C# sample

// TODO PHP sample

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest 9.3+ 1.6.0+ All
UIAutomation 8.0 to 9.3 All All
Android UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.2+ All All
Mac Mac None None None
Windows Windows None None None

Appium Clients

Language Support Documentation
Java All appium.github.io
Python All github.com
Javascript (WebdriverIO) All webdriver.io
Javascript (WD) All github.com
Ruby All www.rubydoc.info
PHP All github.com
C# All github.com

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

POST /session/:session_id/appium/app/background

URL Parameters

name description
session_id ID of the session to route the command to

JSON Parameters

name type description
seconds number How long to run app in background.

Response

null

See Also