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?

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.

Answer 2

Swift 4:

XCUIDevice.shared.press(.home)