Keyevent no longer used for Appium 1.0.0.3? Error when trying to automate tapping device menu button

[Cameron S.]

I'm using ruby for this script and it breaks whenever I try to automate pressing the device menu button..

@driver.execute_script('mobile: keyevent', :keycode=> 82) # click android menu button

Here's the log I got from it:

> info: Tried to execute non-existent mobile command 'keyevent'

> ERROR: debug: Request received with params: {"script":"mobile: keyevent","args":[{"keycode":82}]}

> POST /wd/hub/session/53e4ae87-dfd8-4935-8b77-c7c56df3ae21/execute 501 1ms - 180b

> ERROR: debug: Appium request initiated at /wd/hub/session/53e4ae87-dfd8-4935-8b77-c7c56df3ae21/screenshot

> ERROR: debug: Request received with params: {}

[bootstrap online]

In the new bindings it's key_event 82

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[Cameron S.]

Thanks. Unfortunately, I just tried key_event, with and without 'execute_script' and with and without 'mobile' parameter.

I also installed the appium_lib gem, which I didn't use before. I'm still getting issues.

Currently coded:

@driver.execute_script 'mobile: keyevent', 82 # click android menu button

Log:

info: Tried to execute non-existent mobile command 'key_event'

ERROR: debug: Request received with params: {"script":"mobile: key_event","args":[82]}

POST /wd/hub/session/fa9c2e44-4a54-4463-965b-dacb38ea87ee/execute 501 1ms - 180b

[bootstrap online]

example: https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib/blob/84af3e91dbdfb3781dc64dcf40a55f70ec023734/android_tests/lib/android/specs/common/device.rb#L88

[Cameron S.]

Thank you. Wasn't even thinking it was that obvious. The one thing I was actually missing was switching from initializing to Appium driver instead of Selenium. 

[Eric Lerouge]

Hello,

I'm trying to simulate a click on the physical Menu button on Android with Appium and Ruby but I don't get it.

It looks like this thread can help me but I can make it work.

My code is :

capabilities =

{

          'appPackage'=> 'com.myapp.demo,

          'appActivity'=> '.MainActivity',

'platformName' => 'Android',

'deviceName' => 'Galaxy S4',

}

server_url = 'http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub'

@driver = Selenium::WebDriver.for(:remote, desired_capabilities: capabilities, url: server_url)

@browser = Watir::Browser.new @driver

@browser.driver.manage.timeouts.implicit_wait = 30

@driver.find_element(:name, "BANNER").click() #this line is ok, click on BANNER is done

@driver.execute_script('mobile: key_event', :keycode=> 82) #I've got an error telling me that it's not implemented yet...

I've tried to install gem appium_lib but I've got an error (don't know if I need appium_lib) :

ERROR:  Error installing appium_lib:

ERROR: Failed to build gem native extension.

/Users/elerouge/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.0.0-p481/bin/ruby extconf.rb

Building nokogiri using packaged libraries.

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libiconv is missing.  please visit http://nokogiri.org/tutorials/installing_nokogiri.html for help with installing dependencies.

So thanks a lot if you can help me to click on the Menu !

I'm very new in this area...