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[Mobile] Press Back

Description​

Simulate pressing back button on a mobile device (Android only).

Keyword name: Mobile.pressBack

Parameters​

ParamParam TypeRequiredDescription
flowControlFailureHandlingOptionalSpecify failure handling schema to determine whether the execution should be allowed to continue or stop.

Example​

You want to back to the previous screen after some navigation:

import static com.kms.katalon.core.testcase.TestCaseFactory.findTestCase
import static com.kms.katalon.core.testdata.TestDataFactory.findTestData
import static com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.ObjectRepository.findTestObject
import internal.GlobalVariable as GlobalVariable
import com.kms.katalon.core.configuration.RunConfiguration as RunConfiguration
import com.kms.katalon.core.mobile.keyword.MobileBuiltInKeywords as Mobile
import com.kms.katalon.core.util.internal.PathUtil as PathUtil
import com.kms.katalon.core.webui.keyword.WebUiBuiltInKeywords as WebUI
import com.kms.katalon.core.webservice.keyword.WSBuiltInKeywords as WS
import static com.kms.katalon.core.checkpoint.CheckpointFactory.findCheckpoint
import com.kms.katalon.core.model.FailureHandling as FailureHandling
import com.kms.katalon.core.testcase.TestCase as TestCase
import com.kms.katalon.core.testdata.TestData as TestData
import com.kms.katalon.core.testobject.TestObject as TestObject
import com.kms.katalon.core.checkpoint.Checkpoint as Checkpoint

'Start application on current selected android's device'
Mobile.startApplication(GlobalVariable.G_AndroidApp, false)

Mobile.tap(findTestObject('Application/android.widget.TextView - App'), 10)

Mobile.tap(findTestObject('Application/App/android.widget.TextView-Activity'), 10)

Mobile.tap(findTestObject('Application/App/Activity/android.widget.TextView-Custom Dialog'), 10)

'Back to previous screen'
Mobile.pressBack()

'Close application on current selected android's device'
Mobile.closeApplication()
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