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  Edit this Doc Get Current Activity

Get the name of the current Android activity

Example Usage

String activity = driver.currentActivity();

activity = self.driver.current_activity;

// webdriver.io example
let activity = driver.getCurrentActivity();

// wd example
let activity = await driver.getCurrentActivity();

# ruby_lib example
current_activity

# ruby_lib_core example
@driver.current_activity

string activity = driver.CurrentActivity;

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest None None None
UIAutomation None None None
Android Espresso ?+ 1.9.0+ All
UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.3+ All All
Mac Mac None None None
Windows Windows None None None

Appium Clients

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

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

GET /session/:session_id/appium/device/current_activity

URL Parameters

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

JSON Parameters

None

Response

Name of the current activity (string)

See Also