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Lock the device

Example Usage

driver.lockDevice();

self.driver.lock();

// webdriver.io example
driver.lock();

// wd example
await driver.lock();

# ruby_lib example
lock
lock(5) # lock 5 seconds

# ruby_lib_core example
@driver.lock
@driver.lock(5) # lock 5 seconds

driver.Lock(); // Supported by IOSDriver & AndroidDriver

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest None None None
UIAutomation 8.0 to 9.3 All All
Android Espresso ?+ 1.9.0+ All
UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.3+ All All
Mac Mac None None None
Windows Windows 10+ 1.6.0+ All

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

POST /session/:session_id/appium/device/lock

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 lock the screen (iOS only).

Response

null

See Also