# Automating Android Push Notifications Tests with Appium

Lets talk about testing push notifications for Android.

## Why to do this

* To ensure the device registration works fine. This is required to identify which device the notification needs to be pushed.
    
* Ensure push notifications work for multiple devices for the same user.
    
* To have confidence that the notifications are received by the device for the given device. Currently, no way to know if the notfication was delivered & received successfully.
    

## How to do this

* Using Appium
    
* Tested on a real device
    
* Making the call to push notification
    
* Registration of device is tested implicitly i.e.
    
    * A successful push notification is only received , if the device registration is succesful.
        

## Test Flow

* Login to a device to register the device implicitly ( because the app does it so ). If you have a different flow , do that to ensure the device registration flow is triggered successfully.
    
* Make the call to push the notification. Mostly a REST call.
    
* Swipe the Android Status Bar
    
* Poll & check for the push notification to have arrived & be present.
    

## Code

* Scroll the Notification Menu
    

new TouchAction(appiumDriver) .press(PointOption.point(0,0)) .moveTo(PointOption.point(450, 1750)) .release() .perform()

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- Identify the Push Notification
  This worked because my push notification was the first notification,else list all the notifications & then find the expected notification

>```java
  @AndroidFindBy(id = 'android:id/big_text')
  MobileElement notificationElement
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* Poll for the element to be displayed & then edtract text for assertion Ensure the notification in question is displayed before the getText() call.
    

assert notificationElement.getText().toContain()

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### Resources used for reference
- [http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/touch-actions](http://appium.io/docs/en/writing-running-appium/touch-actions/)
- [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51018055/how-to-scroll-up-in-android-appium](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/51018055/how-to-scroll-up-in-android-appium)
- [https://appiumpro.com/editions/15](https://appiumpro.com/editions/15)**
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