openApp

Launches an app. The simplified form takes the package name (Android) or bundle identifier (iOS) as a single string.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`package`	`string`	Yes	App package name or bundle identifier.
`activity`	`string`	No	Android activity to launch (Android).
`intentExtras`	`string`	No	Android intent extras to pass at launch (Android).
`saveAs`	`string`	No	Variable to store this step’s return value on `env.<name>`.
`retries`	`number`	No	Times to retry the step on failure before failing the test.
`skipped`	`boolean`	No	Skip this step at execution time.

Package or bundle identifier as a single string.

- openApp: com.example.shop

- openApp:
    package: com.example.shop
    activity: .MainActivity # Android: launch a specific activity