MonkeyTalk all Actions/methods with their Description and Examples:
| MonkeyTalk | Action | Description | Example for android |
| Device | Rotate | This method is used for Change the device orientation. Android:Landscape,Portrait Ios:Left,Right |
Device * Rotate Landscape |
| Back | iOS: Pops the current UINavigationItem (if there is one) Android: Presses the hardware device key |
Device * back | |
| forward | iOS: Pushes the next UINavigationItem, if there is one Android: ignored. |
N/A on Android. | |
| search | iOS: ignored. Android: Presses the device search key. |
Device * Search | |
| Screenshot | This method is used to create screenshot folder in running project and we can capture screenshot at any point | Device * Screenshot | |
| Menu | Android: Presses the device menu key. iOS: ignored |
Device * Menu | |
| Shake | This method is used for specific apps. | Device * Shake | |
| Get | This method returns “iOS” or “Android”. | Device * Get a | |
| Table | Select | This method is used to select an element from the table. | Table * Select Boron |
| SelectRow | Select a row. row – the row to select section – the section containing the row. (Ignored on Android). Where row and section are arguments. |
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| ScrollToRow(by row) | Scroll to a row by row number. Row – the row to select section – the section containing the row. (Ignored on Android). Where row and section are arguments and both args should be integer. |
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| ScrollToRow(by Value) | Scroll to a row by value. value (int)- the value of the row to scroll to. |
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| SetEditing | Enable/disable table editing. iOS: Enabled editing mode for table. Android: ignored. | N/A on Android. | |
| Insert | Insert a row into the table. iOS: Inserts a row. Android: Ignored. | N/A on Android. | |
| Remove | Remove a row from the table. iOS: Deletes the row. Android: Ignored. | N/A on Android. | |
| Move | Move a row. iOS: Moves a row. Android: Ignored | N/A on Android. | |
| SelectIndex | Selects an item by index. | Table * SelectIndex 3 Where 3 is item no i.e index and index should be integer. |
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| LongSelectIndex | Long press an item by index. | Table * LongSelectIndex 4 Where 4 is item no i.e index and index should be integer. |
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| View | verify | Verifies that a property of the component has some expected value.If Expected value is null then it verifies the existence of the component. | Syntax: ComponentType MonkeyId Verify arg where for argument pass expected value for verification and componenttype can be any component of monkeytalk like label,button,tabbar etc. Example: Label #1 Verify “Welcome, test!” %thinktime=8000 Label LOGOUT Verify LOGOUT %thinktime=3000 or View LOGOUT Verify LOGOUT %thinktime=3000 |
| verifyNot | Verifies that a property of the component does not have some value.If Expected value is null then it verifies the non-existence of the component. | ComponentType MonkeyId VerifyNot arg Label LOGOUT VerifyNot Login %thinktime=3000 or View LOGOUT VerifyNot Login %thinktime=3000 |
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| verifyRegex | Verifies that a property of the component matches some regular expression. | ||
| verifyNotRegex | Verifies that a property of the component does not have a value matching a regular expression | ||
| verifyWildcard | Verifies that a property of the component does have a value matching some wildcard expression | ||
| verifyNotWildcard | Verifies that a property of the component does not have a value matching some wildcard expression | ||
| Get | Retrieves a property value from the component | Syntax: ComponentType MonkeyId Get Variable PropPath Example: Button LOGIN Get b :text Label #1 Get a |
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| Tap | Taps on the component. On Android, plays a “click”. On iOS, plays a TouchDown/TouchMove/TouchUp sequence. | Button LOGOUT Tap | |
| Swipe | Swipe(scroll) the component in direction Left, Right, Up, or Down (case insensitive) | WebView webview swipe Down Table * Swipe Up Slider * Swipe Right |
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| Drag | Touch down, drag across the component, then up | Input username Drag 43 154 181 162 where 43 and 154 are x1,y1 i.e starting cordinates and 181 & 162 are x2,y2 i.e ending cordinates. |
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| TouchDown | Start touching the component. | Input username TouchDown 43 154 where 43 and 154 are x and y cordinates of touch and x,y should be integer. |
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| TouchMove | Drag across the component. one or more (x,y) coordinate pairs specifying the path of the drag gesture |
Input username TouchMove 146 170 | |
| TouchUp | Stop touching the component | Input username TouchUp 43 154 where 43 and 154 are x and y cordinates of touch where touch is released and x,y should be integer. |
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| Pinch | Pinch the component. scale – The scale factor relative to the points of the two touches in screen coordinates velocity – The velocity of the pinch in scale factor per second (read-only) |
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| Exec | Call a method on a component. The method must take zero or more String arguments and return a String result. | Not implemented yet by gorilla logics. | |
| LongPress | Performs a long press on the component. On Android, plays a “longClick”. On iOS, plays a longPush gesture | View LOGOUT LongPress Button LOGIN LongPress |
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| ButtonSelector | Select | Select an item by value. | ButtonSelector forms_radios select A |
| SelectIndex | Selects an item by index. | ||
| LongSelectIndex | Long press an item by index. | ||
| Input | EnterText | Enter text into the input field. text – the text to enter hitDone – iOS: if true, hit Done key after entering text. Android: ignored. Where text and hitdone are arguments of entertext action. |
Input username EnterText test |
| Clear | Clear text from the input field | Input username Clear | |
| Script | Run | Run the script with the given args. | Script test1.mt Run john “my password” %thinktime=3000 |
| RunWith | Run the script with the given CSV file. | Script datdriven.mt RunWith credentials.csv | |
| Slider | Select | Select a numeric component value | Slider forms_slider_bar Select 52 %thinktime=3000 |
| TabBar | Select | Select an item by value. | TabBar * Select hierarchy %thinktime=1000 |
| SelectIndex | Selects an item by index. | TabBar * SelectIndex 2 %thinktime=5000 | |
| LongSelectIndex | Long press an item by index. | ||
| Vars | Define | Define the named variables used in the script. | Vars * Define user pass |
| CheckBox | On | This action sets or returns the checked state of a checkbox. | CheckBox forms_checkbox on |
| Off | This action sets or returns the Unchecked state of a checkbox. | CheckBox forms_checkbox off | |
| ItemSelector | Select | Select an item by value. | ItemSelector * Select Carbon |
| SelectIndex | Selects an item by index. | ItemSelector * SelectIndex 8 | |
| LongSelectIndex | Long press an item by index. | ItemSelector * LongSelectIndex 8 | |
| Button | Tap | Taps(click) on the Button. On Android, plays a “click”. On iOS, plays a TouchDown/TouchMove/TouchUp sequence. | Button LOGOUT Tap |
| DatePicker | EnteDate | Change the current date value. A date with the format YYYY-MM-DD where YYYY is the year, MM is the month (01-12), and DD is the day (01-31). |
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| NumericSelector | select | Select a numeric component value | |
| RatingBar | select | Select a numeric component value | |
| Scroller | scroll | Scroll to the specified coordinates. x – the x-coordinate (horizontal) y – the y-coordinate (vertical) |
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| TextArea | EnterText | Enter text into the input field. text – the text to enter hitDone – iOS: if true, hit Done key after entering text. Android: ignored. Where text and hitdone are arguments of entertext action. |
TextArea * enterText “This is a textarea” |
| Clear | Clear text from the input field | TextArea * Clear | |
| ToolBar | SelectIndex | Selects an item by index. | |
| LongSelectIndex | Long press an item by index. | ||
| VideoPlayer | Play | Play the video from the current playback point. | |
| Pause | Stop the video at the current playback point | ||
| Stop | Stop the video and set playback to the starting point. | ||
| Menu | Select | Select an item by value. | Menu * select About |
| Verify | Menu * Verify About | ||
| SelectIndex | Selects an item by index. | ||
| LongSelectIndex | Long press an item by index. | ||
| Doc | vars | Document the named variables used in the script. | |
| script | Document the script itself. | ||
| Label | All methods of view are applicable on label. | Label #1 Verify “Welcome, test!” Label LOGOUT VerifyNot LOGIN |
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| Setup | Run | Run the setup script with the given args. | SetUp login.mt run john “my password” |
| RunWith | Data-drive the setup script with the given CSV data file. | SetUp login.mt runwith cre.csv (where the first arg is the data file filename ) |
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| Teardown | Run | Run the teardown script with the given args | TearDown logout.mt run |
| RunWith | Data-drive the teardown script with the given CSV data file. | TearDown logout.mt runwith logout.csv | |
| Test | Run | Run the test script with the given args. | Test testcase1.mt run |
| RunWith | Data-drive the test script with the given CSV data file. | Test testcase1.mt runwith login.csv | |
| Toggle | On | Enabled the switch on. | Toggle MonkeyId On |
| Off | Disabled the switch. | Toggle MonkeyId Off |
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