How to prevent entering settings when using Monkey Test

Question

I have a monkey test with my application in android device(LG G4).

The command is

adb shell monkey -p {package name} -v 2000

But it may accidentally enter settings and change my device's default value.

How to prevent it ?

what does mean of Default setting of device?? – curiousMind Dec 03 '15 at 06:56 — curiousMind, Dec 03 '15 at 06:56
default value in settings, like wifi on ...etc – pop Dec 03 '15 at 06:59 — pop, Dec 03 '15 at 06:59

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '16 at 07:31

Monkey support blacklist, you could your setting package name in blacklist then run Monkey, Monkey will not perform test in package which you set in blacklist.

you can do like this:

adb shell pm list packages get your setting package name
open a blacklist.txt file, and put package name in it, then push it to your device like /sdcard/blacklist.txt
run Monkey with --pkg-blacklist-file like this: adb shell monkey --pkg-blacklist-file /sdcard/blacklist.txt

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '16 at 11:30

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You can use screen pinning. Start the app/package you want to test. Pin it. Then start monkey with e.g. adb shell monkey -p {package name} -v 2000. This worked for me on an Android device running Nougat (7.0).

answered Oct 13 '16 at 11:30

TobiasMelin

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