How to programmatically simulate the Home and Power button of iPhone?

Question

Hey there, I want to simulate the press of iPhone home button and power/standby button. Could anyone tell me how to do this?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 15 '10 at 15:02

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There is no public API supporting this.

answered Oct 15 '10 at 15:02

Thanks for letting me know this. Perhaps could you tell me which private APIs support this? – Nihao Oct 18 '10 at 13:01
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] terminate]; – Björn Marschollek Oct 18 '10 at 16:52

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 15 '10 at 17:46

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Your app should never quit unless the user has pressed the home button. Apple will most likely reject your app if you do.

To answer your question, to "simulate" the app closing/crashing you can use exit

exit( 0 );

answered Oct 15 '10 at 17:46

aegzorz

Great! If this answered your question please mark it as such :) – aegzorz Oct 18 '10 at 13:57

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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Probably you want to take a screenshot of the screen from your app?

There is no public api available for taking a screenshot.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

Community

answered Oct 15 '10 at 17:51

Chaitanya

hello, thanks for your reply. I tried that method given by the reference link. However, it gave me a totally black image. I guess it might be caused by my overlayview. Do you know how to render both the main window and its overlay in the video preview mode? Thank you :D – Nihao Oct 18 '10 at 13:00

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