Device actions
Navigate
Presses Back, Home, or Recents — the three keys that are the phone, not the app.
device.nav
The piece
Press a navigation key. Android has all three. On iOS: Home works, Back is emulated with the system edge-swipe (works in standard apps), and Recents isn't available — the step reports what actually happened per device.
Reach for it when
- Backing out of a screen without hunting for the app's own back arrow.
- Returning to the home screen between two parts of a test.
Navigate
Idle
In the bag
Every setting this block has. A field marked only when appears once you have chosen the mode above it — those are alternatives to each other, not extra things to fill in.
- Keystarts at Back
Back — Android hardware key / iOS left-edge swipe. Home — both. Recents (app switcher) — Android only; skipped on iOS.
BackHomeRecents (Android only)
Build it
Pick the key
NavigateSettings KeyBack · Home · RecentsBackExpect iOS to be different
Home works on both. Back on iOS is the system left-edge swipe, which standard apps honour. Recents does not exist on iOS and is reported as skipped.
Android key · iOS edge swipe
What comes out
- What actually happened, per device — pressed, emulated, or skipped.
Watch out
- Back on an app's first screen leaves the app. Assert where you are if the next step assumes you are still in it.
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