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Notification Shade

Opening

open_notifications()   # pulls down the notification shade

This uses UIAutomator2's built-in mobile: openNotifications — reliable across devices.

Reading notifications

Once open, notifications appear in ui_tree():

open_notifications()
wait(0.5)
for el in ui_tree(visible_only=True):
    if el["type"] == "android.widget.FrameLayout" and el["text"]:
        print(el["text"])

Notification elements typically have:

  • android.widget.TextView for title and body text
  • resource_id patterns like android:id/title, android:id/text
  • content_desc with summary text

Interacting

# Tap a notification
notif = find(text="New message from Alice")
if notif:
    tap(notif)

# Expand a bundled notification
notif_group = find(content_desc="3 new messages")
if notif_group:
    # Swipe down on it to expand
    long_press(notif_group["cx"], notif_group["cy"], duration=0.3)

Closing

close_notifications()   # presses Back
# or
press_home()            # also dismisses

Quick Settings

Quick Settings is the notification shade pulled down further (two-finger pull or pull down twice):

open_notifications()
wait(0.3)
# Pull down again to reveal Quick Settings
sz = window_size()
swipe(sz["width"] // 2, 100, sz["width"] // 2, sz["height"] // 2)
wait(0.5)
# Now Quick Settings tiles are in the tree
wifi = find(text="Wi-Fi") or find(content_desc="Wi-Fi")

Gotchas

  • Notification grouping: Android bundles notifications from the same app. Expand first to see individual items.
  • Do Not Disturb: may suppress notification display even though they exist.
  • Heads-up notifications: appear at top of screen briefly, then go to shade. find() catches them while visible.