Appium: Method closeApp() is allowed for iOS only, though it works with Android

[mirao]

What are you trying to achieve?

I want to use I.closeApp() in an Appium test against Android device.
Appium docs for closeApp() says that it's allowed on Android/UiAutomator

What do you get instead?

CodeceptJS allows it for iOS only.
node_modules/codeceptjs/docs/build/Appium.js:

  /**
   * Close the given application.
   *
   * ```js
   * I.closeApp();
   * ```
   *
   * Appium: support only iOS
   */
  async closeApp() {
    onlyForApps.call(this, 'iOS');
    return this.browser.closeApp();
  }

Note that I created the same method (without blocking of Android platform) in my custom helper and it works well with Android:

async closeApp() {
    const browser = this.helpers["Appium"].browser;
    await browser.closeApp();
}

Details

• CodeceptJS version: 3.0.5
• NodeJS Version: v12.21.0
• Operating System: Ubuntu 20.04
• Appium 1.15.1
• Android Studio 4.1.3 emulator Nexus 9 (Android 9)

[mirao]

Also CodeceptJS docs says that only iOS is supported: https://codecept.io/helpers/Appium.html#closeapp