If you are at the Android Desktop, that would imply the OS didn't crash. Possibly the smartremote.apk shut down? If so, then you don't need to reboot the OS (power button on the side). You just need to relaunch the apk (the "smartremote" app icon link). The apk launches much faster than a reboot, so less hassle to do so.
The AndroidDriver can be put into "monitor" mode to relaunch the apk when it sees it's not running if this becomes a problem. Note that when in monitor mode, even if you manually exit the smartremote.apk (click on dot dot dot hard button from the Home page) then it will auto relaunch again. To truly manually shut the apk down (like to manage Android settings - which is uncommon) and not have AndroidDriver constantly restart the apk, then shut off Monitor mode in myServer's AndroidDriver for that smartremote's device ID.
We haven't seen this situation in testing much so don't have any input into root cause. We will monitor.
Last edit: 2 years 5 months ago by
David Li.
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