Merge pull request appium#175 from appium/isaac-current-package

Add method for getting current package

Author: imurchie

.gitignore

@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@ MANIFEST
 
 build
 dist
+
+.cache
+__pycache__

README.md

@@ -470,7 +470,15 @@ assertFalse(el.is_displayed())
 ```
 
 
-#### Retrieving the current running activity
+#### Retrieving the current running package and activity
+
+The property method `driver.current_package` returns the name of the current
+package running on the device.
+
+```python
+package = driver.current_package
+assertEquals('com.example.android.apis', package)
+```
 
 The property method `driver.current_activity` returns the name of the current
 activity running on the device.

appium/webdriver/mobilecommand.py

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class MobileCommand(object):
     KEY_EVENT = 'keyEvent' # Needed for Selendroid
     LONG_PRESS_KEYCODE = 'longPressKeyCode'
     GET_CURRENT_ACTIVITY = 'getCurrentActivity'
+    GET_CURRENT_PACKAGE = 'getCurrentPackage'
     SET_IMMEDIATE_VALUE = 'setImmediateValue'
     PULL_FILE = 'pullFile'
     PULL_FOLDER = 'pullFolder'
@@ -59,4 +60,4 @@ class MobileCommand(object):
     UPDATE_SETTINGS = 'updateSettings'
     SET_LOCATION = 'setLocation'
     GET_DEVICE_TIME = 'getDeviceTime'
-    CLEAR = 'clear'
+    CLEAR = 'clear'

appium/webdriver/webdriver.py

@@ -446,10 +446,16 @@ def long_press_keycode(self, keycode, metastate=None):
 
     @property
     def current_activity(self):
-        """Retrieves the current activity on the device.
+        """Retrieves the current activity running on the device.
         """
         return self.execute(Command.GET_CURRENT_ACTIVITY)['value']
 
+    @property
+    def current_package(self):
+        """Retrieves the current package running on the device.
+        """
+        return self.execute(Command.GET_CURRENT_PACKAGE)['value']
+
     def wait_activity(self, activity, timeout, interval=1):
         """Wait for an activity: block until target activity presents
         or time out.
@@ -817,6 +823,8 @@ def _addCommands(self):
             ('POST', '/session/$sessionId/appium/device/long_press_keycode')
         self.command_executor._commands[Command.GET_CURRENT_ACTIVITY] = \
             ('GET', '/session/$sessionId/appium/device/current_activity')
+        self.command_executor._commands[Command.GET_CURRENT_PACKAGE] = \
+            ('GET', '/session/$sessionId/appium/device/current_package')
         self.command_executor._commands[Command.SET_IMMEDIATE_VALUE] = \
             ('POST', '/session/$sessionId/appium/element/$id/value')
         self.command_executor._commands[Command.PULL_FILE] = \

test/functional/android/appium_tests.py

@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ def test_current_activity(self):
         activity = self.driver.current_activity
         self.assertEqual('.ApiDemos', activity)
 
+    def test_current_package(self):
+        package = self.driver.current_package
+        self.assertEqual('com.example.android.apis', package)
+
     def test_pull_file(self):
         data = self.driver.pull_file('data/local/tmp/strings.json')
         strings = json.loads(data.decode('base64', 'strict'))