calabash android: useful commands

1) back arrow & Menu key
performAction('go_back')

performAction('press_menu')

2) Enter key on virtual key pad 

  performAction('send_key_enter')

3) Swipe right and left / Scroll up down

  performAction('swipe', 'left')

  performAction('swipe', 'right')

  performAction('scroll_down')

  performAction('scroll_up')

4) wait until time_out (seconds) for particular text to be shown ,
if text is shown return true else false

  def wait_for_page_to_load(text, time_out)
    begin
      wait_poll({:until_exists => "* marked:'#{text}'", :timeout => time_out}) do
        puts "wait_for_page_to_load: checking text #{text}"
      end
    rescue
      return false
    end
    return true
  end

5) Scroll up and down

  def scroll_view(dir)
    if (dir=="up")
      performAction('drag', 50, 50, 70, 90, 10)
    elsif (dir=="down")
      performAction('drag', 50, 50, 90, 70, 10)
    end
  end

6) Read test data from excel
require 'rubyXL'

def read_test_data()
    file_path=$g_booking_data
    
workbook = RubyXL::Parser.parse(file_path)
    hash_arr=workbook[1].get_table(["Surname", "Today"])
    return hash_arr[:table]
  end