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      7     h4.jd-details-title {background-color: #DEE8F1;}
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      9 <p>
     10     A monkeyrunner class that contains static utility methods.
     11 </p>
     12 <h2>Summary</h2>
     13 <table id="pubmethods" class="jd-sumtable">
     14     <tr>
     15         <th colspan="12" style="background-color: #E2E2E2">Methods</th>
     16     </tr>
     17     <tr class="api" >
     18         <td class="jd-typecol">
     19             <nobr>
     20                 void
     21             </nobr>
     22         </td>
     23         <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
     24             <nobr>
     25                 <span class="sympad">
     26                     <a href="#alert">alert</a>
     27                 </span>
     28                 (<em>string</em> message,
     29                  <em>string</em> title,
     30                  <em>string</em> okTitle)
     31             </nobr>
     32             <div class="jd-descrdiv">
     33                 Displays an alert dialog to the process running the current
     34                 program.
     35             </div>
     36         </td>
     37     </tr>
     38     <tr class="api" >
     39         <td class="jd-typecol">
     40             <nobr>
     41                 <em>integer</em>
     42             </nobr>
     43         </td>
     44         <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
     45             <nobr>
     46                 <span class="sympad">
     47                     <a href="#choice">choice</a>
     48                 </span>
     49                 (<em>string</em> message,
     50                  <em>iterable</em> choices,
     51                  <em>string</em> title)
     52             </nobr>
     53             <div class="jd-descrdiv">
     54                 Displays a dialog with a list of choices to the process running the current program.
     55             </div>
     56         </td>
     57     </tr>
     58     <tr class="api" >
     59         <td class="jd-typecol">
     60             <nobr>
     61                 void
     62             </nobr>
     63         </td>
     64         <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
     65             <nobr>
     66                 <span class="sympad">
     67                     <a href="#help">help</a>
     68                 </span>
     69                 (<em>string</em> format)
     70             </nobr>
     71             <div class="jd-descrdiv">
     72                 Displays the monkeyrunner API reference in a style similar to that of Python's
     73                 <code>pydoc</code> tool, using the specified format.
     74             </div>
     75         </td>
     76     </tr>
     77     <tr class="api" >
     78         <td class="jd-typecol">
     79             <nobr>
     80                 <em>string</em>
     81             </nobr>
     82         </td>
     83         <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
     84             <nobr>
     85                 <span class="sympad">
     86                     <a href="#input">input</a>
     87                 </span>
     88                 (<em>string</em> message,
     89                  <em>string</em> initialValue,
     90                  <em>string</em> title,
     91                  <em>string</em> okTitle,
     92                  <em>string</em> cancelTitle)
     93             </nobr>
     94             <div class="jd-descrdiv">
     95                 Displays a dialog that accepts input.
     96             </div>
     97         </td>
     98     </tr>
     99     <tr class="api" >
    100         <td class="jd-typecol">
    101             <nobr>
    102                 void
    103             </nobr>
    104         </td>
    105         <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
    106             <nobr>
    107                 <span class="sympad">
    108                     <a href="#sleep">sleep</a>
    109                 </span>
    110                 (<em>float</em> seconds)
    111             </nobr>
    112             <div class="jd-descrdiv">
    113                 Pauses the current program for the specified number of seconds.
    114             </div>
    115         </td>
    116     </tr>
    117     <tr class="api" >
    118         <td class="jd-typecol">
    119             <nobr>
    120                 <code>
    121                     <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/MonkeyDevice.html">MonkeyDevice</a>
    122                 </code>
    123             </nobr>
    124         </td>
    125         <td class="jd-linkcol" width="100%">
    126             <nobr>
    127                 <span class="sympad">
    128                     <a href="#waitForConnection">waitForConnection</a>
    129                 </span>
    130                 (<em>float</em> timeout,
    131                 <em>string</em> deviceId)
    132             </nobr>
    133             <div class="jd-descrdiv">
    134                 Tries to make a connection between the <code>monkeyrunner</code> backend and the
    135                 specified device or emulator.
    136             </div>
    137         </td>
    138     </tr>
    139 </table>
    140 <!-- ========= METHOD DETAIL ======== -->
    141 <!-- Public methods -->
    142 <h2>Public Methods</h2>
    143 <A NAME="alert"></A>
    144 <div class="jd-details api ">
    145     <h4 class="jd-details-title">
    146       <span class="normal">
    147         <em>string</em>
    148       </span>
    149       <span class="sympad">alert</span>
    150       <span class="normal">
    151       (
    152             <em>string</em> message,
    153             <em>string</em> title,
    154             <em>string</em> okTitle)
    155       </span>
    156     </h4>
    157   <div class="jd-details-descr">
    158 
    159     <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
    160         <p>
    161             Displays an alert dialog to the process running the current
    162             program. The dialog is modal, so the program pauses until the user clicks the dialog's
    163             button.
    164         </p>
    165     </div>
    166     <div class="jd-tagdata">
    167       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
    168       <table class="jd-tagtable">
    169         <tr>
    170           <th>message</th>
    171             <td>
    172                 The message to display in the dialog.
    173             </td>
    174         </tr>
    175         <tr>
    176             <th>title</th>
    177             <td>
    178                 The dialog's title. The default value is "Alert".
    179             </td>
    180         </tr>
    181         <tr>
    182             <th>okTitle</th>
    183             <td>
    184                 The text displayed in the dialog button. The default value is "OK".
    185             </td>
    186         </tr>
    187         </table>
    188     </div>
    189 </div>
    190 </div>
    191 <A NAME="choice"></A>
    192 <div class="jd-details api ">
    193     <h4 class="jd-details-title">
    194       <span class="normal">
    195         <em>integer</em>
    196       </span>
    197       <span class="sympad">choice</span>
    198       <span class="normal">
    199         (<em>string</em> message,
    200          <em>iterable</em> choices,
    201          <em>string</em> title)
    202       </span>
    203     </h4>
    204   <div class="jd-details-descr">
    205 
    206     <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
    207         <p>
    208             Displays a dialog with a list of choices to the process running the current program. The
    209             dialog is modal, so the program pauses until the user clicks one of the dialog's
    210             buttons.
    211         </p>
    212     </div>
    213     <div class="jd-tagdata">
    214       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
    215       <table class="jd-tagtable">
    216         <tr>
    217           <th>message</th>
    218           <td>
    219             The prompt message displayed in the dialog.
    220           </td>
    221         </tr>
    222         <tr>
    223           <th>choices</th>
    224           <td>
    225             A Python iterable containing one or more objects that are displayed as strings. The
    226             recommended form is an array of strings.
    227           </td>
    228         </tr>
    229         <tr>
    230             <th>
    231                 title
    232             </th>
    233             <td>
    234                The dialog's title. The default is "Input".
    235             </td>
    236         </tr>
    237       </table>
    238     </div>
    239     <div class="jd-tagdata">
    240       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Returns</h5>
    241       <ul class="nolist">
    242         <li>
    243             If the user makes a selection and clicks the "OK" button, the method returns
    244             the 0-based index of the selection within the iterable.
    245             If the user clicks the "Cancel" button, the method returns -1.
    246         </li>
    247       </ul>
    248     </div>
    249   </div>
    250 </div>
    251 <A NAME="help"></A>
    252 <div class="jd-details api ">
    253     <h4 class="jd-details-title">
    254       <span class="normal">
    255         void
    256       </span>
    257       <span class="sympad">help</span>
    258       <span class="normal">
    259         (<em>string</em> format)
    260       </span>
    261     </h4>
    262   <div class="jd-details-descr">
    263 
    264     <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
    265         <p>
    266             Displays the monkeyrunner API reference in a style similar to that of Python's
    267             <code>pydoc</code> tool, using the specified format.
    268         </p>
    269     </div>
    270     <div class="jd-tagdata">
    271       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
    272       <table class="jd-tagtable">
    273         <tr>
    274           <th>format</th>
    275           <td>
    276             The markup format to use in the output. The possible values are "text" for plain text
    277             or "html" for HTML.
    278           </td>
    279         </tr>
    280       </table>
    281     </div>
    282   </div>
    283 </div>
    284 <A NAME="input"></A>
    285 <div class="jd-details api ">
    286     <h4 class="jd-details-title">
    287       <span class="normal">
    288         <em>string</em>
    289       </span>
    290       <span class="sympad">input</span>
    291       <span class="normal">
    292         (<em>string</em> message
    293          <em>string</em> initialValue,
    294          <em>string</em> title,
    295          <em>string</em> okTitle,
    296          <em>string</em> cancelTitle)
    297       </span>
    298     </h4>
    299   <div class="jd-details-descr">
    300 
    301     <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
    302         <p>
    303             Displays a dialog that accepts input and returns it to the program. The dialog is
    304             modal, so the program pauses until the user clicks one of the dialog's buttons.
    305         </p>
    306         <p>
    307             The dialog contains two buttons, one of which displays the okTitle value
    308             and the other the cancelTitle value. If the user clicks the okTitle button,
    309             the current value of the input box is returned. If the user clicks the cancelTitle
    310             button, an empty string is returned.
    311         </p>
    312     </div>
    313     <div class="jd-tagdata">
    314       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
    315       <table class="jd-tagtable">
    316         <tr>
    317           <th>message</th>
    318           <td>
    319             The prompt message displayed in the dialog.
    320           </td>
    321         </tr>
    322         <tr>
    323           <th>initialValue</th>
    324           <td>
    325             The initial value to display in the dialog. The default is an empty string.
    326           </td>
    327         </tr>
    328         <tr>
    329           <th>title</th>
    330           <td>
    331             The dialog's title. The default is "Input".
    332           </td>
    333         </tr>
    334         <tr>
    335           <th>okTitle</th>
    336           <td>
    337             The text displayed in the okTitle button. The default is "OK".
    338           </td>
    339         </tr>
    340         <tr>
    341           <th>cancelTitle</th>
    342           <td>
    343             The text displayed in the cancelTitle button. The default is "Cancel".
    344           </td>
    345         </tr>
    346       </table>
    347     </div>
    348     <div class="jd-tagdata">
    349       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Returns</h5>
    350       <ul class="nolist">
    351         <li>
    352             If the user clicks the okTitle button, then the method returns the current value of
    353             the dialog's input box. If the user clicks the cancelTitle button, the method returns
    354             an empty string.
    355         </li>
    356       </ul>
    357     </div>
    358   </div>
    359 </div>
    360 <A NAME="sleep"></A>
    361 <div class="jd-details api ">
    362     <h4 class="jd-details-title">
    363       <span class="normal">
    364         void
    365       </span>
    366       <span class="sympad">sleep</span>
    367       <span class="normal">
    368       (
    369        <em>float</em> seconds
    370       )
    371       </span>
    372     </h4>
    373   <div class="jd-details-descr">
    374 
    375     <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
    376         <p>
    377             Pauses the current program for the specified number of seconds.
    378         </p>
    379     </div>
    380     <div class="jd-tagdata">
    381       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
    382       <table class="jd-tagtable">
    383         <tr>
    384           <th>seconds</th>
    385           <td>
    386             The number of seconds to pause.
    387           </td>
    388         </tr>
    389       </table>
    390     </div>
    391   </div>
    392 </div>
    393 <A NAME="waitForConnection"></A>
    394 <div class="jd-details api ">
    395     <h4 class="jd-details-title">
    396       <span class="normal">
    397           <code>
    398               <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/MonkeyDevice.html">MonkeyDevice</a>
    399           </code>
    400       </span>
    401       <span class="sympad">waitForConnection</span>
    402       <span class="normal">
    403       (<em>float</em> timeout,
    404        <em>string</em> deviceId)
    405       </span>
    406     </h4>
    407   <div class="jd-details-descr">
    408 
    409     <div class="jd-tagdata jd-tagdescr">
    410         <p>
    411             Tries to make a connection between the <code>monkeyrunner</code> backend and the
    412             specified device or emulator.
    413         </p>
    414     </div>
    415     <div class="jd-tagdata">
    416       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Arguments</h5>
    417       <table class="jd-tagtable">
    418         <tr>
    419           <th>timeout</th>
    420           <td>
    421             The number of seconds to wait for a connection. The default is to wait forever.
    422           </td>
    423         </tr>
    424         <tr>
    425             <th>
    426                 deviceId
    427             </th>
    428             <td>
    429                 A regular expression that specifies the serial number of the device or emulator. See
    430                 the topic
    431                 <a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/adb.html">Android Debug Bridge</a>
    432                 for a description of device and emulator serial numbers.
    433             </td>
    434         </tr>
    435       </table>
    436     </div>
    437         <div class="jd-tagdata">
    438       <h5 class="jd-tagtitle">Returns</h5>
    439       <ul class="nolist">
    440         <li>
    441           A <code><a href="{@docRoot}tools/help/MonkeyDevice.html">MonkeyDevice</a></code>
    442           instance for the device or emulator. Use this object to control and communicate with the
    443           device or emulator.
    444         </li>
    445       </ul>
    446     </div>
    447   </div>
    448 </div>
    449