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UiAutomation.WaitForIdle(Int64, Int64) Method

Definition

Waits for the accessibility event stream to become idle, which is not to have received an accessibility event within idleTimeoutMillis.

[Android.Runtime.Register("waitForIdle", "(JJ)V", "")]
public void WaitForIdle(long idleTimeoutMillis, long globalTimeoutMillis);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("waitForIdle", "(JJ)V", "")>]
member this.WaitForIdle : int64 * int64 -> unit

Parameters

idleTimeoutMillis
Int64

The timeout in milliseconds between two events to consider the device idle.

globalTimeoutMillis
Int64

The maximal global timeout in milliseconds in which to wait for an idle state.

Attributes

Remarks

Waits for the accessibility event stream to become idle, which is not to have received an accessibility event within idleTimeoutMillis. The total time spent to wait for an idle accessibility event stream is bounded by the globalTimeoutMillis.

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

Throws: IllegalStateException If the connection to the accessibility subsystem is not established.

Throws: TimeoutException If no idle state was detected within globalTimeoutMillis.

Android reference for android.app.UiAutomation.waitForIdle.

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Applies to