sendKey not working for android.view.View class

sayom88 2016-01-07 10:08:51 UTC #1

My appium version is 1.4.16.1.

There is an object on the screen (a passcode field) where I want to pass some text into it.
Below are the details of it:
index 1
text
resource-id FLD_PASSCODE_item
class android.view.View
package glb.farms.mobile
content-desc Passcode

I am using the following code:
driver_and.findElement(By.xpath("//android.view.View[@resource-id='FLD_PASSCODE_item']")).sendKeys("1234");

I am observing that the sendKeys feature is not working. Can anybody help here please.

I am also attaching the screenshot of the image taken from the UIAutomator tool.

amitjaincoer191 2016-01-07 11:00:20 UTC #2

try driver.tap() before using send keys

WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.xpath(" "));
driver.tap(element);
element.sendKeys("some-text");

Priyank_Shah 2016-01-07 11:04:03 UTC #3

@amitjaincoer191, i think this element is inside web view. so It will not work if remoteDebug option is not enable with UIAutomator. If that is the case then i think switch to selendroid mode is better option.

amitjaincoer191 2016-01-07 11:08:23 UTC #4

@Priyank_Shah
Yes u r right my mistake, in UI Hierarchy I missed to see this class "android.webkit.WebView"

We have different way to handle webView elements. Elements under this class "android.webkit.WebView" are inside webview.

Helper Link : http://toolsqa.com/mobile-automation/appium/how-to-inspect-and-automate-webview-in-hybrid-app/

sayom88 2016-01-07 11:10:58 UTC #5

@amitjaincoer191 and @Priyank_Shah : Just one clarification i would like to make and that is ,the class here were are talking about is of the type andriod.view.View.

amitjaincoer191 2016-01-07 11:15:35 UTC #6

But it is under parent "android.webkit.WebView" see this class u can see if u see above ...

To clarify, these elements are rendered as web browser and not as android native elements inside app so to handle these elements we have different way ...

The app should be rebuild with webview debugger enabled
You need to setContext of app to webview
You need to inspect these elements in chrome browser instead of appium inspector / uiautomator viewer

sayom88 2016-01-07 11:17:20 UTC #7

Is there any documentation where I can go through for the same plz

amitjaincoer191 2016-01-07 11:21:29 UTC #8

official documentation

github.com

appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/advanced-concepts/hybrid.md

## Automating hybrid apps

One of the core principles of Appium is that you shouldn't have to change
your app to test it. In line with that methodology, it is possible to test
hybrid web apps (e.g., the [UIAWebView](https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/ToolsLanguages/Reference/UIAWebViewClassReference/)
elements in an iOS app) the same way
you can with Selenium for web apps. There is a bit of technical complexity
required so that Appium knows whether you want to automate the native aspects
of the app or the web views, but thankfully, we can stay within the
WebDriver protocol for everything.

Here are the steps required to talk to a web view in your Appium test:

1.  Navigate to a portion of your app where a web view is active
1.  Call [GET session/:sessionId/contexts](https://code.google.com/p/selenium/source/browse/spec-draft.md?repo=mobile)
1.  This returns a list of contexts we can access, like 'NATIVE_APP' or 'WEBVIEW_1'
1.  Call [POST session/:sessionId/context](https://code.google.com/p/selenium/source/browse/spec-draft.md?repo=mobile)
    with the id of the context you want to access
1.  (This puts your Appium session into a mode where all commands are
    interpreted as being intended for automating the web view,

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or
I explained it here
http://toolsqa.com/mobile-automation/appium/how-to-inspect-and-automate-webview-in-hybrid-app/

sayom88 2016-01-07 11:24:36 UTC #9

I will share with you another image from the same app, where even if it is in Webcontext mode, but still I can be able to use the sendkeys features. Can you explain me plz why the same is happening then please.

Real_Lau 2016-01-08 06:22:41 UTC #10

@amitjaincoer191 Thanks very much! I think this is very helpful for what I'm going to meet with.

QAEng 2016-09-14 10:29:13 UTC #11

Hi @sayom88;

were you able to find a solution for this ? I'm facing the same issue
Thanks in advance

channareddy_biradar 2017-08-12 16:09:36 UTC #12

try using set_text("test@gmail.com") or uninstall current selenium install selenium==3.3.1

Free_Automation 2017-08-13 08:16:00 UTC #13

You can watch this : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXbcghgSZDroz9nez1IrbL2hnMVJ0ba1W