How to dismiss the keyboard in appium using Java?

Question

This code just aims to find the textbox and send some text to it. When it does that the keyboard appears on the android device.How to dismiss it after the sendKeys.

@Test
    public static void test_demo() throws Exception {
        WebElement element = driver.findElement(By.id("mytextfield"));
        element.sendKeys("test");
        //how do I dismiss keyboard which appears on my android device after sendKeys?  
    }

You seem to have forgotten your question text. – Duncan Jones Apr 22 '14 at 13:02 — Duncan Jones, Apr 22 '14 at 13:02

score 19 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 07 '15 at 09:55

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driver.hideKeyboard() will only work with AppiumDriver. I am using java-client-2.2.0.jar that contains this capability.

edited Apr 07 '15 at 09:55

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answered Apr 07 '15 at 09:02

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Works in Javascript client as well. – Joshua Pinter Oct 24 '17 at 17:24
`if(getDriver().isKeyboardShown()) { getDriver().hideKeyboard(); }` – Zon Aug 28 '18 at 06:01

user2220762 · Answer 2 · 2014-08-05T11:50:55.453

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Best way is to use the back button.

driver.navigate().back(); // For older version of appium

edited Aug 05 '14 at 11:50

answered May 07 '14 at 13:01

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This will work on some android api's and will fail on others. in some android Api's it will return you back to previous activity not hiding keyboard – Khalid Abdlqader Feb 25 '15 at 14:43
you can check this link for my proper answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21704358/how-to-locate-element-in-uiautomator-if-native-keyboard-come-before-your-applica/24359760#24359760 – user2220762 Feb 25 '15 at 19:02

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 03 '18 at 21:57

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Add these desired capabilities values if you want to disable the keyboard on your android selenium tests.

capabilities.setCapability("unicodeKeyboard", true);
capabilities.setCapability("resetKeyboard", true);

answered Jan 03 '18 at 21:57

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Keyboard still pops up in my case. – Zon Aug 28 '18 at 06:06

score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 25 '14 at 16:01

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Please use Appium 1.0

Add libraries or add maven dependency of Appium Java client:

<dependency>
  <groupId>io.appium</groupId>
  <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
  <version>1.1.0</version>
</dependency>

Create driver instance in the following way:

AppiumDriver driver=null;
driver= new AppiumDriver(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"),capabilities);

And use the following function to hide the keyboard:

driver.hideKeyboard();

edited Oct 25 '14 at 16:01

geoand

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answered May 15 '14 at 13:14

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Appium 1.1.0 throws a method not yet implemented when calling hideKeyboard() – Valerio Santinelli Jun 24 '14 at 14:25
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hideKeyboard() is implemented in java-client 1.5.0 – medy75 Jul 15 '14 at 13:48
What if keyboard is not present for some reason (e.g. on emulator keyboard does not show up on send_keys). In this case you'll navigate back and the test goes wrong. You need to check somehow if the OSK is present – Clergyman Oct 08 '14 at 09:44

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 24 '17 at 17:25

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I use driver.hideKeyboard(); every time I'm using sendKeys() to type something. Works perfectly for me.

edited Oct 24 '17 at 17:25

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score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 25 '21 at 11:47

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public static AndroidDriver driver= null;
......

driver.hideKeyboard();

will work perfectly based on my experience.

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answered Aug 02 '17 at 05:00

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Apr 26 '19 at 01:56

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Solution for those who are not using AppiumDriver:

((AppiumDriver)driver).hideKeyboard();

answered Apr 26 '19 at 01:56

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score 0 · Answer 8 · edited Nov 25 '21 at 11:59

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driver.hideKeyboard(); some times does not work. Because while running testcase keyboard not appear fast, So testcase fail. If I use Thread.sleep(5000); before hideKeyboard method, it's working very fine for me every time.

try {
    Thread.sleep(5000);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.getMessage();
}
driver.hideKeyboard();

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answered Nov 25 '21 at 11:40

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How to dismiss the keyboard in appium using Java?

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