How to Handle soft keys like search , enter etc in Appium android

Question

I am using Appium (java) to automate my android app.
I am struck in a scenario where I need to enter text and press search / enter key from Soft keyboard.
I tried many solutions , but none of them worked.
Has anyone tried this?
TRIED SO FAR:

WebElement input = driver.findElement(By.id("myId"));
        input.sendKeys(value); // the value we want to set to input
        input.sendKeys(Keys.ENTER);
         genericMethods.wait(1000);

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 16:03

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Use this:

public void tapEnterButtonOnKeyboard() {
        ((AndroidDriver) driver).pressKeyCode(AndroidKeyCode.ENTER);
    }

answered Feb 08 '16 at 16:03

Gaurav

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Thanks but unfortunately it didn't worked. Even tried this -AndroidKeyCode.KEYCODE_SEARCH – AnswerDroid Feb 09 '16 at 04:49

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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Try something like this

selenium.keyPress("css=input.tagit-input.ui-autocomplete-input", "13");

Or

selenium.keyPressNative("10"); // Enter

References:

Typing Enter/Return key in Selenium

Press Enter key in Selenium script

http://selenium.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/docs/api/java/org/openqa/selenium/Keys.html

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

Community

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answered Feb 09 '16 at 06:44

Yogesh Khatri

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I have a AppiumDriver driver as object, will it work? – AnswerDroid Feb 09 '16 at 06:47

June Caballes · Answer 3 · 2019-03-21T08:02:21.933

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I am using the 1.11.0 Appium version and I tried this and it worked. Try this:

driver.executeScript("mobile:performEditorAction", ImmutableMap.of("action", "Search"));

Note:

The "driver" is an AppiumDriver type.

edited Mar 21 '19 at 08:02

answered Mar 21 '19 at 07:42

June Caballes

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 08 '16 at 16:53

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You can probably find that enter soft key object and execute tap event on it..It'll be under uiakeyboard node..

answered Feb 08 '16 at 16:53

sunder kandasamy

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Can you explain a bit more?Thanks – AnswerDroid Feb 09 '16 at 04:49

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered May 16 '19 at 17:25

This solution in JavaScript using wd worked for me:

return driver.waitForElementById(<elementId>).type(<text to type>).click().execute( "mobile: performEditorAction", { "action": "search" } );

This allowed me to find a text field, input some text, and submit a search command (same as clicking the search icon in the keyboard). Of course, you have to replace <elementId> and <text to type> with the proper values. See http://appium.io/docs/en/commands/mobile-command/ for details on "mobile: performEditorAction".

How to Handle soft keys like search , enter etc in Appium android

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