Appium: How to open a keyboard in iOS device by using Appium

[Elangopalakrishnan]

The problem

Need to open a Keyboard in iOS devices.
I need to enter the value in search text box, I tried webElement.sendKeys("abcd"); but it is not working.
So i tried to enter a value by keyboard.

I opened keyboard manually and executed this code to enter a value.

AppDriver.Keyboard.SendKeys(sValue);
But how to open a keyboard ???

I tried below codes,

1. webElement.click(); and

2. AppWebElement = AppDriver.FindElement(By.XPath("//*@id='mkmersNavbar']/div[2]/form/div/input"));
   Actions builder = new Actions(AppDriver);
   AppWebElement.Click();
   builder.Click(AppWebElement);
   builder.DoubleClick(AppWebElement);

3. AppWebElement = AppDriver.FindElement(By.XPath("//@id='mkmersNavbar']/div[2]/form/div/input"));
   Dictionary tfTap = new Dictionary();
   tfTap.Add("element", string.Format("{0:X}", AppWebElement));
   ((IJavaScriptExecutor).AppDriver).ExecuteScript("mobile: twoFingerTap", tfTap);
   AppWebElement.Click();
   4.
   IWebElement element = AppDriver.FindElement(By.XPath("//[@id='mkmersNavbar']/div[2]/form/div/input"));
   Point point = element.Location;
   int a = point.X;
   int b = point.Y;
   Dictionary coords = new Dictionary();
   coords.Add("x", a);
   coords.Add("y", b);
   AppDriver.ExecuteScript("mobile: tap", coords);

4. new TouchActions(AppDriver).SingleTap(webElement).Perform();

Above all is not working, it is not tapping on text box and not opening keyboard.

In c#, There is no method to open keyboard.

Is there any way to open a keyboard???

Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue:1.6.6 beta2
• Mobile platform/version under test:iOS 10.2.1
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Real device
• Script: c#

Thanks!
Elango

[mykola-mokhnach]

There is no separate method to open keyboard - it is only opened when an element with input focus is activated. Regarding how you activate it - try to perform the click in native context.

[chandra306]

Hi elan,

Did you find a solutions for this? If yes, can you please share how you resolved this issue.

[go-green]

I am having the same issue? Any solution?