Introduction
I am developing a script in Python 3.7 using Appium. It will automate some task on a Real Android smartphone. My script need to type some text in textfield.
I don’t want to use send_keys method or ActionChains.
I would prefer to type the text, character by character, using the keyboard of the smartphone.
Problem
I investigate and read various docs:
press-keycode
https://appium.readthedocs.io/en/latest/en/commands/device/keys/press-keycode/
which brings me to Keyevent
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html
Which brings me to KeyCharacterMap
https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyCharacterMap.html
To be honest with you, after I read it all, it is super difficult for me to undestand all that.
So I made some experimentations by trying different lines of code to see what happens:
driver.press_keycode(0)
driver.press_keycode(1)
driver.press_keycode(2)
etc…
It seems than nothing happen.
Is there anyone who knows a good tutorial or article which can explain me how to type a text in a textfield of an Android smartpohne Application using the keyboard instead of send_keys method and ActionChains?
Could you help me please to find the way?