Search on the default android keyboard does not work with Appium 1.10

Aish.appium · January 5, 2019, 3:13am

I have latest Appium 1.10 and i am trying to search for a text by entering the text and click on search button on the default keyboard.

I tried

((AndroidDriver) driver).pressKey(new KeyEvent(AndroidKey.SEARCH).
withFlag(KeyEventFlag.SOFT_KEYBOARD).
withFlag(KeyEventFlag.KEEP_TOUCH_MODE).
withFlag(KeyEventFlag.EDITOR_ACTION));

does not work for me, somebody has a working solution ?

Aish.appium · January 5, 2019, 3:17am

I tried this as well and does not work

((AndroidDriver) driver).pressKey(new KeyEvent(AndroidKey.ENTER).
withFlag(KeyEventFlag.SOFT_KEYBOARD).
withFlag(KeyEventFlag.KEEP_TOUCH_MODE).
withFlag(KeyEventFlag.EDITOR_ACTION));

mykola-mokhnach · January 5, 2019, 9:37am

github.com

appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/writing-running-appium/android/android-ime.md

## How To Emulate IME Actions Generation

Very often Android developers use [onEditorAction](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/TextView.OnEditorActionListener.html#onEditorAction(android.widget.TextView,%20int,%20android.view.KeyEvent)) callback with `actionId` argument to implement actions handling, for example, when `Search` or `Done` button is pressed on the on-screen keyboard. Appium since version 1.9.2 allows to automate the generation of such actions by providing the special `mobile:` command.


### mobile: performEditorAction

Executes the given editor action on the _currently focused_ element.

#### Supported arguments

 * _action_: The name or an integer code of the editor action to be executed. The following action names are supported: `normal, unspecified, none, go, search, send, next, done, previous`. Read https://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo for more details on this topic.

#### Usage examples

```java
// Java
driver.executeScript("mobile: performEditorAction", ImmutableMap.of("action", "Go"));
```

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Aish.appium · January 8, 2019, 6:46pm

Thanks @mykola-mokhnach : Its working as expected. Thanks a lot for your help on this.