Clear() is not clearing the prepopulated text box in ios

Issues/Bugs
1

We have been stuck on this for few days now. Appreciate your help.

WebElement element = driver.findElement(…);
element.clear();
element.sendKeys(“text to send”);

This is not clearing the existing text in the text box and clicking anywhere in middle or end of the existing text and typing the keys we are sending in. I am seeing this only on ios and not on Android.

Also tried sending CONTROL+“a” and DELETE keys before sending the text. That didnt work as well. We are using appium javaclient 3.0.

Thanks!

2

Can you try using setValue() method which will by default clear any pre existing text?
Disclaimer- This is just a workaround