Am i missing something ? i checked the code of the python client and this function seems to be implemented, yet whenever i try to call it i get this :
*** WebDriverException: Message: u’Not yet implemented. Please help us: http://appium.io/get-involved.html’
Box : Python-Client version 0.9 , Appium 1.2.2 , OSX 10.9.4
I need this function specifically because in Android send_keys is problematic, leaving the tag of the inputfield there and adding to it.
If there is still work to be done on this function i would love to help in anyway possible…
For the time being, i have tried the following for tagged inputboxes (default filled):
- Directly accessing set_value from the driver instead of the element
- Clicking the element first and than trying to send keys
- Clearing the element first and than trying to send keys
These all fail.
The one ugly work around i have for this problem is this 
:
lets say you have an input field web element : email_input_field
and you want to input : '[email protected]’
Decode this string in android native keycode using this table and form a list:
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/jb-mr1-release/include/android/keycodes.h
You get this :
list_of_email_keycodes = [29, 29, 29, 77, 29, 29, 29, 56, 31, 43, 41]
Than you can do this ugly hack 
> email_input_field.click()
> for code in list_of_email_keycodes:
> self.driver.press_keycode(code)
: