The problem
Sendkeys not working while entering hint text
Environment
Appium version :1.10.0
Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: windows 7 64 bit
Mobile platform/version under test: Android version 7 Redmi Y1
Real device
Appium logs
[HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session/cb48ef72-6774-4a71-be62-30322d8d6c9c/element/1/v
alue
[HTTP] {“id”:“1”,“text”:“abc”,“value”:[“a”,“b”,“c”]}
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] Calling AppiumDriver.setValue() with args: [[“a”,“b”,“c
”],“1”,“cb48ef72-6774-4a71-be62-30322d8d6c9c”]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] Sending command to android: {“cmd”:“action”,“action”:
“element:setText”,“params”:{“elementId”:“1”,“text”:“abc”,“replace”:false}}
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Got data from client: {“cmd”:
“action”,“action”:“element:setText”,“params”:{“elementId”:“1”,“text”:“abc”,“repl
ace”:false}}
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Got command of type ACTION
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Got command action: setText
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using element passed in: 1
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Attempting to clear using UiO
bject.clearText().
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Text not cleared. Assuming re
mainder is hint text.
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Sending plain text to element
: abc
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Returning result: {“status”:1
3,“value”:“Unknown error”}
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] Received command result from bootstrap
[debug] [MJSONWP] Matched JSONWP error code 13 to UnknownError
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] Encountered internal error running command: UnknownErro
r: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original
error: Unknown error
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] at errorFromMJSONWPStatusCode (C:\Users\Om\AppData
Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-base-driver\lib\protocol\err
ors.js:789:10)
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] at Socket.socketClient.on.data (C:\Users\Om\AppData
\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-android-driver\lib\bootstra
p.js:139:18)
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] at Socket.emit (events.js:182:13)
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:283:12)
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:260:13)
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] at Socket.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:219:10
)
[debug] [W3C (cb48ef72)] at TCP.onStreamRead [as onread] (internal/stream_ba
se_commons.js:94:17)
[HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/cb48ef72-6774-4a71-be62-30322d8d6c9c/element/1/v
alue 500 107 ms - 869
[HTTP]
Code To Reproduce Issue
MobileElement email = driver.findElementsByClassName(“android.widget.EditText”).get(0);
if (email.isDisplayed()) {
System.out.println(“Element displayed”);
email.click();
email.sendKeys(“abc”);}
