can't sendKey in alert popup

[romainlouvet]

Description

When try to sendKey on alert popup

Test code :
Alert alert = getDriver().switchTo().alert();
alert.sendKeys("hello");

Environment

• java client build version : 4.1.2
• Appium server version : 1.6.1
• Mobile platform/version under test: iPhone 7 iOS 10.1 / Xcode 8.1
• Real device

Link to Appium logs

Bad parameters: BadParametersError: Parameters were incorrect. We wanted {"required":["text"]} and you sent ["value"]

[TikhomirovSergey]

@SrinivasanTarget could you take a look at this ticket?

[babusurendra]

Hi @SrinivasanTarget i have the same issue ,both sendkeys and setvalue are not working , as it already reported as bug, is there any update on this?

[babusurendra]

sorry @SrinivasanTarget i missed the above comment i will follow the issue here appium/appium#7245 (comment) , please update if you have any other update on this here :)

[SrinivasanTarget]

Yeah I did noticed it. Looks like a server side issue.

[babusurendra]

@SrinivasanTarget ,so is there any work around exist for this ?

[Prakash-Saravanan]

@babusurendra as a workaround,

1. Tap on the text box by driver.tap or by TouchActions.tap either by using the element or its coordinates.
2. Now the keyboard will be displayed
3. driver.getKeyboard().sendKeys() should work.

[babusurendra]

Hi @Prakash-Saravanan thanks for the update here!
when I tried the above method which you have provided seeing the following error in ruby
undefined method `getKeyboard' for #<Watir::Browser:0xa8024de closed=false>
can you advise on this?

[Prakash-Saravanan]

@babusurendra That was for Java. I don't have idea about ruby

[babusurendra]

okay, I will check in ruby. thanks, @Prakash-Saravanan :)