[iOS] Fail to type text with azerty Keyboard

[padupuy]

Hello,

I use the latest version of your library detox 4.3.1, detox-server 1.1.0 with RN 0.40.0.

I am a french user and use a physical azerty keyboard and my keyboard settings are set on French / numeric.
❌ When I try to execute a simple test, it fails miserably because the robot couldn't find the keys 😂.
✅ To pass the test to green, i have to change my keyboard settings to 'US International'

Here is the error log

Error: Cannot find UI element.
Exception with Action: {
  "Action Name" : "Type 'admin'",
  "Element Matcher" : "(respondsToSelector(accessibilityIdentifier) && accessibilityID('username'))",
  "Recovery Suggestion" : "Check if element exists in the UI, modify assert criteria, or adjust the matcher"
}

Error Trace: [
  {
    "Description" : "Failed to type string 'admin', because key [K] could not be found on the keyboard.",
    "Description Glossary" :     {
      "K" : "a"
    },
    "Domain" : "com.google.earlgrey.ElementInteractionErrorDomain",
    "Code" : "0",
    "File Name" : "GREYKeyboard.m",
    "Function Name" : "+[GREYKeyboard grey_setErrorForkeyNotFoundWithAccessibilityLabel:forTypingString:error:]",
    "Line" : "465"
  }
]

Here is my code

describe('Login', function () {
    it('should login', function () {
        element(by.id('username')).typeText('admin');
        element(by.id('password')).typeText('admin');
        element(by.label('connectButton')).tap();
    });
});

[gregorybesson]

This bug seems related to this one google/EarlGrey#31 from the EarlGrey Project.

[rotemmiz]

Hey @padupuy ,
As @gregorybesson said, this is indeed an issue with EarlGrey. The implementation of typeText actually taps the character sequence on the device's virtual keyboard.
This issue can be easily avoided by using replaceText instead of typeText.

Try this instead, it should work no matter what your keyboard setup is.

describe('Login', function () {
    it('should login', function () {
        element(by.id('username')).replaceText('admin');
        element(by.id('password')).replaceText('admin');
        element(by.label('connectButton')).tap();
    });
});

[padupuy]

@rotemmiz thank's for the tips, it works !

[LeoNatan]

@rotemmiz Perhaps we should keep this open and open an issue with Earl Grey?

[tirodkar]

Hello Folks, in case you need to type with a different language or a different keyboard, please take a look at using grey_replaceText() instead of grey_typetext(). Do tell us if there any issues.