How to enter text into a textfield in a web view using UIAutomation

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My iOS app has a log-in page with username and password textfields. These text fields are in a web view. I am trying to automate the log-in process with UIAutomation. I know that working with content in a web view with UIAutomation is tricky. I am able to tap into the text fields using target.tap({x:100, y:200}); but I want to have UIAutomation enter text after the field has been tapped. How can I achieve this?

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edited Oct 28 '13 at 14:36

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asked Feb 7 '13 at 20:50

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You can do something like:

1. Get the reference to the webview

   var webView=window.scrollViews()[0].webViews()[0];

2. Tap the textView that you want to edit:

   webView.textFields()[0].tap();

3. Use the keyboard

   UIATarget.localTarget().frontMostApp().keyboard().typeString("text");

You can use: webView.logElementTree() to find out your webview.

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edited Jul 17 '13 at 17:01

Alois Mahdal
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answered Jul 17 '13 at 16:33

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This works. It's how I do it, although I have my own little framework to make it easier. –  Nick Turner Oct 14 '13 at 14:24

 

One important caveat - you need to make sure you disable the hardware keyboard, or the software keyboard will never show up Hardware ➜ Keyboard ➜ Connect Hardware Keyboard (Toggle to OFF) Also, I seem to need a delay between the tap() and typeString() –  stephan.com Feb 10 at 14:55 

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Yes this is quite possible but instead of going through the position of the text field, I'd suggest going through the id/name of the text field. Another approach is to traverse the application window. 

Try following this apple's documentation - http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/InstrumentsUserGuide/UsingtheAutomationInstrument/UsingtheAutomationInstrument.html

This will give you a head start and many other ideas. 

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answered Mar 3 '13 at 1:06

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I'd like to do this, but any of the methods available (such as withName()) do not seem to work with textfields within UIWebView's. Any suggestions? –  rdougan Jul 25 '13 at 22:12