How can I input email address using Appium

Question

When I try to input email address like "test@gmail.com" during doing android automation using Appium, it always end up as "test2gmail.com". My code is as following:

driver = new AndroidDriver(new         URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"),capabilities);
WebElement email = driver.findElementby(...);
email.sendKeys("test@gmail.com");

I also tried:

WebElement email = driver.findElementby(...);
email.sendKeys("test");
email.click();
driver.sendKeyEvent(77);//Key code constant: '@' key.
email.sendKeys("gmail.com");

It doesn't work either. Can somebody please help me on this.

Hi @Eugene, I am using: Samsung Galaxy Tab S (real device not emulator) with Android version 5.0.2. Appium version 1.4.0. And the automation is based on Android app not browser. Thank. — wenwen, Jul 16 '15 at 02:54
Is the solution works on the simulator or/and other device? I am asking if the problem occurs only on the described Galaxy? — Eugene, Jul 16 '15 at 10:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 25 '16 at 19:58

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This is happening for me on the Galaxy Note 2

As @LagiNatoRRR said, you can try unicode, but in python you might need to make that string

u"test\u0040gmail.com"

Try passing in these capabilities, it worked for me:

"unicodeKeyboard": True
"resetKeyboard": True

answered Apr 25 '16 at 19:58

jwallis

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Thanks jwallis and @LagiNatoRRR, that seems to be the right approach. – wenwen Jul 27 '16 at 08:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 17 '15 at 05:05

Suppose your email field has ID email:

JavascriptExecutor js;
if (driver instanceof JavascriptExecutor)
  js = (JavascriptExecutor)driver;
js.executeScript("document.getElementById('email').setAttribute('value', 'test@gmail.com')");

Source: Set value of input instead of sendKeys() - selenium webdriver nodejs

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 20 '15 at 10:38

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As another variant using unicode representation of @:

email.sendKeys("test\u0040gmail.com");

answered Jul 20 '15 at 10:38

LagiNatoRRR

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How can I input email address using Appium

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