Sending numbers as text via adb command to Android TV Box

Asked Jun 11 '22 at 13:11

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I am automating a test for an Android TV Box in which it is required to type out the name of certain VOD asset to watch. I am using adb shell input text <string> for that and it's working beautifully. The issue comes when I try to input a number, the device considers it as if I'm changing channels, and it exits my search whenever I send a number. Does anyone know how to go around that?

Edit: the product owner confirmed that sending integers as text without having the box interpreting them as channel change is inevitable, and so I should close this question.

edited Jun 16 '22 at 18:18

asked Jun 11 '22 at 13:11

Majd Freigi

Please post the error you are getting in the question. – shehanpathi Jun 11 '22 at 13:14
So if you execute `adb shell input text 1` the TV box interprets it as if the button 1 was pressed on the remote? – Robert Jun 11 '22 at 16:16
@shehanpathirathna there is no error. Robert nailed it. I tried even sending `adb shell input text "1"` to specify it is a string, but it's always interpreted as if I am changing channels. – Majd Freigi Jun 12 '22 at 07:55
Try https://github.com/dtmilano/AndroidViewClient/blob/master/examples/simple-input-text.py which can handle cases `input text` can't, and may work for yours too. – Diego Torres Milano Jun 12 '22 at 20:14
This can also help: https://stackoverflow.com/a/71367206/236465 – Diego Torres Milano Jun 12 '22 at 20:16
@DiegoTorresMilano I couldn't make that work, I'm sorry – Majd Freigi Jun 15 '22 at 05:30
@MajdFreigi perhaps if you add details of what's not working to the question we may help – Diego Torres Milano Jun 15 '22 at 17:13
Never mind the question, I asked the product owner and they confirmed that it was not possible to send integers as text without the box interpreting those as channels. – Majd Freigi Jun 16 '22 at 18:15

Sending numbers as text via adb command to Android TV Box

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