feat: Add mobile extensions for on-screen keyboard (#594)

README.md

@@ -1059,6 +1059,24 @@ language | string | no | The language abbreviation to fetch app strings mapping
 
 App strings map, where keys are resource identifiers.
 
+### mobile: hideKeyboard
+
+Tries to hide the on-screen keyboard. Throws an exception if the keyboard cannot be hidden.
+Does nothing if the keyboard is already hidden.
+
+#### Returned Result
+
+`true` if the keyboard was successfully hidden or `false` if it was already invisible.
+
+### mobile: isKeyboardShown
+
+Checks if the system on-screen keyboard is visible.
+
+#### Returned Result
+
+`true` if the keyboard is visible
+
+
 ## Applications Management
 
 UiAutomator2 driver supports Appium endpoints for applications management:

lib/commands/general.js

@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ extensions.executeMobile = async function (mobileCommand, opts = {}) {
 
     getConnectivity: 'mobileGetConnectivity',
     setConnectivity: 'mobileSetConnectivity',
+
+    hideKeyboard: 'mobileHideKeyboard',
+    isKeyboardShown: 'isKeyboardShown',
   };
 
   if (!_.has(mobileCommandsMapping, mobileCommand)) {

package.json

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@babel/runtime": "^7.0.0",
     "appium-adb": "^9.11.0",
-    "appium-android-driver": "^5.9.0",
+    "appium-android-driver": "^5.10.0",
     "appium-chromedriver": "^5.3.1",
     "appium-uiautomator2-server": "^5.7.2",
     "asyncbox": "^2.3.1",