clear the value in webview element

[atcrao]

Hi,

I had to clear the login name in the webview and then enter the valid name.

I created a step that invokes action(key) "set_text" or "enter_text_by_selector" and passed an empty string as "". But this doesn't clear the login element.

Should there be a new action defined in instrumentation_backend to clear the value for elements in webview similar to ClearTextByIndex.java or ClearTextFieldByContentDescription.java or can the existing set_text/enter_text_by_selector action be fixed to clear the value of an element.

Thanks.

[jonasmaturana]

I will change the step so that it clears the input field before entering text. That means that if you enter an empty string it will only clear the field.

[jonasmaturana]

I just released calabash-android-0.0.16.
It clears the input field before entering text. That means you can write the following steps.

Given /^I clear the first input field$/ do
  set_text "webView, css:input[type=text]", ''
end

Given /^I enter "([^"]*)" into the first input field$/ do |text|
  set_text "webView, css:input[type=text]", text
end

[atcrao]

Please help me understand, I am also new to cucumber.
Looking at the above step, shouldn't I provide css locator as an input.

Given /^I enter "([^"])" into the input field "([^"])" $/ do |text, locator|
set_text "webView, css:locator", text
end

For example:- Given I enter "abc@gmail.com" into the input field "input#email"

[jonasmaturana]

This should work if you want to give the css selector as an argument.

Given /^I enter "([^"])" into the input field "([^"])" $/ do |text, locator|
  set_text "webView, css:#{locator}", text
end

However, it is more readable to do something like:

Given /^I enter "([^"])" as email" $/ do |email|
  set_text "webView, css:input#email", email
end

That way you keep your test in a business language without exposing technical details.

[atcrao]

Thank you . This works as desired
Given /^I enter "([^\"]*)" as email$/ do |email|
set_text "webView, css:input#email", email
end

But the below step doesn't clear the input field. I still see the old text exists in email field.
Given /^I clear the first input field$/ do
set_text "webView, css:input#email", ''
end

I did install the latest gem and I unpacked the gem and noticed the set_text(uiquery, txt) method is defined operations.rb.

[atcrao]

Continuation...
Jonas, it will be great if the logic to clear the text field in web view works. Currently I am not able to test any end-to-end webview flows as the signin itself fails.
Thanks in advance.

[jonasmaturana]

Did you update calabash-android to 0.0.17? It should clear the text field.

Run gem update calabash-android to update.

[atcrao]

Yes, I do have 0.0.17.

The non-empty string works-
Given I enter "pp1@gmail.com" as email

The below empty string doesn't work-
Given I clear the first input field
Given I enter "" as email

The step definition are defined as you described:-
Given /^I clear the first input field$/ do
set_text "webView, css:input#email", ''
end

Given /^I enter "([^\"]*)" as email$/ do |email|
set_text "webView, css:input#email", email
end

[jonasmaturana]

Does this work as expected?

Given I enter "foo" as email
Given I enter "bar" as email

[atcrao]

Yes, it worked.
The only time it doesn't work is when I give ""

[jonasmaturana]

Just to be sure. After you you run the to steps above the input field has the value "bar", right?

What about entering a single space into the field?

It might have something to do with a listener on the field in your app. Do you know if there is such a listener?

[atcrao]

There is email-id already populated in the username field. When I enter the value "bar" then the "bar" is appended to the already existing text.
For example:- The username field is pre-populated with value "abc@yahoo.com", and when I invoked the step 'Given I enter "bar" as email', the value in username field is changed to "abc@yahoo.combar"

When I entered a single space into the field via the step 'Given I enter " " as email' then I noticed the username field is appended with single space "abc@yahoo.com "

My original request for filing this issue is to clear the content in the username field before entering a new username.

I will get back to you regarding the listener.

[jonasmaturana]

There seem to have been a bug in 0.0.16 so that the text is not cleared. Could you try to update to 0.0.18?

[atcrao]

Thanks a lot. It works after upgrading to 0.0.18.