InvalidElementStateException on SecureTextField is not ready for a text input on iOS/XCUITest

[alyshakt]

Description

Just recently unable to enter text into a XCUIElementTypeSecureTextField on iOS as I consistently get InvalidElementStateException: Error Domain=com.facebook.WebDriverAgent Code=1 "'"passwordTextField" SecureTextField' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus

I have already tried different identifiers such as xpath vs className, name, everything.
I have already tried setting hardware keyboard to true and/or false.
I have already tried setting different sendKeyStrategy options.
I have already tried getKeyboard() before and after interacting with the field.

This is a sudden break on very old regression tests, without changes to source test code or source app code for context.

Steps:

1. Define element any way possible. (Have tried by className = "XCUIElementTypeSecureTextField", name= "specificID", xpath = "//XCUIElementTypeTable/XCUIElementTypeCell/XCUIElementTypeSecureTextField" and combination of driver find bys to no avail)
2. sendKeys into the SecureTextField. Also have tried many ways including clearing, clicking into the field, directly sending keys from keyboard- to no avail.
3. All interactions with the field produce the InvalidElementStateException

Environment

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• Java client build version or git revision if you use some snapshot: 7.3.0
• Appium server version or git revision if you use some snapshot: 1.18.1
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium if necessary: App Version: 1.18.0 Electron: 7.2.4
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe) or Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: Node.js: 12.8.1
• Mobile platform/version under test: iOS 12.4+ (occurring also on 13.1, 13.4, 13.6)
• Real device or emulator/simulator: Simulator

Details

Please provide more details, if necessary.

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

@FindBy(name = "passwordTextField") private WebElement passwordTextField;
public void enterFirstPassword(String password){ ((IOSDriver)driver).getKeyboard(); passwordTextField.clear(); passwordTextField.sendKeys(password); ((IOSDriver)driver).hideKeyboard(HideKeyboardStrategy.PRESS_KEY,"next"); }

Exception Stacktraces

org.openqa.selenium.InvalidElementStateException: Error Domain=com.facebook.WebDriverAgent Code=1 "'"passwordTextField" SecureTextField' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription='"passwordTextField" SecureTextField' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus}
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'MVADMINs-MacBook-Pro-2.local', ip: 'fe80:0:0:0:14cc:83e1:88d:25cd%en0', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.15.6', java.version: '11.0.7'
Driver info: io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver
Capabilities {app: src/main/resources/app/ios/..., autoAcceptAlerts: false, autoDismissAlerts: false, automationName: XCUITest, browserName: , clearSystemFiles: true, connectHardwareKeyboard: false, databaseEnabled: false, deviceName: iPhone 7, ensureFreshSimulatorCreation: true, fullReset: true, isHeadless: false, javascriptEnabled: true, locationContextEnabled: false, networkConnectionEnabled: false, newCommandTimeout: 15, platform: MAC, platformName: iOS, platformVersion: 13.1, sendKeyStrategy: oneByOne, shouldUseSingletonTestManager: false, takesScreenshot: true, udid: 64D22ED2-2DA1-47AB-9CE1-4E7..., webStorageEnabled: false}
Session ID: 06a2e55d-4037-4cdc-8510-32df5e421555

	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:490)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.createException(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:187)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:122)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.http.W3CHttpResponseCodec.decode(W3CHttpResponseCodec.java:49)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.HttpCommandExecutor.execute(HttpCommandExecutor.java:158)
	at io.appium.java_client.remote.AppiumCommandExecutor.execute(AppiumCommandExecutor.java:239)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.execute(RemoteWebDriver.java:552)
	at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.execute(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:41)
	at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.execute(AppiumDriver.java:1)
	at io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver.execute(IOSDriver.java:1)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.execute(RemoteWebElement.java:285)
	at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileElement.execute(DefaultGenericMobileElement.java:45)
	at io.appium.java_client.MobileElement.execute(MobileElement.java:1)
	at io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSElement.execute(IOSElement.java:1)
	at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebElement.sendKeys(RemoteWebElement.java:106)

Link To Appium Logs

https://gist.github.com/alyshakt/365996aac3dd47ee38feded21c512070

[groverinho]

I have the same issue when I try to send keys to an input field

[GeorgeXCV]

This isn't specific to the Java client. Seeing the same issue on a JavaScript project, also old regression test that has been passing fine for a long time until recently.

Error:

Error: Error Domain=com.facebook.WebDriverAgent Code=1 "'"MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase" Other' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription='"MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase" Other' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus}

Logs:

020-09-04 01:19:09:907 - [HTTP] {"using":"accessibility id","value":"MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase"}
2020-09-04 01:19:09:907 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)] Calling AppiumDriver.findElement() with args: ["accessibility id","MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase","bb9b0596-b109-4260-af4e-0d41914707e4"]
2020-09-04 01:19:09:908 - [debug] [XCUITest] Executing command 'findElement'
2020-09-04 01:19:09:908 - [debug] [BaseDriver] Valid locator strategies for this request: xpath, id, name, class name, -ios predicate string, -ios class chain, accessibility id
2020-09-04 01:19:09:908 - [debug] [BaseDriver] Waiting up to 10000 ms for condition
2020-09-04 01:19:09:908 - [debug] [WD Proxy] Matched '/element' to command name 'findElement'
2020-09-04 01:19:09:908 - [debug] [WD Proxy] Proxying [POST /element] to [POST http://127.0.0.1:8406/session/C23C8F0E-1445-4252-A20E-474006F29CB6/element] with body: {"using":"accessibility id","value":"MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase"}
2020-09-04 01:19:10:032 - [debug] [WD Proxy] Got response with status 200: {"value":{"ELEMENT":"21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000","element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf":"21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000"},"sessionId":"C23C8F0E-1445-4252-A20E-474006F29CB6"}
2020-09-04 01:19:10:032 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)] Responding to client with driver.findElement() result: {"element-6066-11e4-a52e-4f735466cecf":"21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000","ELEMENT":"21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000"}
2020-09-04 01:19:10:032 - [HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/bb9b0596-b109-4260-af4e-0d41914707e4/element 200 125 ms - 199
2020-09-04 01:19:10:032 - [HTTP] 
2020-09-04 01:19:10:127 - [HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session/bb9b0596-b109-4260-af4e-0d41914707e4/touch/perform
2020-09-04 01:19:10:127 - [HTTP] {"actions":[{"action":"tap","options":{"element":"21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000"}}]}
2020-09-04 01:19:10:128 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)] Calling AppiumDriver.performTouch() with args: [[{"action":"tap","options":{"element":"21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000"}}],"bb9b0596-b109-4260-af4e-0d41914707e4"]
2020-09-04 01:19:10:128 - [debug] [XCUITest] Executing command 'performTouch'
2020-09-04 01:19:10:128 - [debug] [XCUITest] Received the following touch action: tap(options={"element":"21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000"})
2020-09-04 01:19:10:140 - [debug] [WD Proxy] Proxying [POST /wda/touch/perform] to [POST http://127.0.0.1:8406/session/C23C8F0E-1445-4252-A20E-474006F29CB6/wda/touch/perform] with body: {"actions":[{"action":"tap","options":{"element":"21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000"}}]}
2020-09-04 01:19:10:397 - [debug] [WD Proxy] Got response with status 200: {"value":null,"sessionId":"C23C8F0E-1445-4252-A20E-474006F29CB6"}
2020-09-04 01:19:10:397 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)] Responding to client with driver.performTouch() result: null
2020-09-04 01:19:10:398 - [HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/bb9b0596-b109-4260-af4e-0d41914707e4/touch/perform 200 270 ms - 76
2020-09-04 01:19:10:398 - [HTTP] 
2020-09-04 01:19:10:472 - [HTTP] --> POST /wd/hub/session/bb9b0596-b109-4260-af4e-0d41914707e4/element/21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000/value
2020-09-04 01:19:10:472 - [HTTP] {"text":"hold panel make absent soccer quick pink brand race tortoise verify nature"}
2020-09-04 01:19:10:473 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)] Calling AppiumDriver.setValue() with args: ["hold panel make absent soccer quick pink brand race tortoise verify nature","21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000","bb9b0596-b109-4260-af4e-0d41914707e4"]
2020-09-04 01:19:10:473 - [debug] [XCUITest] Executing command 'setValue'
2020-09-04 01:19:10:474 - [debug] [WD Proxy] Matched '/element/21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000/value' to command name 'setValue'
2020-09-04 01:19:10:474 - [debug] [Protocol Converter] Added 'text' property "hold panel make absent soccer quick pink brand race tortoise verify nature" to 'setValue' request body
2020-09-04 01:19:10:474 - [debug] [WD Proxy] Proxying [POST /element/21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000/value] to [POST http://127.0.0.1:8406/session/C23C8F0E-1445-4252-A20E-474006F29CB6/element/21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000/value] with body: {"value":["h","o","l","d"," ","p","a","n","e","l"," ","m","a","k","e"," ","a","b","s","e","n","t"," ","s","o","c","c","e","r"," ","q","u","i","c","k"," ","p","i","n","k"," ","b","r","a","n","d"," ","r","a","c","e"," ","t","o","r","t","o","i","s","e"," ","v","e","r","i","f","y"," ","n","a","t","u","r","e"],"text":"hold panel make absent soccer quick pink brand race tortoise verify nature"}
2020-09-04 01:19:11:874 - [WD Proxy] Got response with status 400: {"value":{"error":"invalid element state","message":"Error Domain=com.facebook.WebDriverAgent Code=1 \"'\"MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase\" Other' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus\" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription='\"MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase\" Other' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus}","traceback":""},"sessionId":"C23C8F0E-1445-4252-A20E-474006F29CB6"}
2020-09-04 01:19:11:875 - [debug] [W3C] Matched W3C error code 'invalid element state' to InvalidElementStateError
2020-09-04 01:19:11:903 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)] Encountered internal error running command: InvalidElementStateError: Error Domain=com.facebook.WebDriverAgent Code=1 "'"MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase" Other' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription='"MnemonicTextView.recoveryPhrase" Other' is not ready for a text input. Neither the accessibility element itself nor its accessible descendants have the input focus}
2020-09-04 01:19:11:903 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)]     at errorFromW3CJsonCode (/usr/local/.browserstack/appium_1.18.0_bstack/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/protocol/errors.js:780:25)
2020-09-04 01:19:11:904 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)]     at ProxyRequestError.getActualError (/usr/local/.browserstack/appium_1.18.0_bstack/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/protocol/errors.js:663:14)
2020-09-04 01:19:11:904 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)]     at JWProxy.command (/usr/local/.browserstack/appium_1.18.0_bstack/node_modules/appium-base-driver/lib/jsonwp-proxy/proxy.js:279:8)
2020-09-04 01:19:11:904 - [debug] [MJSONWP (bb9b0596)]     at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:68:7)
2020-09-04 01:19:11:904 - [HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/bb9b0596-b109-4260-af4e-0d41914707e4/element/21000000-0000-0000-BF10-000000000000/value 500 1432 ms - 508

[GeorgeXCV]

Downgrading to Appium 1.17.0 has resolved the issue for me. Can we move this issue over to the main repo? @mykola-mokhnach

[mykola-mokhnach]

@GeorgeXCV Please attach the page source output. It could be the page has multiple elements with duplicated identifiers

[GeorgeXCV]

@mykola-mokhnach The iOS page that had this issue has two elements only, text input and a button. Like the OP, the regression test and actual UI hasn't changed in months. Downgrading to Appium 1.17.0 worked for me.

[mykola-mokhnach]

Sorry, I cannot help nothing without the details. Also, you won't be able to use older Appium versions while Apple does new iOS releases.

[GeorgeXCV]

What details? I have never heard of page source output in the context of an iOS Application. Logs show one element is found. Downgrading is what fixed the issue, I believe its a bug with Appium.

[NirBY]

Having same issue:

• Appium V1.18.1
• Real Device - iPhone 8, IOS 13.7
• Selector used - MobileBy.iOSNsPredicateString("type == 'XCUIElementTypeTextField' AND value == 'Phone'")

Page Source including"mobile: source" - 20200906084105_872.txt

Appium Log - appiumServeriPhone8.log

[mykola-mokhnach]

@NirBY Try W3C actions to send text as a possible workaround. You could also replace local WDA source with appium/WebDriverAgent#379. I have disabled focus check there, so it makes sense to check if that helps.

[skmurug]

appium/WebDriverAgent#379 This works. I have tested with my test app and I am able to type to StaticTextField which was working fine with 1.17.1 and stopped when updated to 1.18.1

@mykola-mokhnach - Thanks for the quick fix.

[NirBY]

@mykola-mokhnach used WebDriverAgent 11.7 since I have xcode 11.7 (I have just replaced all files in /usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/appium-webdriveragent).
It didnt worked, Appium log - appiumServeriPhone8.log.txt

Note:

• Running it manually worked fine
• Also try removing WebDriverAgent & restart device, it wasn't helpful.

[NirBY]

Thank you @mykola-mokhnach. W3C actions worked for me. while waiting for the release of the new WebDriverAgent.