[Android] TestID assigned to TextInput control not working

[anchitkoul]

Description

Adding TestID on Android platform to TextInput does not show up in Appium Inspector or Appium tests.

"react": "^16.12.0",
"react-native": "^0.64.3",

Appium Doctor v.1.15.3

Version

16.12.0

Output of npx react-native info

System:
OS: macOS 10.15.7
CPU: (8) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770HQ CPU @ 2.20GHz
Memory: 36.09 MB / 16.00 GB
Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh
Binaries:
Node: 16.2.0 - /usr/local/bin/node
Yarn: 1.22.17 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
npm: 7.13.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm
Watchman: 2021.11.08.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
Managers:
CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod
SDKs:
iOS SDK:
Platforms: iOS 14.4, DriverKit 20.2, macOS 11.1, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2
Android SDK:
API Levels: 30
Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.3, 32.0.0
System Images: android-30 | ARM 64 v8a, android-30 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64
Android NDK: Not Found
IDEs:
Android Studio: 2020.3 AI-203.7717.56.2031.7935034
Xcode: 12.4/12D4e - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
Languages:
Java: 1.8.0_292 - /usr/bin/javac
npmPackages:
@react-native-community/cli: Not Found
react: Not Found
react-native: ^0.64.3 => 0.64.3
react-native-macos: Not Found
npmGlobalPackages:
react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

1. Add Test ID to TextInput component
2. Open app on Android Emulator
3. Open Appium inspector to inspect this component / Write Appium test to inspect this component

Expected: testID value should be present in ID attribute of the component.
Result : testID value is not present in ID attribute

import { TextInput } from 'react-native';

<TextInput
      testID={item.testID}
      editable={!disabled}
      maxLength={maxLength}
      accessibilityLabel={ariaLabel}
      onChangeText={onChangeText}
      selectionColor={colorMapping.blue}
      style={[composedStyle.textbox, isiOS && !innerLabel ? {} : innerLabelBorderStyle]}
      underlineColorAndroid='transparent'
      onFocus={onFocus}
      onBlur={onBlur}
      value={value}
      accessibilityLabel={ariaLabel}
 />

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

No response

[rguerra712]

Anyone by chance have a workaround for this? We are suffering from the same problem.

[OksanaHanailiuk]

Hey guys, I am faced with the same problem? Any progress on this?
Thanks

[jennifer-dickinson]

Also experiencing this same issue.

[anchitkoul]

is someone looking into this issue?

[keremoge]

I think using UIAutomator2 or Espresso for Appium on Android won't be able to set ID even if you set TestID, but if You use accessibilityLabel for Android, then you can use accessibilityId which is faster like accessing ID. Be careful because accessibilityLabel is also used for accessible apps for blind people

[anchitkoul]

Thats exactly the reason we don't want to use accessibilityLabel , our organization takes accessibility very seriously

[keremoge]

Thats exactly the reason we don't want to use accessibilityLabel , our organization takes accessibility very seriously

Actually there is a commit related to this issue but I didn't test it. I think with RN version 0.65 you can use TestID on Android.
If your version is older than 0.65, can you upgrade your react-native and then try Android TestID with both UIAutomator2 and Espresso?

related topics:
381fb39
#29610

[anchitkoul]

has anyone seen it working in 0.65+ version?

[brett-james-rocketlab]

No, although if you give your testid a globally unique name it can:
testID='com.your.app:id/password'

[siebertm]

on v0.66, testID works mostly, but not for TextInput! It seems that it's simply not setting resource-id for andoid (works fine on ios)

[diego-epicura]

on v0.66, testID works mostly, but not for TextInput! It seems that it's simply not setting resource-id for andoid (works fine on ios)

Same here, any workarounds?