feat: Add 'hideKeyboard' capability

README.md

@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ appium:buildToolsVersion | The version of Android build tools to use. By default
 appium:skipLogcatCapture | Being set to `true` disables automatic logcat output collection during the test run. `false` by default
 appium:suppressKillServer | Being set to `true` prevents the driver from ever killing the ADB server explicitly. Could be useful if ADB is connected wirelessly. `false` by default
 appium:ignoreHiddenApiPolicyError | Being set to `true` ignores a failure while changing hidden API access policies. Could be useful on some devices, where access to these policies has been locked by its vendor. `false` by default.
+pium:hideKeyboard | Being set to `true` hides the on-screen keyboard while the session is running. Use it instead of the legacy `appium:unicodeKeyboard` one (which will be dropped in the future). This effect is achieved by assigning a custom "artificial" [input method](https://developer.android.com/develop/ui/views/touch-and-input/creating-input-method). Only use this feature for special/exploratory cases as it violates the way your application under test is normally interacted with by a human. Setting this capability explicitly to `false` enforces `adb shell ime reset` call on session startup, which resets the currently selected/enabled IMEs to the default ones as if the device is initially booted with the current locale. `undefined` by default.
 appium:mockLocationApp | Sets the package identifier of the app, which is used as a system mock location provider since Appium 1.18.0+. This capability has no effect on emulators. If the value is set to `null` or an empty string, then Appium will skip the mocked location provider setup procedure. Defaults to Appium Setting package identifier (`io.appium.settings`).
 appium:logcatFormat | The log print format, where `format` is one of: `brief` `process` `tag` `thread` `raw` `time` `threadtime` `long`. `threadtime` is the default value.
 appium:logcatFilterSpecs | Series of `tag[:priority]` where `tag` is a log component tag (or * for all) and priority is: `V    Verbose`, `D    Debug`, `I    Info`, `W    Warn`, `E    Error`, `F    Fatal`, `S    Silent (supress all output)`. '*' means '*:d' and `tag` by itself means `tag:v`. If not specified on the commandline, filterspec is set from ANDROID_LOG_TAGS. If no filterspec is found, filter defaults to '*:I'.

lib/driver.js

@@ -141,6 +141,8 @@
  * >}
  */
 class EspressoDriver extends AndroidDriver {
+  /** @type {string|null} */
+  _originalIme;
 
   /** @type {import('./types').EspressoDriverOpts} */
   opts;
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@
     ];
     this.desiredCapConstraints = ESPRESSO_CONSTRAINTS;
     this.jwpProxyAvoid = NO_PROXY;
+    this._originalIme = null;
 
     this.settings = new DeviceSettings({}, this.onSettingsUpdate.bind(this));
 
@@ -379,7 +382,9 @@
     }
 
     // start an avd, set the language/locale, pick an emulator, etc...
-    // TODO with multiple devices we'll need to parameterize this
+    if (this.opts.hideKeyboard) {
+      this._originalIme = await this.adb.defaultIME();
+    }
     await helpers.initDevice(this.adb, this.opts);
 
     // https://github.com/appium/appium-espresso-driver/issues/72
@@ -611,6 +616,13 @@
           this.log.warn(`Unable to reset animation: ${err.message}`);
         }
       }
+      if (this._originalIme) {
+        try {
+          await this.adb.setIME(this._originalIme);
+        } catch (e) {
+          this.log.warn(`Cannot restore the original IME: ${e.message}`);
+        }
+      }
       if (!this.isChromeSession && this.opts.appPackage && !this.opts.dontStopAppOnReset) {
         await this.adb.forceStop(this.opts.appPackage);
       }
@@ -642,19 +654,19 @@
   }
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
   proxyActive (sessionId) {
     // we always have an active proxy to the espresso server
     return true;
   }
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
   canProxy (sessionId) {
     // we can always proxy to the espresso server
     return true;
   }
 
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
   getProxyAvoidList (sessionId) {
     // we are maintaining two sets of NO_PROXY lists, one for chromedriver(CHROME_NO_PROXY)
     // and one for Espresso(NO_PROXY), based on current context will return related NO_PROXY list
     this.jwpProxyAvoid = _.isNil(this.chromedriver) ? NO_PROXY : CHROME_NO_PROXY;

package.json

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
   ],
   "dependencies": {
     "appium-adb": "^11.0.1",
-    "appium-android-driver": "^7.1.3",
+    "appium-android-driver": "^7.2.1",
     "asyncbox": "^2.3.1",
     "bluebird": "^3.5.0",
     "lodash": "^4.17.11",