Erase text from Edit Text using AndroidViewClient

Question

I am trying to automate a test case where i have to delete the data in EditText first , then enter new text and save it . i am using androidviewclient to find the views . enter code here Busy = vc.findViewByIdOrRaise('id/no_id/24') Busy.touch() vc.dump() id16 = vc.findViewByIdOrRaise('id/no_id/16')

id16 is the Edit Text , how to erase data in that view . please help

Answer 1

If the View is an EditText you can do:

id16 = vc.findViewByIdOrRaise('id/no_id/16')
for i in range(25):
    id16.backspace()