Place cursor at the end of UITextView under UITest

Question

This is how I clear UITextFields and UITextViews in UITests.

extension XCUIElement {

   func clear() {

      tap()

      while (value as! String).characters.count > 0 {
         XCUIApplication().keys["delete"].tap()
      }
   }
}

Example of use:

descriptionTextView.type("Something about Room.")
descriptionTextView.clear()

If I run UITests, it always tap at the beginning of UITextView.

How to tap at the end?

Answer 1

You can tap on the lower right corner to place the cursor at the end of the text view.

Additionally you can improve the speed of deletion by preparing a deleteString containing a number of XCUIKeyboardKeyDelete that wipes your entire text field at once.

extension XCUIElement {
   func clear() {
      guard let stringValue = self.value as? String else {
          XCTFail("Tried to clear and enter text into a non string value")
          return
      }

      let lowerRightCorner = self.coordinateWithNormalizedOffset(CGVectorMake(0.9, 0.9))
      lowerRightCorner.tap()

      let deleteString = [String](count: stringValue.characters.count + 1, repeatedValue: XCUIKeyboardKeyDelete)
      self.typeText(deleteString.joinWithSeparator(""))
   }
}