Not able to click a button which is not enabled using Appium Java for Android app

Question

I have to create a transfer. When I run the script the 'Transfer' button for which 'enabled' is false therefore script not able to tap 'Transfer' button & fails. I have attached a screen shot of uiautomator viewer dump.

The workaround I found is to manually click on amount edit box and then this enables the on-screen android keyboard and by entering value manually for 'amount' field & then 'Transfer' button got enabled & can be clicked. But I am not sure how to enter value in edit box from on-screen android keyboard and then get rid of this keyboard to enter date & press 'Transfer' button.

Your help is much appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

I am able to solve this problem. My approach is to first click on 'Amount' field and then do sendkeys the value of amount. For details see below code:-

    //locating the amount field using xpath
    MobileElement amount = driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.EditText[@resource-id='com.abc.rbanking:id/workflow_step_amount_value']"));

    amount.click();

    amount.sendKeys("1.25");
   //clicking and sendkeys would enable the disabled 'Transfer' button

   //locating the 'Date' field and click it. Clicking it would get rid of soft android keyboard
    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//*[@text = 'Date']")).click();

    Thread.sleep(3000);

    driver.findElement(By.id("com.abc.rbanking:id/back_button")).click();

    driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS);

    driver.findElement(By.xpath("//android.widget.Button[@resource-id='com.abc.rbanking:id/PrimaryButton' and @text='Transfer']")).click();