appium .clear() doesnt work on EditText java

Question

When I'm executing .clear() method on Appium on an EditText instead of clearing it the cursor goes on the beginning of the EditText and it shows a suggestion to replace the first word. Here is the java code that I'm using:

List<WebElement> clearName = driver.findElements(By.className("android.widget.EditText"));        
    clearName.get(0).clear();

Same thing happens when i try to clear the text by name:

driver.findElement(By.name("My Name")).clear();

Any ideas? Thanks!

Answer 1

In latest version of Appium, we just need to call sendKey() that internally clears the field value and updates with value that you have passed.

Can you please try this?

driver.findElement(By.name("My Name")).sendKey("some text");