Espresso Soft Keyboard Type

Question

Using Espresso can we validate which type of Soft Keyboard appears when we select a particular input field. For Example let we select Mobile Number - EditText it must display numeric keyboard. Can we validate it with Espresso?

Answer 1

Espresso just run on Single application. All view must belong to current activity . Since Keyboard is belong to System , Espresso is unable to check it. You could use it uiautomator inside your Espresso test case! I don't try it yet but I think it could be help.