Desired Capability "connectHardwareKeyboard" not work

The problem

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Environment

• Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.8.1
• Last Appium version that did not exhibit the issue (if applicable): 1.7.2
• Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: macOS 10.13.5
• Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): 10.6.0
• Mobile platform/version under test: IOS 10.3.1
• Real device or emulator/simulator: simulator
• Appium CLI or Appium.app|exe: tested with appium cli and appium desktop 1.6.2

Details

send_keys not work (see logs). “connectHardwareKeyboard”: “False” - not work There is only one way to fix send_keys: uncheck in handly in Simulator -> Hardware -> Keyboard -> Connect Hardware Keyboard But I think “connectHardwareKeyboard”: “False” must work too.

Link to Appium logs

https://gist.github.com/romansvesh/af466277f531715e8628dadf05c2ae61

Got response with status 200: {"value":"Error Domain=com.facebook.WebDriverAgent Code=1 \"Keyboard is not present\" UserInfo={NSLocalizedDescription=Keyboard is not present}","sessionId":"44EE4BEB-E7FD-475A-9F70-6305DB7067BB","status":13}

[mykola-mokhnach]

This stopped working since recent xCode releases. Simulator simply ignores the changed setting from its plist file and applies the default one each time after restart. Closed as third party issue.

[KazuCocoa]

It seems ok for me with your concrete use case. Feel free to create a pr to accept an environment variable, too. We’re happy to review it.