[Android] TestID assigned to TextInput control not working

Description

Adding TestID on Android platform to TextInput does not show up in Appium Inspector or Appium tests.

“react”: “^16.12.0”, “react-native”: “^0.64.3”,

Appium Doctor v.1.15.3

Version

16.12.0

Output of npx react-native info

System: OS: macOS 10.15.7 CPU: (8) x64 Intel® Core™ i7-4770HQ CPU @ 2.20GHz Memory: 36.09 MB / 16.00 GB Shell: 5.7.1 - /bin/zsh Binaries: Node: 16.2.0 - /usr/local/bin/node Yarn: 1.22.17 - /usr/local/bin/yarn npm: 7.13.0 - /usr/local/bin/npm Watchman: 2021.11.08.00 - /usr/local/bin/watchman Managers: CocoaPods: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/pod SDKs: iOS SDK: Platforms: iOS 14.4, DriverKit 20.2, macOS 11.1, tvOS 14.3, watchOS 7.2 Android SDK: API Levels: 30 Build Tools: 28.0.3, 29.0.3, 32.0.0 System Images: android-30 | ARM 64 v8a, android-30 | Intel x86 Atom_64, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom, android-30 | Google APIs Intel x86 Atom_64 Android NDK: Not Found IDEs: Android Studio: 2020.3 AI-203.7717.56.2031.7935034 Xcode: 12.4/12D4e - /usr/bin/xcodebuild Languages: Java: 1.8.0_292 - /usr/bin/javac npmPackages: @react-native-community/cli: Not Found react: Not Found react-native: ^0.64.3 => 0.64.3 react-native-macos: Not Found npmGlobalPackages: react-native: Not Found

Steps to reproduce

1. Add Test ID to TextInput component
2. Open app on Android Emulator
3. Open Appium inspector to inspect this component / Write Appium test to inspect this component

Expected: testID value should be present in ID attribute of the component. Result : testID value is not present in ID attribute

import { TextInput } from 'react-native';

<TextInput
      testID={item.testID}
      editable={!disabled}
      maxLength={maxLength}
      accessibilityLabel={ariaLabel}
      onChangeText={onChangeText}
      selectionColor={colorMapping.blue}
      style={[composedStyle.textbox, isiOS && !innerLabel ? {} : innerLabelBorderStyle]}
      underlineColorAndroid='transparent'
      onFocus={onFocus}
      onBlur={onBlur}
      value={value}
      accessibilityLabel={ariaLabel}
 />

Snack, code example, screenshot, or link to a repository

No response

[keremoge]

Thats exactly the reason we don’t want to use accessibilityLabel , our organization takes accessibility very seriously

Actually there is a commit related to this issue but I didn’t test it. I think with RN version 0.65 you can use TestID on Android. If your version is older than 0.65, can you upgrade your react-native and then try Android TestID with both UIAutomator2 and Espresso?

related topics: 381fb395ad9d2d48717a5d082aaedbecdd804554 https://github.com/facebook/react-native/pull/29610

[keremoge]

I think using UIAutomator2 or Espresso for Appium on Android won’t be able to set ID even if you set TestID, but if You use accessibilityLabel for Android, then you can use accessibilityId which is faster like accessing ID. Be careful because accessibilityLabel is also used for accessible apps for blind people