Espresso - typeText not working

Question

I\'m trying to type some text inside an EditText:

    public void testSearch() {
          onView(withId(R.id.titleInput)).perform(typeText(\"Engineer\"));
          


        

Answer 1

If the EditText does not has the focus yet, you should click on it first. If this solves your problem, then there is no bug.

onView(withId(R.id.titleInput)).perform(click()).perform(typeText("Engineer"));