Crash When Using Send Keys Endpoint

[BenPela]

Crash When Using Send Keys Endpoint

Appium Version: 2.5.1 and 2.13.1
Appium Espresso Driver Version: 2.44.2 and 3.5.1
Android Simulator Version - Replicated on at least Android APIs 30, 33 and 34
App Used - I've created a minimal app, with a single textfield - https://github.com/BenPela/single-text-field-app

Here are my appium options and python code used to replicate the bug

from appium.webdriver.webdriver import WebDriver
from appium.options.common import AppiumOptions
from appium.webdriver.common.appiumby import AppiumBy


options = {
    'platformName': "android",
    'automationName': "espresso",
    'autoLaunch': False,
    'newCommandTimeout': 0,
    'appActivity': "com.example.appiumbugexample.MainActivity",
    'appPackage': "com.example.appiumbugexample",
    'espressoBuildConfig': "{\"toolsVersions\": "
                           "{\"compileSdk\": 34,"
                           "\"minSdk\": 29,"
                           "\"composeVersion\":\"1.7.5\","
                           "\"kotlin\": \"1.9.25\" }, "
                           "\"additionalAndroidTestDependencies\": [\"androidx.annotation:annotation:1.2.0\"] }",
    'forceEspressoRebuild': True,
    'platformVersion': "11",
    'fullReset': True,
    'app': "./app-debug.apk",
}



aoptions = AppiumOptions().load_capabilities(options)
driver = WebDriver("http://localhost:4723", options=aoptions)
driver.update_settings({"driver": "compose"})
driver.activate_app("com.example.appiumbugexample")
element = driver.find_element(by = AppiumBy.ACCESSIBILITY_ID, value="TextField")
element.send_keys("Hello World")

Here is my log from Appium - https://gist.github.com/BenPela/74ec617e3ad768915cd144988df172b4

Key section of error message

[HTTP] --> POST /session/6a1efa52-b150-4f69-8084-4abec67109e7/element/1c47d548-3252-4c83-91bd-59b2a0d67261/value
[HTTP] {"text":"Hello World","value":["H","e","l","l","o"," ","W","o","r","l","d"]}
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] Driver proxy active, passing request on via HTTP proxy
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] Matched '/session/6a1efa52-b150-4f69-8084-4abec67109e7/element/1c47d548-3252-4c83-91bd-59b2a0d67261/value' to command name 'setValue'
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] Proxying [POST /session/6a1efa52-b150-4f69-8084-4abec67109e7/element/1c47d548-3252-4c83-91bd-59b2a0d67261/value] to [POST http://127.0.0.1:8300/session/4e173ea2-0de3-4403-b76f-d18a21a1793f/element/1c47d548-3252-4c83-91bd-59b2a0d67261/value] with body: {"text":"Hello World","value":["H","e","l","l","o"," ","W","o","r","l","d"]}
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] [Instrumentation] Process crashed while executing startEspressoServer(io.appium.espressoserver.EspressoServerRunnerTest):
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: No static method setStylusHandwritingEnabled(Landroid/view/inputmethod/EditorInfo;Z)V in class Landroidx/core/view/inputmethod/EditorInfoCompat; or its super classes (declaration of 'androidx.core.view.inputmethod.EditorInfoCompat' appears in /data/app/~~zpM-LPdsJUAXBkZGwX9G6A==/io.appium.espressoserver.test-ob01TvuCpSZSU81qFzyhWQ==/base.apk)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.foundation.text.input.internal.EditorInfo_androidKt.update-pLxbY9I(EditorInfo.android.kt:171)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.foundation.text.input.internal.EditorInfo_androidKt.update-pLxbY9I$default(EditorInfo.android.kt:43)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.foundation.text.input.internal.LegacyTextInputMethodRequest.createInputConnection(LegacyPlatformTextInputServiceAdapter.android.kt:264)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.foundation.text.input.internal.LegacyTextInputMethodRequest.createInputConnection(LegacyPlatformTextInputServiceAdapter.android.kt:201)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.platform.InputMethodSession.createInputConnection(AndroidPlatformTextInputSession.android.kt:143)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidPlatformTextInputSession.createInputConnection(AndroidPlatformTextInputSession.android.kt:107)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.platform.AndroidComposeView.onCreateInputConnection(AndroidComposeView.android.kt:2184)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager.startInputInner(InputMethodManager.java:1917)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager$DelegateImpl.startInput(InputMethodManager.java:585)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.ImeFocusController.checkFocus(ImeFocusController.java:161)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager.checkFocus(InputMethodManager.java:2069)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.inputmethod.InputMethodManager.restartInput(InputMethodManager.java:1838)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.InputMethodManagerImpl.restartInput(InputMethodManager.android.kt:76)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextInputServiceAndroid.restartInputImmediately(TextInputServiceAndroid.android.kt:450)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextInputServiceAndroid.processInputCommands(TextInputServiceAndroid.android.kt:343)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextInputServiceAndroid.sendInputCommand$lambda$1(TextInputServiceAndroid.android.kt:264)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextInputServiceAndroid.$r8$lambda$EPVR_TMFA5GOjs4tvuSSub8L5-M(Unknown Source:0)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextInputServiceAndroid$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.run(D8$$SyntheticClass:0)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextInputServiceAndroid_androidKt.asExecutor$lambda$2$lambda$1(TextInputServiceAndroid.android.kt:569)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextInputServiceAndroid_androidKt.$r8$lambda$nEtFUEU03rhWZ7PGABg9OjqaO2E(Unknown Source:0)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at androidx.compose.ui.text.input.TextInputServiceAndroid_androidKt$$ExternalSyntheticLambda0.doFrame(D8$$SyntheticClass:0)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.Choreographer$CallbackRecord.run(Choreographer.java:970)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.Choreographer.doCallbacks(Choreographer.java:796)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.Choreographer.doFrame(Choreographer.java:727)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.view.Choreographer$FrameDisplayEventReceiver.run(Choreographer.java:957)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:938)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:223)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:7656)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:592)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)]        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:947)
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] socket hang up
[HTTP] <-- POST /session/6a1efa52-b150-4f69-8084-4abec67109e7/element/1c47d548-3252-4c83-91bd-59b2a0d67261/value 400 55 ms - 1166
[HTTP] 
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] [Instrumentation] INSTRUMENTATION_RESULT: shortMsg=Process crashed.
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] [Instrumentation] INSTRUMENTATION_CODE: 0
[EspressoDriver@30c1 (6a1efa52)] Instrumentation process exited with code 0 from signal null

Any ideas how to fix this, or a good alternative to entering text in fields for now?

[cyoung27]

Just chiming in to say that I started to experience this exact issue last week (same error on setStylusHandwritingEnabled when trying to do sendKeys). Typically it points to mismatches in the dependencies, but even after updating to match I'm getting this same error. Will continue to watch and/or update if we find any solution.

Appium Version: 2.13.1
Appium Espresso Driver Version: 3.5.1 and 3.5.2

"espressoBuildConfig": "{\"toolsVersions\":{\"compileSdk\":\"34\",\"targetSdk\":\"34\",\"gradle\":\"8.7\",\"androidGradlePlugin\":\"8.5.1\",\"buildTools\":\"34.0.0\",\"minSdk\":\"26\",\"kotlin\":\"2.0.0\",\"composeVersion\":\"1.7.4\",\"espressoVersion\":\"3.5.1\"}}",

    "additionalAppDependencies":"[\"androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0\"]",

    "additionalAndroidTestDependencies":"[\"androidx.compose.foundation:foundation:1.7.4\", \"androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-common-java8:2.7.0\", \"androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-reactivestreams-ktx:2.8.4\", \"androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-runtime-ktx:2.8.4\", \"androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-ktx:2.8.4\", \"androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-viewmodel-compose:2.8.4\", \"androidx.lifecycle:lifecycle-livedata-ktx:2.8.4\",\"androidx.activity:activity-compose:1.9.2\",\"androidx.fragment:fragment-ktx:1.6.2\"]"

[cyoung27]

@KazuCocoa any thoughts on what this could be? As far as I can tell the espressoBuildConfig is matching our app's dependencies. I assume this is related to the androidx.compose.foundation:foundation version, but I've double checked with our devs and it matches. Do you have another thought as to why it would throw an error like this?

[KazuCocoa]

I don't have much experience about that, but you also could try out directly modifying the gradle code:
https://github.com/appium/appium-espresso-driver/blob/master/espresso-server/library/build.gradle.kts and build espresso server to investigate it.

https://github.com/appium/appium-espresso-driver/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-file#running is how to build for a specific package target.

Generally, dependencies and proguard optimization could cause this kind of issue.