Adding a backspace function to delete text in an EditText

ravibhoraskar · ravibhoraskar · commit f6d6485a9496 · 2012-12-14T12:32:25.000-08:00
diff --git a/AndroidViewClient/src/com/dtmilano/android/viewclient.py b/AndroidViewClient/src/com/dtmilano/android/viewclient.py
@@ -753,6 +753,11 @@ def type(self, text):
         self.device.type(text)
         MonkeyRunner.sleep(1)
 
+    def backspace(self):
+        self.touch()
+        MonkeyRunner.sleep(1)
+        self.device.press('KEYCODE_DEL', MonkeyDevice.DOWN_AND_UP)
+
 class UiAutomator2AndroidViewClient():
     '''
     UiAutomator XML to AndroidViewClient
