press key enter / search ? automagic keyboard ?

[joeko]

hallo,
i try to press key enter or search in an app. first i tried it with the ui but than i cant see the Keyboard.
than i read that i can use the automagic Keyboard. i activate it but than … nothing. i cant see it an the ui also not.
i use an Pixel 2 with Android 9. is this a bug or have i forget something?

[Desmanto]

Automagic keyboard is to be used with Control UI, especially sendKey(). It is invisible. After you have changed the keyboard to Automagic, add another action Control UI

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sendKey("SEARCH");
sleep(100);
sendKey("ENTER");

Pay attention to the sleep, try and error, as it might affect the result.

Most of our automation will require to change the keyboard to automagic, do the control UI script, then changed back to default keyboard. You need root or at least write secure permission from adb to use the change keyboard action automatically.