sendKeys is not working in most of the latest devices but it's working with old Redmi phone.

Description

Click is working but
sendKeys is not working in most of the latest devices but click and sendkeys it's working with old Redmi phone.

Environment

• java client build version 7.0.0:
• Appium server version 1.13.0
• Node.js version 10.15
• Mobile platform/version (Android : Motorola Z2 Play Android 8.0.0,Blackberry BB100-1 Android 8.1.0, Redmi Note 3 Android 6.0.1 )
• emulator: Android 9.0

Details

sendKeys is working with Redmi Note 3 Android 6.0.1 but not with Motorola Z2 Play (Android 8.0.0), Blackberry BB100-1 (Android 8.1.0)

Code To Reproduce Issue [ Good To Have ]

@AndroidFindBy(id = "qa_Env")
public MobileElement qaEnv;

@AndroidFindBy(id = "et_first_name")
public MobileElement txtFirstName;

public void selectEnv(){
    qaEnv.click();
}

public void enterFirstName(String fn){
    txtFirstName.sendKeys(fn);
    mobDriver.hideKeyboard();
}

@Test(priority = 1)
public void enterFirstName(){
bookingIdentificationPage.selectEnv();
}
@Test(priority = 2)
public void enterFirstName(){
bookingIdentificationPage.enterFirstName("Raj");
}

Ecxeption stacktraces

org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Can't locate an element by this strategy: By.chained({By.id: et_first_name})

at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator.findElement(AppiumElementLocator.java:126)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.interceptors.InterceptorOfASingleElement.intercept(InterceptorOfASingleElement.java:59)
at io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidElement$$EnhancerByCGLIB$$b598166c.sendKeys(<generated>)
at com.automateavance.pages.booking.BookingIdentificationPage.enterFirstName(BookingIdentificationPage.java:91)
at com.automateavance.tests.booking.BookingIdentificationTest.enterFirstName(BookingIdentificationTest.java:38)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at org.testng.internal.MethodInvocationHelper.invokeMethod(MethodInvocationHelper.java:108)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeMethod(Invoker.java:661)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethod(Invoker.java:869)
at org.testng.internal.Invoker.invokeTestMethods(Invoker.java:1193)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.invokeTestMethods(TestMethodWorker.java:126)
at org.testng.internal.TestMethodWorker.run(TestMethodWorker.java:109)
at org.testng.TestRunner.privateRun(TestRunner.java:744)
at org.testng.TestRunner.run(TestRunner.java:602)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runTest(SuiteRunner.java:380)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.runSequentially(SuiteRunner.java:375)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.privateRun(SuiteRunner.java:340)
at org.testng.SuiteRunner.run(SuiteRunner.java:289)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.runSuite(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:52)
at org.testng.SuiteRunnerWorker.run(SuiteRunnerWorker.java:86)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesSequentially(TestNG.java:1301)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuitesLocally(TestNG.java:1226)
at org.testng.TestNG.runSuites(TestNG.java:1144)
at org.testng.TestNG.run(TestNG.java:1115)
at org.testng.IDEARemoteTestNG.run(IDEARemoteTestNG.java:73)
at org.testng.RemoteTestNGStarter.main(RemoteTestNGStarter.java:123)

Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.TimeoutException: Expected condition failed: waiting for io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator$WaitingFunction@13d9cbf5 (tried for 1 second(s) with 500 milliseconds interval)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait.timeoutException(FluentWait.java:304)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait.until(FluentWait.java:272)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator.waitFor(AppiumElementLocator.java:99)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator.findElement(AppiumElementLocator.java:119)
... 28 more
Caused by: org.openqa.selenium.NoSuchElementException: Cannot locate an element using By.chained({By.id: et_first_name})
For documentation on this error, please visit: https://www.seleniumhq.org/exceptions/no_such_element.html
Build info: version: '3.141.59', revision: 'e82be7d358', time: '2018-11-14T08:17:03'
System info: host: 'RAJ', ip: '192.168.2.71', os.name: 'Windows 10', os.arch: 'amd64', os.version: '10.0', java.version: '1.8.0_191'
Driver info: driver.version: AppiumDriver
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.bys.builder.ByChained.findElement(ByChained.java:74)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:315)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElement(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:58)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElement(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.bys.ContentMappedBy.findElement(ContentMappedBy.java:50)
at org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver.findElement(RemoteWebDriver.java:315)
at io.appium.java_client.DefaultGenericMobileDriver.findElement(DefaultGenericMobileDriver.java:58)
at io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver.findElement(AppiumDriver.java:1)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator.lambda$0(AppiumElementLocator.java:120)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator$WaitingFunction.apply(AppiumElementLocator.java:172)
at io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator$WaitingFunction.apply(AppiumElementLocator.java:1)
at org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.FluentWait.until(FluentWait.java:249)
... 30 more

Link to Appium logs

[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Got command of type ACTION
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Got command action: find
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Finding 'et_first_name' using 'ID' with the contextId: '' multiple: false
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using: UiSelector[INSTANCE=0, RESOURCE_ID=com.pathosethos.avance.android.development:id/et_first_name]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using: UiSelector[INSTANCE=0, RESOURCE_ID=android:id/et_first_name]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using: UiSelector[INSTANCE=0, RESOURCE_ID=et_first_name]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using: UiSelector[DESCRIPTION=et_first_name, INSTANCE=0]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Failed to locate element. Clearing Accessibility cache and retrying.
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Finding 'et_first_name' using 'ID' with the contextId: '' multiple: false
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using: UiSelector[INSTANCE=0, RESOURCE_ID=com.pathosethos.avance.android.development:id/et_first_name]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using: UiSelector[INSTANCE=0, RESOURCE_ID=android:id/et_first_name]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using: UiSelector[INSTANCE=0, RESOURCE_ID=et_first_name]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Using: UiSelector[DESCRIPTION=et_first_name, INSTANCE=0]
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] Received command result from bootstrap
[debug] [MJSONWP] Matched JSONWP error code 7 to NoSuchElementError
[debug] [AndroidBootstrap] [BOOTSTRAP LOG] [debug] Returning result: {"status":7,"value":"No element found"}
[debug] [W3C (5e479bed)] Encountered internal error running command: NoSuchElementError: An element could not be located on the page using the given search parameters.
[debug] [W3C (5e479bed)] at AndroidDriver.findElOrEls (C:\Users\ihate.npm-global\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-android-driver\lib\commands\find.js:75:11)
[HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/5e479bed-6b41-4f1a-8f21-a8dfbca173f8/element 404 34210 ms - 397

Start with the sendKeys call path through AndroidElement and AppiumElementLocator.java, using the reported et_first_name lookup and Android device versions as the reproduction boundary. Confirm whether the element is absent before sendKeys or whether the Java client fails to locate it, then verify the behavior across the listed configurations and add regression coverage if a client defect is confirmed.