ios - UI Testing Failure - Neither element nor any descendant has keyboard focus on secureTextField

Question

This is my case:

let passwordSecureTextField = app.secureTextFields["password"]
passwordSecureTextField.tap()
passwordSecureTextField.typeText("wrong_password") //here is an error

UI Testing Failure - Neither element nor any descendant has keyboard focus. Element:

What is wrong? This is working nice for normal textFields, but problem arise only with secureTextFields. Any workarounds?

Answer 1

This issue caused me a world of pain, but I've managed to figure out a proper solution. In the Simulator, make sure I/O -> Keyboard -> Connect hardware keyboard is off.