'WebElement' object has no attribute 'set_value'

Question

I want to set a value in editbox of android app using appium. And I am using python script to automate it. But I am always getting some errors.
My python script is

import os
import unittest
import time
from appium import webdriver
from time import sleep
from selenium import webdriver
from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import Keys
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By 
import uiautomator
import math



        element = self.driver.find_element_by_class_name('android.widget.EditText')
        element.set_value('qwerty')
        element = self.driver.find_element_by_name("Let's get started!")
        element.click()
        time.sleep(5)

When ever I am running it, I am always getting an error:

AttributeError: 'WebElement' object has no attribute 'set_value'

Answer 1

To type a value into a WebElement, use the Selenium WebDriver method send_keys:

element = self.driver.find_element_by_class_name('android.widget.EditText')
element.send_keys('qwerty')

See the Selenium Python Bindings documentation for more details.