Espresso set cursor for edittext

Issue

I am trying to test an EditText that already contains some text using Espresso. The problem is that when I use typeText(), the cursor is placed at an arbitrary position within the text. I tried performing click() before using typeTextIntoFocusedView but the cursor is sometimes placed at the beginning of the EditText. I want to know is it possible to set the cursor at the end of the EditText before typing text into it?

Solution

The only way I have found to do this is to get a reference to the EditText itself and use EditText#setSelection(). For example, to move the cursor to the end of the current text:

    val activity = activityRule.activity
    val tv = activity.findViewById<EditText>(R.id.edittext)
    activity.runOnUiThread { tv.setSelection(tv.text.length) } 

Answered By - Clyde