Fixed the searchBox helper

Author: vmoroz

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/AccessibilityTest.test.ts

@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('example_search');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces concatenated text
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       return (await searchBox.getText()) === input;
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/ButtonComponentTest.test.ts

@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('example_search');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces concatenated text
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       if (input === '') {
         return (await searchBox.getText()) === 'Search...';
@@ -34,8 +39,8 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
       }
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/FlatListComponentTest.test.ts

@@ -28,12 +28,17 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('example_search');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces concatenated text
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       return (await searchBox.getText()) === input;
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );
@@ -43,12 +48,14 @@ const searchBoxBasic = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('search_bar_flat_list');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // See comment in searchBox above for the clearValue rationale.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       return (await searchBox.getText()) === input;
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/PointerButtonComponentTest.test.ts

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('example_search');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces concatenated text
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       if (input === '') {
         return (await searchBox.getText()) === 'Search...';
@@ -33,8 +38,8 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
       }
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/RNTesterNavigation.ts

@@ -37,12 +37,17 @@ async function goToExample(example: string) {
 
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces concatenated text
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(searchString);
       return (await searchBox.getText()) === searchString;
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/SwitchComponentTest.test.ts

@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('example_search');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces concatenated text
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       return (await searchBox.getText()) === input;
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/TextInputComponentTest.test.ts

@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('example_search');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces "onPressInonPressIn"
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       return (await searchBox.getText()) === input;
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/TouchableComponentTest.test.ts

@@ -25,15 +25,20 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('example_search');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces concatenated text
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       if (input === '') {
         return (await searchBox.getText()) === 'Search...';
       }
       return (await searchBox.getText()) === input;
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );

packages/e2e-test-app-fabric/test/ViewComponentTest.test.ts

@@ -25,12 +25,17 @@ const searchBox = async (input: string) => {
   const searchBox = await app.findElementByTestID('example_search');
   await app.waitUntil(
     async () => {
+      // Clear before each attempt: WinAppDriver's setValue can fall back to
+      // synthesised keystrokes for custom RN TextInputs, which append rather
+      // than replace. Without the clear, a retry produces concatenated text
+      // and the comparison never converges.
+      await searchBox.clearValue();
       await searchBox.setValue(input);
       return (await searchBox.getText()) === input;
     },
     {
-      interval: 1500,
-      timeout: 5000,
+      interval: 500,
+      timeout: 10000,
       timeoutMsg: `Unable to enter correct search text into test searchbox.`,
     },
   );