UI Testing iOS, Selecting Secure Text Entry textField

Question

I have password and password conf textFields that I have applied the "Secure Text Entry", to mask the password. However, when I run the UI tests, those fields can not be found getting

UI Testing Failure - No matches found for "password" TextField

I'm attempting to select the fields like so:

let passwordTextField = app.textFields["password"]

but then it fails when I try to tap:

passwordTextField.tap()

Any ideas on how I can access the field?

Answer 1

As discussed in the comments, when accessing a secure text field use the secureTextFields selector.

let passwordTextField = app.secureTextFields["password"]
passwordTextField.tap()
passwordTextField.typeText("my secure password")

Answer 2

Also if you need to type to secureTextField

If menu I/O Hardware Keyboard is ON typeText not working for secureTextField.

Use below to type to secure field

        password.tap()

        app.keys["t"].tap()
        app.keys["e"].tap()
        app.keys["s"].tap()
        app.keys["t"].tap()