Xcode 7 UI Testing - can't type text into search bar

Question

The following UI Test code will successfully tap the UISearchBar element. The software keyboard appears and the search bar looks like it has focus. (ie. it animates as if someone tapped it)

let searchBar = XCUIApplication().otherElements["accessibility_label"]
searchBar.tap()
searchBar.typeText("search text")

However, typeText fails with:

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

Note: Hardware->Keyboard->Connect Hardware Keyboard is toggled off. This solved the same issue for text fields but the search bar is still failing.

Answer 1

I found something:

let app = XCUIApplication()
app.tables.searchFields["Search"].tap()
app.searchFields["Search"].typeText("something")

It looks strange, but it works for me.