Is it possible to “toggle software keyboard” via the code in UI test?

Question

I have UI tests which testing login functionality (and uses it to test other stuff), but sometimes when focus is changed from one field to another - the keyboard hides, and

Answer 1

Prior to Xcode 9, you can work around this by disabling the hardware keyboard in Simulator.app which will cause the software keyboard to always be present. Eg:

defaults write com.apple.iphonesimulator ConnectHardwareKeyboard -bool NO