typeText enters wrong special characters about android-test-kit HOT 3 CLOSED

I attached the output for the call

typeText("~!@#$%^&*()_+`=-[]{};:\";',.<>/?")

if that is of any help

This seems to be an IME specific issue. This IME has a different interpretation 
of these special characters then what is expected (we get from 
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyCharacterMap.html)

As a workaround, you can setText directly on the EditText by using your own 
ViewAction... something like this:

final class SetTextAction implements ViewAction {
  private final String text;

  SetTextAction(String text) {
   this.text = checkNotNull(text);
  }

  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
  @Override
  public Matcher<View> getConstraints() {
    return allOf(isDisplayed(), isAssignableFrom(EditText.class));
  }

  @Override
  public void perform(UiController uiController, View view) {
    ((EditText) view).setText(text);
  }

  @Override
  public String getDescription() {
    return "set text";
  }
}

We should probably add this to Espresso's ViewActions collection.

Thanks for the fast reply. I incorporated the suggested code and it works. 
Thanks again