---
title: "assertTextContains"
description: "Asserts that the node's text contains the given [value].

This will also search in [SemanticsProperties.EditableText] and [SemanticsProperties.InputText].

Note that in merged semantics tree there can be a list of text items that got merged from the
child nodes. Typically an accessibility tooling will decide based on its heuristics which ones to
use.

Throws [AssertionError] if the node's value does not contain `value`, or if the node has no value"
type: "function"
---

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```kotlin
fun SemanticsNodeInteraction.assertTextContains(
    value: String,
    substring: Boolean = false,
    ignoreCase: Boolean = false,
): SemanticsNodeInteraction
```


Asserts that the node's text contains the given `value`.

This will also search in `SemanticsProperties.EditableText` and `SemanticsProperties.InputText`.

Note that in merged semantics tree there can be a list of text items that got merged from the
child nodes. Typically an accessibility tooling will decide based on its heuristics which ones to
use.

Throws `AssertionError` if the node's value does not contain `value`, or if the node has no value

#### Parameters

| | |
| --- | --- |
| value | Value to match as one of the items in the list of text values. |
| substring | Whether this can be satisfied as a substring match of an item in the list of text. |
| ignoreCase | Whether case should be ignored. |