diff --git a/ScreensUITests/ScreensUITests.swift b/ScreensUITests/ScreensUITests.swift
index 3186c20..9a543fd 100644
--- a/ScreensUITests/ScreensUITests.swift
+++ b/ScreensUITests/ScreensUITests.swift
@@ -117,9 +117,21 @@ final class ScreensUITests: XCTestCase {
         wait(for: [expectation(for: askedForKeyboard, evaluatedWith: diag)],
              timeout: 3)
 
-        // Type into the active first responder. Works even when the simulator
-        // suppresses the on-screen keyboard via Connect Hardware Keyboard.
-        app.typeText("hi")
+        // Force the on-screen keyboard to appear (simulator suppresses it
+        // when Connect Hardware Keyboard is on).
+        // The simulator can be told to disconnect the host keyboard via the
+        // hardware menu; we instead just wait briefly and then attempt taps.
+        Thread.sleep(forTimeInterval: 0.5)
+
+        // If the system keyboard is visible, drive it like a user. Otherwise
+        // fall back to typeText (which bypasses the UI keyboard).
+        let kb = app.keyboards.firstMatch
+        if kb.waitForExistence(timeout: 1) {
+            kb.keys["h"].tap()
+            kb.keys["i"].tap()
+        } else {
+            app.typeText("hi")
+        }
 
         let typedH = NSPredicate(format: "label CONTAINS %@", "[ins:h]")
         wait(for: [expectation(for: typedH, evaluatedWith: diag)], timeout: 3)