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Can't switch context to webview " A new session could not be created"

See original GitHub issue

The problem

Trying to automate “Kiwi Browser” on real device, but once the app is open, can’t switch to web view context.

Environment

Appium version (or git revision) that exhibits the issue: 1.21.0
Desktop OS/version used to run Appium: Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS
Node.js version (unless using Appium.app|exe): v13.14.0
Mobile platform/version under test: Android 11
Real device or emulator/simulator: Real device

Details

Appium is unable to start a new session on the webview context, this what the appium server says:

session not created: please close 'com.kiwibrowser.browser' and try again","stacktrace":"#0 0x559744c178f3 <unknown>\n#1 0x5597446fcba8 <unknown>\n#2 0x559744723400 <unknown>\n#3 0x55974471c1c7 <unknown>\n#4 0x559744755995 <unknown>\n#5 0x55974474fd63 <unknown>\n#6 0x559744726144 <unknown>\n#7 0x559744727135 <unknown>\n#8 0x559744c46c3e <unknown>\n#9 0x559744c5c6b7 <unknown>\n#10 0x559744c47b95 <unknown>\n#11 0x559744c5db05 <unknown>\n#12 0x559744c3c2ab <unknown>\n#13 0x559744c78248 <unknown>\n#14 0x559744c783c8 <unknown>\n#15 0x559744c9333d <unknown>\n#16 0x7f8b31fd6609 start_thread

Link to Appium logs

https://pastebin.com/rKsD6GyE

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:29 (11 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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jlippscommented, Oct 28, 2021

The next step would be to try to automate it with Chromedriver directly, no Appium involved. If that is possible, then it can definitely work with Appium and it’s just a matter of getting things hooked up correctly. If that’s not possible, then it’s also likely not possible with Appium (since Appium uses Chromedriver).

Typically, if you can inspect via Chrome it’s possible for Chromedriver to work, but as this is a new browser I’ve never heard of, I’m not sure.

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jlippscommented, Oct 28, 2021

Yeah, sorry. Looks like there are only two possible ways forward:

Use the devtools protocol instead of webdriver
Contact the Kiwi browser and ask them to make things compatible with Chromedriver or to release their own webdriver implementation, which would then be easy enough to incorporate into Appium as we have done with Chromedriver.

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