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Feature Request: Return pageDict on contexts request

See original GitHub issue

The problem

I am working on an app that renders content in multiple web views even on the same native view (a list with ads) and I am having trouble interacting with each one of them because I cannot find a way to select a specific web view context. I see that Appium retrieves more information about the contexts than the information that sends back in the request. Currently it only sends back a list of strings with the available context and a suffix of the PID example: ['NATIVE_APP', 'WEBVIEW_27218.1', 'WEBVIEW_27215.6', 'WEBVIEW_27551.1', 'WEBVIEW_27224.1'] But in the appium server I see that more information is retrieved for example:

[debug] [RemoteDebugger]     Application: 'PID:27551'
[debug] [RemoteDebugger]         id: "PID:27551"
[debug] [RemoteDebugger]         isProxy: true
[debug] [RemoteDebugger]         name: "com.apple.WebKit.WebContent"
[debug] [RemoteDebugger]         bundleId: "com.apple.WebKit.WebContent"
[debug] [RemoteDebugger]         hostId: "PID:27530"
[debug] [RemoteDebugger]         isActive: 1
[debug] [RemoteDebugger]         isAutomationEnabled: false
[debug] [RemoteDebugger]         pageDict: [{"id":1,"title":"Shop Your Way - Registration | Shop Your Way: Online Shopping & Earn Points on Tools, Appliances, Electronics & more","url":"https://www.shopyourway.com/secured/m/sign-in-or-register?dinghy=true&returnUrl=%2fsecured%2fmp%2fconnect%2fnative%3fappid%3d16250%26target%3dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.winitapp.com%252Fusers%252Flogin%252F%26forceToken%3dtrue","isKey":false}]

It would be really useful to retrieve the pageDict because it contains the URL of the web view and I could use it to differentiate it from the other web views.

Here is the full output of the appium log with several contexts: https://gist.github.com/eduardoreynoso/6ec2cecea5ec0441ab2db9104c6b8cea

I tried to search for the code that returns this but I cannot find it. If someone points me in the right direction I could potentially add this feature myself. Thanks!