Hybrid App is Missing Context(s) – Sauce Labs

If your session is crashing or your test is failing because a WEBVIEW is missing then try these debugging steps.

# Summary

We'll use the Appium API to do two things:

1. find ALL contexts including the NATIVE_APP default context

2. check if the target context is available

# Get all contexts

Consult the Appium API for your language: https://appium.io/docs/en/commands/context/get-contexts/

Insert the driver.contexts method and log the results somewhere.

This should return an array of strings that contain a minimum of one Context, the NATIVE_APP context.

If your WEBVIEW is absent you should consider filing a bug with the Developers responsible for the app. The WEBVIEWs may be absent for legitimate reasons.

# Loop through all contexts seeking a target

Here we'll loop over a context looking for our target WEBVIEW. The exact syntax must match.

# Java Example seeking a specific context by name
for (String contextName : contextNames) {
    // 10 or 15s wait may be needed here. Sometimes 
    //the WEBVIEWs take time to appear
    if (contextName.contains("WEBVIEW")){
        ((AppiumDriver) driver).context(contextName);
    }
}