Hybrid App Does not show WebView Context and Not able to Locate Element in App

Question

I am trying to Automate the Hybrid App. I am facing an issue with the Context. I am setting the app context

appiumdriver.context("WEBVIEW_appPackagename");

Now I was able to automate it previously. But I think the Webview changed and I am not able to Locate elements anymore. I have checked from appium UI view. It does config show like this.

This is what my View on Android Appium looks like.

When I run the Sample Code of Locating Element. It's not working now. The same code was working previously. I have tried switching webview. But it does not help.

    appiumdriver = new AppiumDriver<MobileElement>(new URL("http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub"), capabilities);
    //appiumdriver.context("WEBVIEW_com.barbri.nexgen");
    appiumdriver.context("WEBVIEW_1");

I have tried Like this both one by one. But it does not help. Capabilities are fine. Can anyone suggest to me any solution to? Its Hybrid Ionic app. I am asking this code after a lot of research.

Some Notes: -Chrome inspect devices Do not show this app anymore for webview insepect. -Appium shows as webview only. But not able to Locates Element anymore

Answer 1

The first of all, try to know all available contexts in your app. Hope this doc can help you.

The second way to fix your problem, launch app with web view as a default settings. You need to add field in desired capabilities:

{
 autoWebview: true,
}

More information about available desired capabilities here.