Selenium WebDriver api getWindowHandles() always returns 2147483649

Question

I am using Selenium to automate some tests. The WebDriver api getWindowHandle() always returns 2147483649. It should actually return a alpha numeric string like {9e10f4f4-2da6-ef43-b463-1b0d576e7dae} that usually changes with every test run. But I always get 2147483649. I'm using Selenium 3.5.1 and Firefox 55.0.2.

Code to reproduce the issue-

Java

public class SeleniumExample {
    public static void main(String args[]){
        System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","/Users/raghavendr.kolisetty/Downloads/geckodriver");
        WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
        driver.manage().window().maximize();
        driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(25, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
        driver.get("http://www.google.com");
        System.out.println("printing test handles "+driver.getWindowHandle());
    }
}

POM

<properties>
    <selenium.java.version>3.5.1</selenium.java.version>
</properties>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
        <artifactId>selenium-firefox-driver</artifactId>
        <version>${selenium.java.version}</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
        <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
        <version>${selenium.java.version}</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
    <plugins>
        <plugin>
            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
            <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
            <version>2.1</version>
            <configuration>
                <source>1.8</source>
                <target>1.8</target>
            </configuration>
        </plugin>
    </plugins>
</build>

Output - printing test handles 2147483649

Can anyone explain what am I doing wrong. Thanks

Answer 1

Use this code.Hopefully it will works

String Parentswindows = driver.getWindowHandle();

    System.out.println("Parentswindows : " + Parentswindows);

Answer 2

Did you try this-

String window1 = driver.getWindowHandle();
System.out.println("Second window handle is "+window1);

Answer 3

Try this

public class SeleniumExample {
public static void main(String args[]){
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","/Users/raghavendr.kolisetty/Downloads/geckodriver");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(25, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
System.out.println("printing test handles "+driver.getWindowHandle());
}
}

Replace your code with this:

public class SeleniumExample {
public static void main(String args[]){
System.setProperty("webdriver.gecko.driver","/Users/raghavendr.kolisetty/Downloads/geckodriver");
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.manage().window().maximize();
driver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(25, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
String window1=driver.getWindowHandle();
System.out.println("printing test handles "+window1);
}
}