Can't switch context to webview

Issues/Bugs
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I believe java libraries have this issue , however I recently saw python client libraries show all contexts in robust way

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do you know which libraries are required for it ?

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  • Even i am facing the same problem.i am using android version 6.0.1 and appium version 1.4.16.1.But driver.context() method is failing to switch to webview.I have added chromedriverHandler().jar but still facing the problem.
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switching to webview is working only for few times.In remaining all the cases it fails to switch.Any answers could be helpful

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Context switching is happening only at few times.Consistency is not there.what could be the solution?

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Go to Safari>Advanced>WebInspector>ON
Should work.

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Even i am facing same issue , Please let me know if any solution.

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Even I am facing the same issue using java.When I tried to switch to webview ,I am getting the context as undefined.Some times it is printing webview context as "WEBVIEW_undefined "and some times “WEBVIEW_XXXXX”.Can any one please help me how to resolve it.

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I am still facing same issue with Appium Java Client 4.1.2 and Appium @1.6.5 for IOS

[debug] [XCUITest] Executing command ‘setContext’
[debug] [iOS] Attempting to set context to ‘WEBVIEW_1’
[HTTP] <-- POST /wd/hub/session/bb96e125-75f3-4df1-8859-60692ebe7ac3/context 500 3 ms - 109
[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/session/bb96e125-75f3-4df1-8859-60692ebe7ac3/contexts {}
[debug] [MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getContexts() with args: [“bb96e125-75f3-4df1-8859-60692ebe7ac3”]
[debug] [XCUITest] Executing command ‘getContexts’
[debug] [iOS] Getting list of available contexts
[debug] [iOS] Retrieving contexts and views
[debug] [iOS] Selecting by url: false
[debug] [RemoteDebugger] Getting WebKitRemoteDebugger pageArray: localhost, 27753
[debug] [RemoteDebugger] Sending request to: http://localhost:27753/json
[debug] [RemoteDebugger] Page element JSON: []
[debug] [iOS] No web frames found.
[debug] [MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getContexts() result: [“NATIVE_APP”]
[HTTP] <-- GET /wd/hub/session/bb96e125-75f3-4df1-8859-60692ebe7ac3/contexts 200 15 ms - 86
[HTTP] --> GET /wd/hub/session/bb96e125-75f3-4df1-8859-60692ebe7ac3/screenshot {}
[debug] [MJSONWP] Calling AppiumDriver.getScreenshot() with args: [“bb96e125-75f3-4df1-8859-60692ebe7ac3”]
[debug] [XCUITest] Executing command ‘getScreenshot’
[debug] [JSONWP Proxy] Proxying [GET /screenshot] to [GET http://localhost:8100/session/7C9D2E75-E54E-466C-A4F0-C37546B7EF53/screenshot] with no body
[debug] [JSONWP Proxy] Got response with status 200: "{\n “value” : "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABNoAAAigCAYAAADpkk+ZAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAA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\r\n22yXN…
[debug] [MJSONWP] Responding to client with driver.getScreenshot() result: "iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAABNoAAAigCAYAAADpkk+ZAAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAA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\r\n…

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This discussion was long time ago, but I have the same problem with the latest Appium 1.21.0. I can get the list using getContextHandles():
[“NATIVE_APP”,“WEBVIEW_XX.XXXXX.XXXX”]
But when I switch to webview using getDriver().context(WEBVIEW_XX.XXXXX.XXXX), it throws exception from time to time. This line of code is very unstable.
I was surprised that this problem wasn’t resolved.

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I still having same issue in Android real devices, no updates so far?