Does UIAutomator support automating Android Hybrid Apps?

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Hi,

Could anyone let me know whether Appium with UIAutomator supports automating WebViews or do I need to fall back to selendroid ?
Till now our App had only native elements so have been using Appium in android mode but recently a webview has been added to it.
I am wondering if there is any possibility of using existing framework otherwise my framework needs refactoring to be compatible with selendroid.

Would greatly appreciate any help.

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Yes, Appium supports Android Hybrid Apps. For top level info, see here: http://appium.io/slate/en/0.18.x/?ruby#automating-hybrid-apps

Your app needs to enable webview debugging. See https://developer.chrome.com/devtools/docs/remote-debugging#debugging-webviews for more info

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Thanks a lot for the quick response.
It was helpful.

Cheers