# Elements in webview are not found in webview context (ios)

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/elements-in-webview-are-not-found-in-webview-context-ios/322>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 11, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/elements-in-webview-are-not-found-in-webview-context-ios/322 "2014-09-11T21:49:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Steve\_Thompson](https://discuss.appium.io/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/54ee81/32.png) [@Steve\_Thompson](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Steve_Thompson)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/elements-in-webview-are-not-found-in-webview-context-ios/322/8 "2014-10-06T22:11:45Z")

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Yeah, I’m quite stumped and have yet to hear back on my post.

> [@Appium android webviews documentation/xpath issues](https://discuss.appium.io/t/appium-android-webviews-documentation-xpath-issues/661/2):
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> We need better webview automation examples, in my case python specifically. Somehow I’ve partially automated webview testing without switching to webview context (except for the fact that UI navigation sporadically breaks for a while and then suddenly start working again). My app has lots of fragments and activities that use webviews. Is there a global webview context, or would each webview be different and require restarting chromedriver several times? On top of that I’ve never yet had chro…

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