# Switch App to browser and back to app

**URL:** <https://discuss.appium.io/t/switch-app-to-browser-and-back-to-app/987>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [October 22, 2014, 5:20am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/switch-app-to-browser-and-back-to-app/987 "2014-10-22T05:20:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![jonahss](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/jonahss/32/5340_2.png) [@jonahss](https://discuss.appium.io/u/jonahss)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/switch-app-to-browser-and-back-to-app/987/8 "2015-07-08T22:50:38Z")

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Ohhhhh. um. So you have two separate drivers? I don’t think thats going to work. I bet android UIAutomator can only run one instance on a device.

Instead, Hm. If you first run App1, then tap a link to open the browser. Then you can automate the browser, then tap a button on the browser to return to your app. All with just one driver object (so just one appium session).

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