InvalidArgumentException thrown with msg: The XCUITest driver only supports W3C actions execution in the native context

Question

Gurus; I am running the a MobileWeb test on Android and iOS one after another. With Android, the default context is 'CHROMIUM' and it is running the entire test just fine whether I shifted to 'CHROMIUM' context or not. With iOS, even after shifting to WEBVIEW_1097.1 which is the WebView context name, I am facing the following error message org.openqa.selenium.InvalidArgumentException: The XCUITest driver only supports W3C actions execution in the native context. when the below code was ran actions.moveToElement(categoryElm).click(categoryElm).build().perform(); Basically, it is like moving to the Element 'categoryElm' and trying to click it, using the Actions class. I am not trying to do any gesture actions. What is the coding approach for this issue to be used to overcome ?

Titbits of code for reproducing the issue:---

WebElement categoryElm = waitingDriver.until(ExpectedConditions.elementToBeClickable(By.xpath(String.format("//a[contains(text(),'%s')]",category))));
doWait(3000);
public Actions actions= = new Actions(driver);
actions.moveToElement(categoryElm).click(categoryElm).build().perform();

Reference: appium issue 1928

I am using the latest JDK 21, recent appium java-client 9.2.3, recent appium 2.11.2 on a mobile device with iOS version 17.6.1 on Mac version Sonama 14.6.1. Test being run on Safari browser

I have tried shifting to 'NATIVE' just before the click() code is being run with no use.

As per the suggestion in the issue#1928 I incorporated the looping in order to shift in to WEB_VIEW, and using SAFARI browser, as below,

This time the script could not go past the first web element locator, and failed doing it.

    /**
     * context switcher ==> https://github.com/appium/appium/issues/16481
     * In our case with iOS 17.6.1 real device, iOS webview is available by adding webviewConnectTimeout capability.    
     * 
     * @throws InterruptedException
     */
        public void changeDriverContextToWeb() throws InterruptedException {
            Thread.sleep(2000);
            if (platform.equalsIgnoreCase("Android")) {
                Set<String> allContexts = ((AndroidDriver) driver).getContextHandles();//'Set' ensures non duplicate values
                System.out.println("Android allContexts = "+allContexts);
                for (String context : allContexts) {
                    if (context.contains("WEBVIEW")) {
                        System.out.println("Android allcontexts has WEBVIEW");
                        ((AndroidDriver) driver).context(context);
                    } // if
                } // for
        System.out.println("Current Android Context="+((SupportsContextSwitching)driver).getContext());
            } else {                 //"iOS"
                Integer loopCount = 1;
                while (loopCount < 10) { // looping ONLY for 'iOS' 
                    Thread.sleep(10000); // sleep and hope the driver eventually pulls the webview context
                    Set<String> allContexts = ((IOSDriver) driver).getContextHandles();//Set ensures non duplicate values
                    System.out.println("iOS allContexts = "+loopCount+", "+allContexts);
                    for (String context : allContexts) {
                        if (context.contains("WEBVIEW")) {
                            System.out.println("iOS allcontexts has WEBVIEW");
                            ((IOSDriver) driver).context(context);
                            loopCount = 11;//exit 'while', once 'for' is done
                        } // if
                    } // for
         System.out.println("Current iOS Context="+loopCount+", "+((SupportsContextSwitching)driver).getContext());
                    loopCount++;
                } // while
            } // else
        }// method

I have to use this Actions class approach because other methods of click() such as WebElement.click(), JavascriptExecutor are not working for my page.

Answer 1

It works for me when using ExecuteScript instead of Actions.moveToElement as following: WebDriver.ExecuteScript("return arguments[0].scrollIntoView();", webElement)

Hope this can help you!