Is it possible to use Selenium WebDriver and Appium WebDriver in the same code?

max 2016-01-20 15:43:00 UTC #1

Hi everybody,

I try to start my application on my Android phone (with appium), and, in the same time, a chrome browser on my local computer (with selenium). My goal is to test communication between the chrome browser(on my computer) and my android application. Problem : when I try to switch context for appium webdriver, that's doesn't work : no context exists !

Can someone can helping me ?

Thx

Max

Venkatesh 2016-01-20 17:59:53 UTC #2

yes you can, no need to switch the context, use the web/mobile driver as your test case flow goes.

you share the error and test code.
I have used it with iOSdriver and Safari web driver, works fine.

MossTheBoss 2016-01-20 19:39:14 UTC #3

Hi Venkatesh,

Could you give us some sample codes of your approach switching between appium and web driver?

Cheers!
Moss

Aleksei 2016-01-20 19:47:13 UTC #4

Webdriver driver;

Some test code as webdriver....

Now we need e.g. iOSDriver do cast
(iOSDriver) driver.findElementBy....

Or as Appium driver cast
(AppiumDriver) driver.some_command...

rgonalo 2016-01-20 20:54:41 UTC #5

Hi @max,
You should create two drivers (an Appium driver and a Selenium driver) and then you could interact with them simultaneously. For example, to work with a local Appium server and a local Chrome, in python:

from appium.webdriver.webdriver import WebDriver as AppiumDriver
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver import WebDriver as ChromeDriver

appium_capabilities = {   
    'automationName': 'Appium',
    'platformName': 'Android',
    'deviceName': 'Android',
    'app': 'APK_PATH'
}
appium_driver = AppiumDriver(command_executor='http://127.0.0.1:4723/wd/hub',
                             desired_capabilities=appium_capabilities)

chrome_driver = ChromeDriver(executable_path='CHROMEDRIVER_PATH')
chrome_driver.get('http://www.google.com')

appium_driver.find_element(...)
chrome_driver.find_element(...)

appium_driver.quit()
chrome_driver.quit()

Venkatesh 2016-01-21 05:50:01 UTC #6

@max
the code @rgonalo provided is same what i would have suggested, try using that.

amitjaincoer191 2016-01-21 06:03:34 UTC #7

Follow this link if app is not showing NATIVE/WEBVIEW context(s)

https://toolsqa.com/mobile-automation/appium/how-to-inspect-and-automate-webview-in-hybrid-app/

max 2016-01-21 13:58:52 UTC #8

Hi,

Thank you to all.
I'm able now to do what I want.
A special thank to @rgonalo !

Thx guys

amitjaincoer191 2016-01-23 13:24:25 UTC #9

@max
Dear I just wants to say the description of your question does not match with your question subject

Regards
Amit Jain

kadabbara 2017-06-30 01:32:31 UTC #10

w.r.t to the same context, I have few questions.
My scenarios is that I need the Appium Android driver and Selenium Web driver to be interacted for data comparision purposes.
When the data is submitted from Mobile app (Android driver), the same data goes and sit in the Desktop Web browser application (Selenium Web driver).
I now want to compare these two data while opening the browser outside of the mobile as a standalone browser and ensure that the match is happening.

can someone please throw the inputs regarding this?

rgonalo 2017-06-30 08:09:27 UTC #11

In above example, Chrome is opened as a standalone browser, not inside the mobile. You can use the same approach: open both drivers, submit data from Appium driver, get data from chrome_driver and check that they are equals.