[plugin-mobile-app] Deprecate web view switching by index #2216

uarlouski · 2021-11-18T13:47:30Z

The order of web views returned by Appium is not reliable.

For Android platform the web views are retrieved by parsing UNIX socket names from /proc/net/unix.
For iOS platform the web views are considered as separate processes within the active application.

Sorting the web view by Inode number for android or PID for iOS doesn't seem logical for end users and as practice shows the order is not guaranteed.

...us-plugin-mobile-app/src/test/java/org/vividus/bdd/mobileapp/steps/SetContextStepsTests.java

codecov · 2021-11-18T14:14:36Z

Codecov Report

Merging #2216 (a513216) into master (65c6aec) will increase coverage by 0.00%.
The diff coverage is 100.00%.

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  Coverage     96.23%   96.23%           
  Complexity     5387     5387           
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  Files           764      764           
  Lines         15443    15444    +1     
  Branches       1027     1027           
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+ Hits          14862    14863    +1     
  Misses          451      451           
  Partials        130      130

Impacted Files	Coverage Δ
...g/vividus/bdd/mobileapp/steps/SetContextSteps.java	`100.00% <100.00%> (ø)`

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The order of web views returned by appium is not reliable. For android platform the web views are retrieved by parsing UNIX socket names from /proc/net/unix. For ios platform the web views are consideres as separate processes within the active application. Sorting the web view by Inode number for android or PID for ios doen't seem logical for end users and as practice shows the order is not guaranteed.