Not able to get text from androidwebview using Appium

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java version "1.8.0_25" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b18) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode)

Appium 1.3.4.1

Android SDK ro.build.version.sdk=21..

Device used :- Nexus 7, 5.0.2

Hi,

I am using following code to get textual data from android.webkit.webview, but i m failing. Please help me .

Code used :- List L1=(By.id("com.zimbra.client.zimbox:id/conversation_WebView")); List L2=(By.className("android.webkit.WebView"));

L1.get(index).gettext() is not returning me text.

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1 Answers

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To interact with a webview, a switch context would be required as below:

driver.context("WEBVIEW_webviewname");
WEBVIEW_webviewname - name as it appears in Appium log

Thanks,
Sujata