Set Current Context

Set the context being automated

Example Usage

Set<String> contextNames = driver.getContextHandles();
driver.context(contextNames.toArray()[1]);
// ...
driver.context("NATIVE_APP");


webview = driver.contexts[1]
driver.switch_to.context(webview)
# ...
driver.switch_to.context('NATIVE_APP')


// webdriver.io example
let contexts = driver.contexts();
driver.context(contexts[1]);
// ...
driver.context('NATIVE_APP');



// wd example
let contexts = await driver.contexts();
await driver.context(contexts[1]);
// ...
await driver.context('NATIVE_APP');


webview = @driver.available_contexts[1]
@driver.switch_to.context(webview)
# ...
@driver.switch_to.context('NATIVE_APP')


// TODO C# sample


$contexts = $driver->contexts();
$driver->context($contexts[1]);
// ...
$driver->context('NATIVE_APP');

Description

Set the current context to that passed in. If this is moving into a web view context it will involve attempting to connect to that web view:

For information on contexts, see Appium's hybrid automation docs.

Support

Appium Server

Platform Driver Platform Versions Appium Version Driver Version
iOS XCUITest 9.3+ 1.6.0+ All
UIAutomation 8.0 to 9.3 All All
Android UiAutomator2 ?+ 1.6.0+ All
UiAutomator 4.2+ All All
Mac Mac None None None
Windows Windows None None None

Appium Clients

Language Support Documentation
Java All appium.github.io
Python All github.com
Javascript (WebdriverIO) All webdriver.io
Javascript (WD) All github.com
Ruby All github.com
PHP All github.com
C# All github.com

HTTP API Specifications

Endpoint

POST /wd/hub/session/:session_id/context

URL Parameters

name description
session_id ID of the session to route the command to

JSON Parameters

name type description
name String The name of the context to which to change

Response

null

See Also