Can't switch to webview in inspector: Can't parse goog:chromeOptions: Unrecognized chrome option: androidDeviceSerial

[kgtrey1]

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The problem

I'm currently testing an hybrid application. I'm facing a problem where, when I scroll down too much, I can't use inspector to inspect elements (WebDriverIO doesn't find them either).

What i'm trying to do right now is to get all context inside the inspector and I get: NATIVE_APP, WEBVIEW_my_app.

Then, I try to set the context to the WebView context and I get this error:

InvalidArgumentError: invalid argument: cannot parse capability: goog:chromeOptions from invalid argument: unrecognized chrome option: androidDeviceSerial

I'm launching inspector session with capabilities androidPlatform & chromedriverExecutable.

Any idea on why i can't switch to the webview on Appium Inspector?

Environment

• I am running Appium Desktop version 1.18.3. (with option: --no-sandbox)
• I am on (pick one):
  • [ ] Mac
  • [ ] Windows
  • [X] Linux (Debian Buster)
• I am using chromedriver 87.0.4280.20

[KazuCocoa]

Could you share the log? I wonder the message was from chromedriver.

[Gunkkk]

Similiar issue! The desiredCapabilities object was not valid for the following reason(s): 'chromeOptions' must be of type object

Could you share the log? I wonder the message was from chromedriver.

[nunosilvaaa]

Were you able to sort it out @kgtrey1? Cheers

[SyedFurqanHaider]

I am facing a similar issue: Any help?

An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: invalid argument: cannot parse capability: goog:chromeOptions
from invalid argument: unrecognized chrome option: androidDeviceSerial

[Muratoi]

@SyedFurqanHaider did you resolve that? any help please

[bokas5]

I'm facing the same issues, any news here?

[jarMegger]

Same issue. Have tried updating chrome on emulator to same as my desktop, have matching emulator. It throws same exception message

An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: invalid argument: cannot parse capability: goog:chromeOptions from invalid argument: unrecognized chrome option: androidDeviceSerial

[leandroolivpint]

I'm having the same issue: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. Original error: invalid argument: cannot parse capability: goog:chromeOptions from invalid argument: unrecognized chrome option: androidDeviceSerial