iOS 7, Safari, Navigate().Back() can't find the element

[Sven S.]

Hi,

 

I tried to navigate back via

 

var cap = new DesiredCapabilities();
cap.SetCapability("version", "7.0");
cap.SetCapability("device", "iPhone Simulator");
cap.SetCapability("app", "Safari");

using (var driver = new RemoteWebDriver(new Uri("http://<ip>:4723/wd/hub"), cap))
{
   driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("http://www.google.com/");
   driver.Navigate().Back();
}

 

The Appium log says:

debug: Request received with params: {}
debug: Sending command to instruments: au.getElementByXpath('\/\/toolbar\/button[@name=\"Back\"]')
info: [INST] 2013-11-13 11:46:15 +0000 Default: Got new command 0 from instruments: au.getElementByXpath('\/\/toolbar\/button[@name=\"Back\"]')
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket data received (50 bytes)
info: [INSTSERVER] Socket data being routed for 'cmd' event
info: [INSTSERVER] Got result from instruments: {"status":7,"value":null}
info: Responding to client with error: {"status":7,"value":{"message":"An element could not be located on the page using the given search

 

How can I solve this Problem?

 

rgds Sven

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bootstrap online]

This is how I find the back button for iOS 7.
https://github.com/appium/ruby_lib_ios/blob/master/lib/run.rb#L38

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[Jonathan Lipps]

Using safari on ios7 will have certain limitations, including lacking the ability to interact with alerts and clicking the forward/backward buttons.

[Sergio Neves Barros]

Maybe we could replace it with "window.history.back()" etc. so that it works, but just not by clicking on the back button for iOS 7.0 (and on real devices).

Sergio

[Jonathan Lipps]

yep, i'm working on refactoring some of this now