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bug: <title>After upgrading Appium-Python-Client 2.11.1, webview execution scrollIntoView reported an error, 'selenium. common. exceptions. JavascriptException: Message: JavaScript error: arguments [0]. scrollIntoView is not a function

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
mobile-dev, testing-qa

Research direction

Start with public/common.py at scroll_into_view and the caller in test_page/LPLoginPage_app01.py, then trace the execute_script path in the Appium Python client and Selenium WebDriver. Reproduce the failure using the supplied Android webview example and determine whether the issue is in argument conversion or webview execution; done means the reported scroll operation works with the affected versions and has regression coverage if the repository provides a suitable test location.

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Do I have the most recent component updates?
  • I use the most recent available driver/plugin and server versions
Is the component officially supported by the Appium team?
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Current Behavior

After upgrading selenium 4, webview execution scrollIntoView reported an error, 'selenium. common. exceptions. JavascriptException: Message: JavaScript error: arguments [0]. scrollIntoView is not a function

Expected Behavior

Realize sliding

Minimal Reproducible Example
caps = {}
caps["platformName"] = "Android"
caps["appPackage"] = "com.picc.mcp"
caps["appActivity"] = "com.picc.mcp.IndexVideoActivity"
caps["noReset"] = True
caps["unicodeKeyboard"] = True
caps["resetKeyboard"] = True
caps["newCommandTimeout"] = 180
caps["adbExecTimeout"] = 180000
caps["logcatFormat"] = "time"
caps["logcatFilterSpecs"] = ['*:E']
caps["clearDeviceLogsOnStart"] = True
caps["chromeOptions"] = {"w3c": False}
driver = webdriver.Remote(host, caps)
driver.implicitly_wait(global_wait)
driver.switch_to.context('WEBVIEW_com.picc.mcp')
driver.implicitly_wait(global_wait)
ele = get_element(driver, 'xpath', '//a[contains(@href,"com.picc.mcp/files/mcph5/login.html")]')
str1 = 'return arguments[0].scrollIntoView();'
driver.execute_script(str1, ele)
Environment
  • Operating system:win10
  • Appium server version (output of appium --version):1.22.0
  • Appium driver(s) and their version(s):
  • Appium plugin(s) and their version(s):
  • Node.js version (output of node --version):v14.16.0
  • npm version (output of npm --version):6.14.11
  • Last component(s) version which did not exhibit the problem:appnium  1.3.0
  • Platform and version under test:Internally used apps   6.1.1.0
  • Real device or emulator/simulator:华为nova 4 
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Further Information

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "D:\YR\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP01\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP15\public\MyTestCase.py", line 27, in testPartExecutor
yield
File "D:\YR\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP01\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP15\public\MyTestCase.py", line 196, in run
self.setUp()
File "D:\YR\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP01\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP15\test_case\LP_CDYT_case_NEW\LP_CDYT_case_NEW_S_04.py", line 79, in setUp
LPLoginPage(self.logging).login_collection(self.driver, self.data['app_user'], self.data['app_pwd'],
File "D:\YR\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP01\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP15\test_page\LPLoginPage_app01.py", line 174, in login_collection
self.click_back_login(driver,type1=type1)
File "D:\YR\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP01\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP15\test_page\LPLoginPage_app01.py", line 157, in click_back_login
scroll_into_view(driver,ele)
File "D:\YR\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP01\UITestAND_PICC_LP_APP15\public\common.py", line 650, in scroll_into_view
driver.execute_script(str1, e)
File "C:\yurui\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 405, in execute_script
return self.execute(command, {"script": script, "args": converted_args})["value"]
File "C:\yurui\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\selenium\webdriver\remote\webdriver.py", line 345, in execute
self.error_handler.check_response(response)
File "C:\yurui\Python\Python39\lib\site-packages\appium\webdriver\errorhandler.py", line 122, in check_response
raise exception_class(msg=message, stacktrace=format_stacktrace(stacktrace))
selenium.common.exceptions.JavascriptException: Message: javascript error: arguments[0].scrollIntoView is not a function
(Session info: chrome=78.0.3904.108)
(Driver info: chromedriver=78.0.3904.105 (60e2d8774a8151efa6a00b1f358371b1e0e07ee2-refs/branch-heads/3904@{#877}),platform=Windows NT 10.0.19045 x86_64)
Stacktrace:
JavaScriptError: javascript error: arguments[0].scrollIntoView is not a function
(Session info: chrome=78.0.3904.108)
(Driver info: chromedriver=78.0.3904.105 (60e2d8774a8151efa6a00b1f358371b1e0e07ee2-refs/branch-heads/3904@{#877}),platform=Windows NT 10.0.19045 x86_64)
at errorFromMJSONWPStatusCode (C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-base-driver\lib\protocol\errors.js:764:12)
at ProxyRequestError.getActualError (C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-base-driver\lib\protocol\errors.js:661:14)
at JWProxy.command (C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-base-driver\lib\jsonwp-proxy\proxy.js:272:19)
at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)
at AndroidUiautomator2Driver.execute (C:\Users\admin\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\appium\node_modules\appium-android-driver\lib\commands\execute.js:19:10)

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