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Running with hybrid apps

A guide to run with hybrid apps

Appium Java

For a hybrid app, we need to switch to native context before taking screenshot.

  • Add a helper method similar to the following example for say flutter based hybrid app:
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  • Call percyScreenshotFlutter helper function when you want to take screenshot:
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  • Note: For other hybrid apps the driver.context(“FLUTTER”); would change to context that it uses like say WEBVIEW etc.

Appium Python

Appium uses capabilities configuration to decide which devices to run your tests on. BrowserStack has a helpful Appium capabilities builder that can help you set things up. Your Percy capabilities can look something like this:

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Percy options are rather powerful. To further configure capabilities for Percy, look at this document.

For a hybrid app, we need to switch to native context before taking screenshot.

  • Add a helper method similar to the following example for say flutter based hybrid app:
Copy icon Copy snippet
  • Call percyScreenshotFlutter helper function when you want to take screenshot:
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  • Note: For other hybrid apps the driver.switch_to.context(‘FLUTTER’) would change to context that it uses like say WEBVIEW etc.

Appium Javascript

For a hybrid app, we need to switch to native context before taking screenshot.

  • Add a helper method similar to the following example for say flutter based hybrid app:
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  • Call percyScreenshotFlutter helper function when you want to take screenshot:
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  • Note: For other hybrid apps the await driver.switchContext(‘FLUTTER’); would change to context that it uses like say WEBVIEW etc.

WebdriverIO Javascript

For a hybrid app, we need to switch to native context before taking screenshot.

  • Add a helper method similar to the following example for say flutter based hybrid app:
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  • Call percyScreenshotFlutter helper function when you want to take screenshot:
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  • Note: For other hybrid apps the await driver.switchContext(‘FLUTTER’); would change to context that it uses like say WEBVIEW etc.

C Sharp

For a hybrid app, we need to switch to native context before taking screenshot.

  • Add a helper method similar to the following example for say flutter based hybrid app:
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  • Call percyScreenshotFlutter helper function when you want to take screenshot:
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  • Note: For other hybrid apps the driver.context(“FLUTTER”); would change to context that it uses like say WEBVIEW etc.

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