"is Safari started and with the focus?" error when running Selenium tests using iOS-driver.

Question

I am automating mobile web using ios-driver on iPhone 6, the safari browser opens but it doesn’t load the URL, instead I get the about:blank page.

The configuration as shown in terminal by running the command:

command:

java -jar ios-server-standalone-0.6.6-SNAPSHOT.jar -newSessionTimeoutSec 40 -port 4444 -beta

Configuration:
 

Running on: Mac OS X 10.10 (x86_64)
Using java: 1.8.0_45
Using Xcode install: /Applications/Xcode.app
Using instruments: version:6.3.2, build: 57082
Using iOS version 8.3

My Java Code is as follows:
 

IOSCapabilities capabilities = IOSCapabilities.iphone("Safari");
capabilities.setCapability(IOSCapabilities.SIMULATOR, false);
capabilities.setCapability(IOSCapabilities.UUID, "UID-of-Device");
capabilities.setCapability("javascriptEnabled", true);
RemoteIOSDriver webDriver = null;
try {
    webDriver = new RemoteIOSDriver(new URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"), capabilities);
} catch (MalformedURLException e1) {
    // TODO Auto-generated catch block
    e1.printStackTrace();
}
webDriver.get("https://www.apple.com/");
webDriver.quit();

I am getting the following error:
 

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: is Safari started and with the focus ?

Answer 1

This looks like an issue with the driver. Visit the following link for more insight.

https://github.com/ios-driver/ios-driver/issues/369

 

Answer 2

This looks like a bug on GitHub

https://github.com/ios-driver/ios-driver/issues/369

Also, you can try upgrading or downgrade your environment to see what works for you.