can't interact with xcuielements inside a wkwebview

Originator:pjotal
Number:rdar://36788196 Date Originated:January 23 2018
Status:Open (Duplicate of 36550947) Resolved:
Product:XCode Product Version:9.2 (9C40b)
Classification: Reproducible:Always
 
Summary: 
it was noticed that even though the xcuielements are displayed in a debugprint, we're not able to interact with them (e.g. fetch label, tap, verify existence, etc). instead, it generates the following errors:

1) in the case of waiting for element to exist:
"Assertion failure in -[XCElementSnapshot replaceDescendant:withElement:], /BuildRoot/Library/Caches/com.apple.xbs/Sources/XCTest_Sim/XCTest-13192.1/Sources/XCTAutomationSupport/UITesting/XCElementSnapshot.m:1534"

2) in the case of trying to interact with the element:
"failed: caught "NSInternalInconsistencyException", "Invalid parameter not satisfying: [descendant _isDescendantOfElement:self]""

Steps to Reproduce:
1. import the project attached and run the ui tests.

Expected Results:
1.1. developer is able to interact with xcuielements inside webviews
1.2. all ui tests in this project pass

Actual Results:
1.1. errors are displayed
1.2. all ui tests in this project fail with the errors described in the summary

Version/Build:
- XCode 9.2 (9C40b)
- iPhone 8 Plus simulator with iOS 11.1

Configuration:
N/A

Comments

Found the workaround of this bug: https://medium.com/@pilot34/work-with-sfsafariviewcontroller-or-wkwebview-in-xcode-ui-tests-8b14fd281a1f

By gleb34 at April 24, 2018, 9:59 a.m. (reply...)

Closed as duplicate (original message)

Hello,

Engineering has determined that your bug report (36788196) is a duplicate of 36550947 and will be closed.

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By pjotal at March 5, 2018, 10:35 p.m. (reply...)

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