[feature request] we need to wrap `ios_webkit_debug_proxy` like AppiumDriverLocalService

[truebit]

Description

As java-client does not launch ios_webkit_debug_proxy when setting autoWebview=true desired capability or query context( e.g. driver.getContextHandles() ,driver.context(String), driver.getContext(), it would fail like below it testing on real iOS devices:

[MJSONWP] Encountered internal error running command: RequestError: Error: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27753
at new RequestError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/request-promise/lib/errors.js:11:15)
at Request.RP$callback as _callback
at self.callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/request-promise/node_modules/request/request.js:199:22)
at emitOne (events.js:90:13)
at Request.emit (events.js:182:7)
at Request.onRequestError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/appium/node_modules/request-promise/node_modules/request/request.js:821:8)
at emitOne (events.js:90:13)
at ClientRequest.emit (events.js:182:7)
at Socket.socketErrorListener (_http_client.js:306:9)
at emitOne (events.js:90:13)
at Socket.emit (events.js:182:7)
at emitErrorNT (net.js:1249:8)
at _combinedTickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:74:11)
at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:98:9)

I think we could handle this by launching ios_webkit_debug_proxy as a service like AppiumDriverLocalService

[TikhomirovSergey]

I think it needs for the convenient enhancement of the server

[SrinivasanTarget]

appium/appium#4454

[SrinivasanTarget]

https://github.com/google/ios-webkit-debug-proxy will go away when https://github.com/appium/appium-remote-debugger is adopted in upcoming server changes

[Sumanjit13]

Hi
Is there any workaround for this. As i am also facing this issue when switch to webview or getContextHandles for real device.
Thanks in advance.

[imurchie]

The dependency on ios-webkit-debug-proxy for real devices will not be going away any time soon. It depends on iOS getting actual automation support into Safari.