Unable to launch Safari 12 browser in Mac OSX using Selenium and Java

Question

Recently I updated mac OS to "Mojave version 10.14" and "safari version 12.0" after that i am unable to lunch safari browser. Earlier it was running fine. I am selenium "3.0.0" here is my code:

Scenario 1:

case "safari":
DesiredCapabilities cap = DesiredCapabilities.safari();
driver = new SafariDriver(cap);
break;

Error:

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new remote session. desired capabilities = Capabilities [{browserName=safari, safari.options=org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariOptions@10eff, version=, platform=MAC}], required capabilities = Capabilities [{}]
Build info: version: '3.0.0', revision: '350cf60', time: '2016-10-13 10:48:57 -0700'
System info: host: 'xxxx-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: 'xxxxx', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14', java.version: '1.8.0_131'
Driver info: driver.version: SafariDriver

Scenario 2:

SafariOptions options = new SafariOptions();
options.setUseTechnologyPreview(true);
WebDriver driver = new SafariDriver(options);
driver.get("http://www.google.com");
driver.quit();

Error:

Exception in thread "main" org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException: SafariDriver requires Safari 10 running on OSX El Capitan or greater.
Build info: version: '3.0.0', revision: '350cf60', time: '2016-10-13 10:48:57 -0700'
System info: host: 'xxxx-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: 'xxxxx', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14', java.version: '1.8.0_131'
Driver info: driver.version: SafariDriver
    at org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver.getExecutor(SafariDriver.java:75)
    at org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariDriver.<init>(SafariDriver.java:62)

In both cases i am unable to run my test cases please someone help me. Thanks .

Answer 1

This error message...

org.openqa.selenium.SessionNotCreatedException: Unable to create new remote session. desired capabilities = Capabilities [{browserName=safari, safari.options=org.openqa.selenium.safari.SafariOptions@10eff, version=, platform=MAC}], required capabilities = Capabilities [{}] Build info: version: '3.0.0', revision: '350cf60', time: '2016-10-13 10:48:57 -0700' System info: host: 'xxxx-MacBook-Pro.local', ip: 'xxxxx', os.name: 'Mac OS X', os.arch: 'x86_64', os.version: '10.14', java.version: '1.8.0_131'

...implies that the SafariDriver was unable to initiate/spawn a new WebBrowser ie Safari Browser session.

Your main issue is the incompatibility between the version of the binaries you are using as follows:

• Your Selenium Client version is 3.0.0 of 2016-10-13 10:48:57 -0700 which is almost 2 years older.
• Your JDK version is 1.8.0_131 which is pretty ancient.

So there is a clear mismatch between the JDK v8u131 , Selenium Client v3.0.0

Solution

• As an initial step you need to fulfil the following requirement ...SafariDriver requires Safari 10 running on OSX El Capitan or greater...
• Upgrade JDK to recent levels JDK 8u181 .
• Upgrade Selenium to current levels Version 3.14.0 .
• Upgrade SafariDriver to current level.
• Upgrade Safari Browser to current level.
• Clean your Project Workspace through your IDE and Rebuild your project with required dependencies only.
• If your base Web Browser/Client version is too old, then uninstall it through Revo Uninstaller and install a recent GA and released version of Web Client .
• Execute your @Test .