Latest webdriver manager not working with current framework code

Question

Hello I have upgraded Webdriver manager from 4.3.1 to 5.2.1 and then my code isn’t working.

This is the code : WebDriverManager.chromedriver().config().setChromeDriverVersion(driverVersion);                         

driverFile = new File(Global.WINDOWS_USER_HOME + "\.cache\selenium\chromedriver\win32\" +WebDriverManager.chromedriver().config().getChromeDriverVersion() + "\chromedriver.exe");

Even though driver version is properly set WebDriverManager.chromedriver().config().getChromeDriverVersion()is coming a blank. It is working fine with 4.3.1. Is there any code update i have to make?? Please advice.

Answer 1

As the WebDriverManager doc says:

Each manager was a singleton object in older WebDriverManager releases (e.g., 4.x), while in version 5, a new manager instance is created each time. Therefore, the usage of getDownloadedDriverPath() and getDownloadedDriverVersion() can be different in WebDriverManager 5 (i.e., these methods need to be invoked using a WebDriverManager instance previously created).

Therefore, maybe you need to reuse the same instance of WebDriverManager that you use in different statements, such as:

WebDriverManager wdm = WebDriverManager.chromedriver();
wdm.setup();
String chromedriverPath = wdm.getDownloadedDriverPath();