Unable to launch URL in edge browser - Selenium Java - selenium

Question

I am trying to automate in Microsoft edge browser. I referred to the below links to do it and I am able to launch the browser, but it's failing to launch the URL. Can someone please help me.
Selenium Java version : 2.53.1
Tried with both of the edge drivers(insider version and webdriver), one returned null exception and not launching any browser and the other is returning unknown error after launching the browser.
https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/webdriver/
Code referred from:
stackoverflow.com/questions/31991309/selenium-on-windows-10-edge-browser

Answer 1

You would need to download the correct version of Edge Driver based on the OS build number. I faced this issue when I used Edge driver version which was different from my build number.
Follow the below steps (I have tried this with Selenium 3.0 Beta1 and its working fine)
Use the steps given below -
Go to Start > Settings > System > About and note down the OS Build number
Download the proper version of the driver from this link - https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/webdriver/
If the file that's downloaded is .msi, then install it to get the .exe driver. For one of the release, direct .exe can be downloaded.
Once the MicrosoftWebDriver.exe is downloaded, we can use it in our test script using either System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver", "driver location") or using environment variable
Sample Script :
System.setProperty("webdriver.edge.driver","C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Web Driver\\MicrosoftWebDriver.exe"); //put actual location
WebDriver driver = new EdgeDriver();
driver.get("your link");
Refer this article for detailed information: http://automationtestinghub.com/selenium-3-launch-microsoft-edge-with-microsoftwebdriver/

Answer 2

Note : Edge browser version should be 18 or 19
This solution worked for me was by enabling Developer Mode in Windows OS:
Go to Settings -> Windows Update settings ->For Developers -> Enable Developer Mode
Run Test Script :
public class IETest {
public static void main(String[] args)
{`enter code here`
WebDriver obj=new EdgeDriver();;
obj.navigate().to("http://www.google.com");
}
}