How to set object (mesh) to active in Blender 2.8 Python API

To set mesh (object) as active in Blender 2.8 Python API the “context.view_layer” is used instead of “context.scene”.

When trying to make object active with “bpy.context.scene.objects.active” Blender throws an error:

AttributeError: bpy_prop_collection: attribute “active” not found

To make object active in Blender 2.8 use the following code:

 

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