CHANGES IN VERSION 1.6.4 Beta (from 1.6.3)

Install with npm install -g appium@beta (you can delete the old installation and add this by running npm uninstall -g appium && npm install -g appium@beta).

Note: This is a BETA release. Please direct any issues to the Appium issue tracker189 and provide as much information as possible.

General

• Fixed UnhandledPromiseRejection errors when running Appium with Node version 7
• Better indicate missing necessary programs to users
• Fix session creation logging
• Fix server shutdown on SIGINT and SIGTERM signals
• Ensure that all requests have application/json content-type

iOS

• Fix issues with error handling in Safari/Webview handling
• Increase simulator launch timeout for iOS 10+
• Better handling of page selection in Safari
• Fix memory usage issues when device logs get large

iOS - XCUITest

• Changed the way the Appium checks that WebDriverAgent is running on the device, so that rather than searching the logs, the device is pinged until it is ready.
  • Removed realDeviceLogger capability, since we no longer check the logs
• Add useNewWDA capability, which forces uninstall of the WDA app from the device before each session
• Add wdaLaunchTimeout capability, which specified the time, in ms, to wait
  for WDA to be loaded and launched on the device
• Allow for the auto-generation of the Xcode config file used to configurable WDA before launch. This includes two new desired capabilities
  • xcodeOrgId - the Apple developer team identifier string
  • xcodeSigningId - a string representing a signing certificate, defaulting to
    "iPhone Developer"
• Allow for automatic changing of bundle id for WDA in cases where a provisioning profile cannot be made for default bundle
  • add updatedWDABundleId capability to specify bundle id for which there is
    a valid provisioning profile
• Speed up setting the value of text fields
• Add wdaConnectionTimeout to control how long the server waits for WDA to allow connections
• Fix handling of local port on real devices
• Speed up Safari interactions
• Fix session deletion to ensure that clean up happens
• Add mobile: swipe execute method
• Ensure that scrolling through mobile: scroll works in web context

Android

• Default installation to ChromeDriver 2.26
• Add device manufacturer, model, and screen size to session details
• Fix bug in checking avd status on some systems
• Allow wildcards in appWaitActivity capability

Android - Selendroid

• Fix handling of host binary configuration for more precise installation options