Appium 1.8.1 introduces multiple fixes and features. Most notably, it improves the performance of XCUITest
getPageSource.

General

• Fix shrinkwrap problem caused due to package-lock being set to false (#10660)

iOS

• Add keyboard presence verification endpoint (see http://appium.io/docs/en/commands/device/keys/is-keyboard-shown/9)
• Add mobile:startLogsBroadcast feature (see http://appium.io/docs/en/commands/mobile-command/9)
• Add cap called realDeviceScreenshotter to use idevicescreenshot for real device screenshots
• Add application platform verification
• Validates that webdriverAgentUrl capability is a valid URL
• Add an extension to retrieve battery info from a real device
• Fix Safari console log retrieval

Android

• Return the current connection state instead of undefined for setNetworkConnection
• Add a possibility to include stderr output into adb:shell call (see https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/writing-running-appium/android/android-shell.md#supported-arguments21)
• Add flags argument to pressKeyCode so it is possible to generate IME actions if needed (UIAutomator2 only)
• Add a cap called userProfile which is an integer to enforce user profile while launching applications
• Make it possible to retrieve a battery info from the device under test (mobile:batteryInfo)
• Add deviceApiLevel to returned session capabilities (UIAutomator2 only)
• Fix passing suppressKillServer option while creating ADB instance
• Improve performance of swipe unlock action
• Improve restore from background behaviour