CHANGES IN VERSION 1.9.0 (from 1.8.1)
Appium 1.9.0 is a feature release, comprising multiple updates.
General
- Full W3C Specification support.
- Add full beta of Espresso driver53
for Android automation (used by specifyingautomationName
capability to be
"Espresso"
). - Add driver for Samsung Tizen devices34
- Add
-image
find element strategy, - Fix
--async-trace
server argument, and rename as--long-stacktrace
- Sample code has been moved into the main repository to aid in maintenance.
- Fix status retrieval to speed up performance.
iOS
- Add support for Xcode 10 beta 5 and iOS 12 beta 5.
- Add preliminary support for MacOS Mojave beta.
- Add face id biometric support.
- Fix retrieval of device time, and add optional
format
parameter. - Do not crash if there is no
idevicesyslog
when ending session. - Handle frames when page changes in Safari.
- Add desired capabilities:
-
remoteDebugProxy
- port or Unix domain socket on which a proxy for the
remote debugger sits. -
safariGarbageCollect
- turn on/off JS garbage collection in Safari. -
showSafariNetworkLog
- print Safari network logs in the Appium server logs. -
mjpegServerPort
- port to which screenshots can be streamed.
-
- Fix handling of settings updates, so simulators are not restarted unnecessarily.
- Allow pulling of folder from real devices.
- Add
mobile: getContexts
execute function, to retrieve meta-information (title,
url, etc.) about available contexts. - Fix certificate retrieval and handling.
- Fix cookie handling, to allow secure cookies.
- Fix Safari timeout issues.
- Add support to retrieve Safari network logs, as
safariNetwork
log type.
Android
- Update Chromedriver to v2.41.
- Get Chrome version for Webviews in Android 7+, to find correct Chromedriver.
- Make sure UiAutomator processes are cleaned up during test.
- Fix handling of
autoWebview
capability. - New desired capabilities:
-
mjpegScreenshotUrl
- url to stream screenshots to. -
chromedriverUseSystemExecutable
- boolean flag to use the default Chromedriver
installed with Appium, avoiding any attempt to find correct Chromedriver. -
disableWindowAnimation
- disable window animations on device (now available
on UiAutomator and UiAutomator2). -
pageLoadStrategy
- page load strategy for Chromedriver.
-
- Allow test-only APKs to be installed.
- Fix implicit wait handling for finding elements.
- Better handle Unicode IME installation.
- Relax package validation logic.
- Fix error in UiAutomator searches with nested quotes.
- Perform accessibility refresh when needed on UiAutomator2.
- Improve logic for determining if apps need upgrade.
- Fix screen recording to allow longer recordings, up to 30 minutes.
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