Appium Server v1.3.0-beta1 Released

jlipps 2014-10-06 15:47:46 UTC #1

Hello everyone,

At long last, a usable beta which includes iOS8 support has been released:

https://github.com/appium/appium/releases/tag/v1.3.0-beta1

Please check it out and leave feedback. We'd like to release v1.3.0 in about a week's time after fixing some bugs. Known bugs are being tracked and dealt with in this milestone:

https://github.com/appium/appium/milestones/Appium%201.3

PLEASE NOTE: in iOS8 simulators there are two additional setup steps (already detailed in the 1.3.0-beta1 docs):

make sure the keyboard settings are correct in the iOS sim menu. The soft keyboard needs to be enabled. Otherwise sendKeys won't work.
make sure that "Enable UI Automation" is turned on in the new "Developer" section in the Settings app.

Enjoy!

When is appium 1.3 scheduled for release?

JessicaSachs 2014-10-06 16:00:39 UTC #2

Where can we find the 1.3.0-beta1 docs?

jonahss 2014-10-06 19:07:11 UTC #3

In the /docs folder of the github repository.

jonahss 2014-10-06 19:08:30 UTC #4

JessicaSachs 2014-10-06 19:28:51 UTC #5

Oh, in here? https://github.com/appium/appium/blob/ios8/docs/en/

jlipps 2014-10-06 22:46:34 UTC #6

yes, that's where they live right now. It's not published yet. The relevant bits are in the osx setup doc.

shermaneric 2014-10-07 17:53:07 UTC #7

Hi There,
FIrst of all thanks everybody for getting this 1.3 beta out.
Initial tests of mine seem really good. The documentation here listed was quite helpful!

So unfortunately, while I have success in the simulator I do not have success with the device.
I made sure that in device settings > UI Automation is turned on.

I am running from the latest in the iOS 8 branch.
I run node like this. I verified the bundle Identifier in Xcode > Devices:
node . -U 4899a57feb80cdc32d31a23b603a769b3d9214c6 --app "com.blackboard.testing.enterprise.grader"

The test starts, but instruments is now throwing this error:
[INST STDERR] 2014-10-07 10:50:14.241 instruments[7441:1307] WebKit Threading Violation - initial use of WebKit from a secondary thread.

Not sure if this is an issue or if there's something with my setup.

Thanks in advance for any help!
Eric

shermaneric 2014-10-07 17:55:49 UTC #8

Sorry, one caveat here is that I'm still on the latest beta of iOS 8 when I ran this test. I had side-by-side xcode 5 and 6. I made sure xcode-select was pointed to Xcode 6. Still, perhaps it's possible this error goes away when I upgrade to GM?

sai_tvs 2014-10-07 19:34:19 UTC #9

Hi,

noob question

is there any why that i can update my Appium App.dmg to v 1.3.0

JessicaSachs 2014-10-07 21:05:16 UTC #10

@sai_tvs No.

At the earliest, it will be when the official version is released. After that the Appium.app contributors will need to prep and compile the .dmg for release.

sai_tvs 2014-10-08 00:31:24 UTC #11

Thanks @JessicaSachs

tarunsujit 2014-10-08 18:36:18 UTC #12

How can i use or start 1.3 appium on mac?

JessicaSachs 2014-10-08 19:03:11 UTC #13

tarunsujit 2014-10-08 19:06:20 UTC #14

@JessicaSachs
how to run it from source?

JessicaSachs 2014-10-08 19:21:24 UTC #15

You'll want to do
git checkout v1.3.0-beta1

before you do

./reset.sh

to use the beta version.

github.com

appium/appium/blob/master/docs/en/contributing-to-appium/appium-from-source.md

## Running Appium from Source

So you want to run Appium from source and help fix bugs and add features?
Great! Just fork the project, make a change, and send a pull request! Please
have a look at our [Style Guide](style-guide-2.0.md) before getting to work.
Please make sure the unit and functional tests pass before sending a pull
request; for more information on how to run tests, keep reading!

Make sure you read and follow the setup instructions in the README first.

### Setting up Appium from Source

An Appium setup involves the Appium server, which sends messages back and forth
between your test code and devices/emulators, and a test script, written in
whatever language binding exists that is compatible with Appium. Run an
instance of an Appium server, and then run your test.

The quick way to get started:

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penguinho 2014-10-09 14:41:31 UTC #16

https://bitbucket.org/appium/appium.app/downloads/Appium-1.3-beta.zip

tbao 2014-10-09 18:04:55 UTC #17

Hi,

First of all I want to say thank you to the Appium team for creating such beautiful framework. I am really enjoying the benefit of Appium.

For now I have a question that does 1.3.0 fix the issue of 1 second delay? I have pulled out the source code and tried to run from there but still got that delay.

Thanks.

Satyajit 2014-10-09 18:28:32 UTC #18

@jlipps opening soft keyboard did the trick for sendKeys but I wonder what you would do for appium sauce cloud when you are going to have ios8 simulators there

jlipps 2014-10-09 18:47:39 UTC #19

we'll have it set correctly in our image.

Imad_Alassi 2014-10-11 22:20:17 UTC #20

Hi guys, any one can tell me how I can use methods such as swipe in the new Beta 1.3.

I am using eclipse to run my tests against a iPhone 6 simulator