Appium 1.9.0

Appium 1.9.0 is a feature release, comprising multiple updates.

General

• Full W3C Specification support.
• Add full beta of Espresso driver for Android automation (used by specifying automationName capability to be”Espresso”).
• Add driver for Samsung Tizen devices
• 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 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

• 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.