23 Apr Release Appium 1.8.0 soon
Appium 1.8.0 introduces full support for the W3C WebDriver specification (digested version of the spec) and Kobiton will support soon.
General
- Minimum NodeJS version moved to 6
- Add methods for
- getting and setting the clipboard contents
- get full screen screenshots
- Application management
- More efficient app downloading by caching URLs
- All moveTo operations in touch actions now take coordinates as absolute
- Support for registering selenium grid through HTTPS by setting the configuration key "hubProtocol" to "https"
- Add otherApps desired capability, to specify array of ancillary apps to install on session creation
iOS
- Support for iOS 11.3/Xcode 9.3
- Fix handling of process arguments
- Add capabilities
- shutdownOtherSimulators - shutdown other running simulators at session start up
- Add ability to record screen
- Add support for complex gestures
- Fix handling of custom SSL certificate on simulators
- Better handling of xcodebuild processes
- Maintain keychains while upgrading apps
- Better handle simulators in unexpected states
- Add performance measuring (see documentation)
Android
- Support for Android P (API Level 28)
- Known issue in screenshot: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/76114030
- Fix handling of webview contexts when resetting apps
- Fix handling of screen recording
- Make sure intent is broadcast when file is uploaded
- Add possibility to broadcast device logs through WebSocket
- Chromedriver
- Bundle version 2.37
- Automatically choose compatible Chromedriver for Chrome version
- chromedriverExecutableDir capability to specify where Chromedrivers are located
- chromedriverChromeMappingFile capability to specify what Chromedriver version corresponds to what Chrome version
- Fix Handling of idle state waiting
- Speed up screenshot logic in UiAutomator2
- Allow disabling of notification watching through settings
- Fix parsing and granting of permissions for app under test
- Support deep linking and Android Instant Apps