v7.0.0

• [ENHANCEMENTS]
  • The new interface io.appium.java_client.FindsByAndroidViewTag was added. #996
  • The selector strategy io.appium.java_client.MobileBy.ByAndroidViewTag was added. #996
  • The new interface io.appium.java_client.FindsByImage was added. #990
  • The selector strategy io.appium.java_client.MobileBy.ByImage was added. #990
  • The new interface io.appium.java_client.FindsByCustom was added. #1041
  • The selector strategy io.appium.java_client.MobileBy.ByCustom was added. #1041
  • DatatypeConverter is replaced with Base64 for JDK 9 compatibility. #999
  • Expand touch options API to accept coordinates as Point. #997
  • W3C capabilities written into firstMatch entity instead of alwaysMatch. #1010
  • Selendroid for android and UIAutomation for iOS is deprecated. #1034 and #1074
  • videoScale and fps screen recording options are introduced for iOS. #1067
  • NORMALIZE_TAG_NAMES setting was introduced for android. #1073
  • threshold argument was added to OccurrenceMatchingOptions. #1060
  • org.openqa.selenium.internal.WrapsElement replaced by org.openqa.selenium.WrapsElement. #1053
  • SLF4J logging support added into Appium Driver local service. #1014
  • IMAGE_MATCH_THRESHOLD, FIX_IMAGE_FIND_SCREENSHOT_DIMENSIONS, FIX_IMAGE_TEMPLATE_SIZE, CHECK_IMAGE_ELEMENT_STALENESS, UPDATE_IMAGE_ELEMENT_POSITION and IMAGE_ELEMENT_TAP_STRATEGY setting was introduced for image elements. #1011
• [BUG FIX] Better handling of InvocationTargetException #968
• [BUG FIX] Map sending keys to active element for W3C compatibility. #966
• [BUG FIX] Error message on session creation is improved. #994
• [DEPENDENCY UPDATES]
  • org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java was updated to 3.141.59.
  • com.google.code.gson:gson was updated to 2.8.5.
  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient was updated to 4.5.6.
  • cglib:cglib was updated to 3.2.8.
  • org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 was updated to 3.8.
  • org.springframework:spring-context was updated to 5.1.0.RELEASE.
  • io.github.bonigarcia:webdrivermanager was updated to 3.0.0.
  • org.eclipse.jdt:ecj was updated to 3.14.0.
  • org.slf4j:slf4j-api was updated to 1.7.25.
  • jacoco was updated to 0.8.2.
  • checkstyle was updated to 8.12.
  • gradle was updated to 4.10.1.
  • org.openpnp:opencv was removed.

v6.1.0 BUG FIX RELEASE

BUG FIX RELEASE

• [BUG FIX] Initing web socket clients lazily. Report #911. FIX: #912.
• [BUG FIX] Fix session payload for W3C. #913
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added TouchAction constructor argument verification #923
• [BUG FIX] Set retry flag to true by default for OkHttpFactory. #928
• [BUG FIX] Fix class cast exception on getting battery info. #935
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added an optional format argument to getDeviceTime and update the documentation. #939
• [ENHANCEMENT] The switching web socket client implementation to okhttp library. #941
• [BUG FIX] Fix of the bug #924. #951

v6.0.0

• [ENHANCEMENT] Added an ability to set pressure value for iOS. #879
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added new server arguments RELAXED_SECURITY and ENABLE_HEAP_DUMP. #880
• [BUG FIX] Use default Selenium HTTP client factory #877
• [ENHANCEMENT] Supporting syslog broadcast with iOS #871
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added isKeyboardShown command for iOS #887
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added battery information accessors #882
• [BREAKING CHANGE] Removal of deprecated code. #881
• [BUG FIX] Added NewAppiumSessionPayload. Bug report: #875. FIX: #894
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added ESPRESSO automation name #908
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added a method for output streams cleanup #909
• [DEPENDENCY UPDATES]
  • com.google.code.gson:gson was updated to 2.8.4
  • org.springframework:spring-context was updated to 5.0.5.RELEASE
  • org.aspectj:aspectjweaver was updated to 1.9.1
  • org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-clien was updated to 1.13.1
  • org.glassfish.tyrus:tyrus-container-grizzly was updated to 1.2.1
  • org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java was updated to 3.12.0

v6.0.0-BETA5

• [ENHANCEMENT] Added clipboard handlers. #855 #869
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added wrappers for Android logcat broadcaster. #858
• [ENHANCEMENT] Add bugreport option to Android screen recorder. #852
• [BUG FIX] Avoid amending parameters for SET_ALERT_VALUE endpoint. #867
• [BREAKING CHANGE] Refactor network connection setting on Android. #865
• [BUG FIX] [BREAKING CHANGE] Refactor of the io.appium.java_client.AppiumFluentWait. It uses java.time.Duration for time settings instead of org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Duration and java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit #863
• [BREAKING CHANGE] io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.TimeOutDuration became deprecated. It is going to be removed. Use java.time.Duration instead. FIX #742 #863.
• [BREAKING CHANGE] io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.WithTimeOut#unit became deprecated. It is going to be removed. Use io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.WithTimeOut#chronoUnit instead. FIX #742 #863.
• [BREAKING CHANGE] constructors of io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocatorFactory, io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator and io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocator which use io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.TimeOutDuration as a parameter became deprecated. Use new constructors which use java.time.Duration.
• [DEPENDENCY UPDATES]
  • org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java was updated to 3.11.0

v6.0.0-BETA4

6.0.0-BETA4

• [ENHANCEMENT] Added handler for isDispalyed in W3C mode. #833
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added handlers for sending SMS, making GSM Call, setting GSM signal, voice, power capacity and power AC. #834
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added handlers for toggling wifi, airplane mode and data in android. #835
• [DEPENDENCY UPDATES]
  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient was updated to 4.5.5
  • cglib:cglib was updated to 3.2.6
  • org.springframework:spring-context was updated to 5.0.3.RELEASE

6.0.0-BETA3

• [DEPENDENCY UPDATES]
  • org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java was updated to 3.9.1
• [BREAKING CHANGE] Removal of deprecated listener-methods from the AlertEventListener. #797
• [BUG FIX]. Fix the pushFile command. #812 #816
• [ENHANCEMENT]. Implemented custom command codec. #817, #825
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added handlers for lock/unlock in iOS. #799
• [ENHANCEMENT] AddEd endpoints for screen recording API for iOS and Android. #814
• [MAJOR ENHANCEMENT] W3C compliance was provided. #829
• [ENHANCEMENT] New capability MobileCapabilityType.FORCE_MJSONWP #829
• [ENHANCEMENT] Updated applications management endpoints. #824

6.0.0-BETA2

• [ENHANCEMENT] The fingerPrint ability was added. It is supported by Android for now. #473 #786
• [BUG FIX]. Less strict verification of the PointOption. #795

v6.0.0-BETA1

• [ENHANCEMENT] [REFACTOR] [BREAKING CHANGE] [MAJOR CHANGE] Improvements of the TouchActions API #756, #760:
  • io.appium.java_client.touch.ActionOptions and sublasses were added
  • old methods of the TouchActions were marked @Deprecated
  • new methods which take new options.
• [ENHANCEMENT]. Appium drivr local service uses default process environment by default. #753
• [BUG FIX]. Removed 'set' prefix from waitForIdleTimeout setting. #754
• [BUG FIX]. The asking for session details was optimized. Issue report 764.
  FIX #769
• [BUG FIX] [REFACTOR]. Inconcistent MissingParameterException was removed. Improvements of MultiTouchAction. Report: #102. FIX #772
• [DEPENDENCY UPDATES]
  • org.apache.commons:commons-lang3 was updated to 3.7
  • commons-io:commons-io was updated to 2.6
  • org.springframework:spring-context was updated to 5.0.2.RELEASE
  • org.aspectj:aspectjweaver was updated to 1.8.13
  • org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java was updated to 3.7.1

v5.0.4

• [BUG FIX]. Client was crashing when user was testing iOS with server 1.7.0. Report: #732. Fix: #733.
• [REFACTOR] [BREAKING CHANGE] Excessive invocation of the implicit waiting timeout was removed. This is the breaking change because API of AppiumElementLocator and AppiumElementLocatorFactory was changed. Request: #735, FIXES: #738, #741
• [DEPENDENCY UPDATES]
  • org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java to 3.6.0
  • com.google.code.gson:gson to 2.8.2
  • org.springframework:spring-context to 5.0.0.RELEASE
  • org.aspectj:aspectjweaver to 1.8.11

v5.0.3

• [BUG FIX] Selenuim version was reverted from boundaries to the single number. Issue report: #718. FIX: #722
• [ENHANCEMENT] The pushFile was added to IOSDriver. Feature request: #720. Implementation: #721. This feature requires appium node server v>=1.7.0