v5.0.0-BETA9

• [ENHANCEMENT] Page factory: Mixed locator strategies were implemented. Feature request:#565 Implementation: #646
• [DEPRECATED] All the content of the io.appium.java_client.youiengine package was marked Deprecated. It is going to be removed. #652
• [UPDATE] Update of the com.google.code.gson:gson to v2.8.1.

v5.0.0-BETA8

• [ENHANCEMENT] Page factory classes became which had package visibility are public now. #630

  • io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumElementLocatorFactory
  • io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.DefaultElementByBuilder
  • io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.WidgetByBuilder

• [ENHANCEMENT] New capabilities were added #626:

  • AndroidMobileCapabilityType#AUTO_GRANT_PERMISSIONS
  • AndroidMobileCapabilityType#ANDROID_NATURAL_ORIENTATION
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#XCODE_ORG_ID
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#XCODE_SIGNING_ID
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#UPDATE_WDA_BUNDLEID
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#RESET_ON_SESSION_START_ONLY
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#COMMAND_TIMEOUTS
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#WDA_STARTUP_RETRIES
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#WDA_STARTUP_RETRY_INTERVAL
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#CONNECT_HARDWARE_KEYBOARD
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#MAX_TYPING_FREQUENCY
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#SIMPLE_ISVISIBLE_CHECK
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#USE_CARTHAGE_SSL
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#SHOULD_USE_SINGLETON_TESTMANAGER
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#START_IWDP
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#ALLOW_TOUCHID_ENROLL
  • MobileCapabilityType#EVENT_TIMINGS

• [UPDATE] Dependencies were updated:

  • org.seleniumhq.selenium:selenium-java was updated to 3.4.0
  • cglib:cglib was updated to 3.2.5
  • org.apache.httpcomponents:httpclient was updated to 4.5.3
  • commons-validator:commons-validator was updated to 1.6
  • org.springframework:spring-context was updated to 4.3.8.RELEASE

v5.0.0-BETA7

• [ENHANCEMENT] The ability to customize the polling strategy of the waiting was provided. #612
• [ENHANCEMENT] [REFACTOR] Methods which were representing time deltas instead of elementary types became Deprecated. Methods which use java.time.Duration are suugested to be used. #611
• [ENHANCEMENT] The ability to calculate screenshots overlap was included. #595.

v5.0.0-BETA6

5.0.0-BETA6

• [UPDATE] Update to Selenium 3.3.1
• [ENHANCEMENT] iOS XCUIT mode automation: API to run application in background was added. #593
• [BUG FIX] Issue report: #594. FIX: #597
• [ENHANCEMENT] The class chain locator was added. #599

v5.0.0-BETA5

• [UPDATE] Update to Selenium 3.2.0
• [BUG FIX] Excessive dependency on guava was removed. It causes errors. Issue report: #588. FIX: #589.
• [ENHANCEMENT]. The capability io.appium.java_client.remote.AndroidMobileCapabilityType#SYSTEM_PORT was added. #591

v5.0.0-BETA4

• [ENHANCEMENT] Android. API to read the performance data was added. #562
• [REFACTOR] Android. Simplified the activity starting by reducing the number of parameters through POJO clas. Old methods which start activities were marked @Deprecated. #579 #585
• [BUG FIX] Issue report:#574. Fix:#582

v5.0.0-BETA3

[BUG FIX]

• [BUG FIX]:Issue report: #567. Fix: #568

v5.0.0-BETA2

• [BUG FIX]:Issue report: #549. Fix: #551
• New capabilities were added #533:
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#USE_NEW_WDA
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#WDA_LAUNCH_TIMEOUT
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#WDA_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT

The capability IOSMobileCapabilityType#REAL_DEVICE_LOGGER was removed. #533

• [BUG FIX]/[ENHANCEMENT]. Issue report: #552. FIX #556
  • Additional methods were added to the io.appium.java_client.HasSessionDetails
    • String getPlatformName()
    • String getAutomationName()
    • boolean isBrowser()
  • io.appium.java_client.HasSessionDetails is used by the io.appium.java_client.internal.JsonToMobileElementConverter to define which instance of the org.openqa.selenium.WebElement subclass should be created.
• [ENHANCEMENT]: The additional event firing feature. PR: #559. The WIKI chapter about the event firing was updated.

5.0.0-BETA1

• [MAJOR ENHANCEMENT]: Migration to Java 8. Epic: #399
  • API with default implementation. PR #470
  • Tools that provide Page Object engines were redesigned. The migration to repeatable annotations. Details you can read there: #497. Documentation was synced as well.
  • The new functional interface io.appium.java_client.functions.AppiumFunction was designed. It extends java.util.function.Function and com.google.common.base.Function. It was designed in order to provide compatibility with the org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.Wait #543
  • The new functional interface io.appium.java_client.functions.ExpectedCondition was designed. It extends io.appium.java_client.functions.AppiumFunction and org.openqa.selenium.support.ui.ExpectedCondition. #543
  • The new functional interface io.appium.java_client.functions.ActionSupplier was designed. It extends java.util.function.Supplier. #543
• [MAJOR ENHANCEMENT]: Migration from Maven to Gradle. Feature request is #214. Fixes: #442, #465.
• [MAJOR ENHANCEMENT] [MAJOR REFACTORING]. Non-abstract AppiumDriver:

  • Now the io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver can use an instance of any io.appium.java_client.MobileBy subclass for the searching. It should work as expected when current session supports the given selector. It will throw org.openqa.selenium.WebDriverException otherwise. #462

  • The new interface io.appium.java_client.FindsByFluentSelector was added. #462

  • API was redesigned:

    these interfaces were marked deprecated and they are going to be removed #513#514:

    • io.appium.java_client.DeviceActionShortcuts
    • io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDeviceActionShortcuts
    • io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDeviceActionShortcuts

    instead following inerfaces were designed:

    • io.appium.java_client.HasDeviceTime
    • io.appium.java_client.HidesKeyboard
    • io.appium.java_client.HidesKeyboardWithKeyName
    • io.appium.java_client.PressesKeyCode
    • io.appium.java_client.ios.ShakesDevice
    • io.appium.java_client.HasSessionDetails
      That was done because Windows automation tools have some features that were considered as Android-specific and iOS-specific.

    The list of classes and methods which were marked deprecated and they are going to be removed

    • AppiumDriver#swipe(int, int, int, int, int)
    • AppiumDriver#pinch(WebElement)
    • AppiumDriver#pinch(int, int)
    • AppiumDriver#zoom(WebElement)
    • AppiumDriver#zoom(int, int)
    • AppiumDriver#tap(int, WebElement, int)
    • AppiumDriver#tap(int, int, int, int)
    • AppiumDriver#swipe(int, int, int, int, int)
    • MobileElement#swipe(SwipeElementDirection, int)
    • MobileElement#swipe(SwipeElementDirection, int, int, int)
    • MobileElement#zoom()
    • MobileElement#pinch()
    • MobileElement#tap(int, int)
    • io.appium.java_client.SwipeElementDirection and io.appium.java_client.TouchebleElement also were marked deprecated.

    redesign of TouchAction and MultiTouchAction

    • constructors were redesigned. There is no strict binding of AppiumDriver and TouchAction /MultiTouchAction. They can consume any instance of a class that implements PerformsTouchActions.
    • io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSTouchAction was added. It extends io.appium.java_client.TouchAction.
    • the new interface io.appium.java_client.PerformsActions was added. It unifies TouchAction and MultiTouchAction now. #543

    JsonToMobileElementConverter re-design #532:

    • unused MobileElementToJsonConverter was removed
    • JsonToMobileElementConverter is not rhe abstract class now. It generates instances of MobileElement subclasses according to current session parameters
    • JsonToAndroidElementConverter is deprecated now
    • JsonToIOSElementConverter is depreacated now
    • JsonToYouiEngineElementConverter is deprecated now.
    • constructors of 'AppiumDriver' were re-designed.
    • constructors of 'AndroidDriver' were re-designed.
    • constructors of 'IOSDriver' were re-designed.
• [MAJOR ENHANCEMENT] Windows automation. Epic #471
  • The new interface io.appium.java_client.FindsByWindowsAutomation was added. #462. With @jonstoneman 's authorship.
  • The new selector strategy io.appium.java_client.MobileBy.ByWindowsAutomation was added. #462. With @jonstoneman 's authorship.
  • io.appium.java_client.windows.WindowsDriver was designed. #538
  • io.appium.java_client.windows.WindowsElement was designed. #538
  • io.appium.java_client.windows.WindowsKeyCode was added. #538
  • Page object tools were updated #538
    • the io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.WindowsFindBy annotation was added.
    • io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator and supporting tools were actualized.
• [MAJOR ENHANCEMENT] iOS XCUIT mode automation:
  • io.appium.java_client.remote.AutomationName#IOS_XCUI_TEST was added
  • The new interface io.appium.java_client.FindsByIosNSPredicate was added. #462. With @rafael-chavez 's authorship. It is implemented by io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSDriver and io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSElement.
  • The new selector strategy io.appium.java_client.MobileBy.ByIosNsPredicate was added. #462. With @rafael-chavez 's authorship.
  • Page object tools were updated #545, #546
    • the io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.iOSXCUITFindBy annotation was added.
    • io.appium.java_client.pagefactory.AppiumFieldDecorator and supporting tools were actualized.
• [ENHANCEMENT] Added the ability to set UiAutomator Congfigurator values. #410.
  #477.
• [ENHANCEMENT]. Additional methods which perform device rotation were implemented. #489. #439. But it works for iOS in XCUIT mode and for Android in UIAutomator2 mode only. The feature request: #7131
• [ENHANCEMENT]. TouchID Implementation (iOS Sim Only). Details: #509
• [ENHANCEMENT]. The ability to use port, ip and log file as server arguments was provided. Feature request: #521. Fixes: #522, #524.
• [ENHANCEMENT]. The new interface io.appium.java_client.android.HasDeviceDetails was added. It is implemented by io.appium.java_client.android.AndroidDriver by default. #518
• [ENHANCEMENT]. New touch actions were added. io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSTouchAction#doubleTap(WebElement, int, int) and io.appium.java_client.ios.IOSTouchAction#doubleTap(WebElement). #523, #444
• [ENHANCEMENT]. All constructors declared by io.appium.java_client.AppiumDriver are public now.
• [BUG FIX]: There was the issue when "@WithTimeout" was changing general timeout of the waiting for elements. Bug report: #467. Fixes: #468, #469, #480. Read: supported-settings
• Added the server flag io.appium.java_client.service.local.flags.AndroidServerFlag#REBOOT. #476
• Added io.appium.java_client.remote.AndroidMobileCapabilityType.APP_WAIT_DURATION capability. #461
• the new automation type io.appium.java_client.remote.MobilePlatform#ANDROID_UIAUTOMATOR2 was add.
• the new automation type io.appium.java_client.remote.MobilePlatform#YOUI_ENGINE was add.
• Additional capabilities were addede:
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#CUSTOM_SSL_CERT
  • IOSMobileCapabilityType#TAP_WITH_SHORT_PRESS_DURATION
  • `IOSMobileCapabilityType#SCALE_FAC...

4.1.2

• Following capabilities were added:
  • io.appium.java_client.remote.AndroidMobileCapabilityType.ANDROID_INSTALL_TIMEOUT
  • io.appium.java_client.remote.AndroidMobileCapabilityType.NATIVE_WEB_SCREENSHOT
  • io.appium.java_client.remote.AndroidMobileCapabilityType.ANDROID_SCREENSHOT_PATH. The pull request: #452
• org.openqa.selenium.Alert was reimplemented for iOS. Details: #459
• The deprecated io.appium.java_client.generic.searchcontext was removed.
• The dependency on com.google.code.gson was updated to 2.7. Also it was adde to exclusions
  for org.seleniumhq.selenium selenium-java.
• The new AutomationName was added. IOS_XCUI_TEST. It is needed for the further development.
• The new MobilePlatform was added. WINDOWS. It is needed for the further development.