1.6.0

This release of Appium is a significant milestone, introducing support for two new platforms:

• Windows desktop applications (see the usage documentation).
• You.i TV (see the driver documentation).

There is also support for two new frameworks for automating iOS and Android:

• XCUITest support for automating iOS 9.3 and 10 (see migration docs and driver docs).
• UI Automator 2 support for enhanced automation of Android devices (see wiki).

General

• Require Node 4 or above (possible breaking change)
• Add automationName capability entries for XCUITest, UIAutomator2, and youiengine
• Add platformName capability entry for Windows

iOS

• Add support for Xcode 8 and iOS 10 (using automationName of XCUITest). For information on using this driver, see the driver documentation
• Make sure device name gets properly translated into actual device name
• Fix case where orientation would get lost
• Fix Safari page change logic to actually catch when a page changes
• Try harder to kill Instruments if the normal way does not work, to avoid hanging processes
• Move authorize-ios into global package

Android

• Add androidInstallTimeout desired capability, to customize the timeout when installing an app
• Add androidScreenshotPath desired capability, to set the path in which screenshot files are saved on the device
• Add appWaitDuration desired capability, to customize how long to wait for an application
• Fix optional intent arguments to allow for hyphens
• Wait for apps to launch before proceeding
• Switch to clearing text fields using adb, to improve reliability and speed
• Add ability to detect screen orientation
• Make sure Selendroid mode doesn't lose connection through adb when network changes
• Make sure the release action in a touch action chain doesn't happen in the wrong place
• Make application install more reliable
• Fix screenshot on Windows
• Make Chromedriver connect on a random port if none specified
• Add reboot server argument, to specify that the avd ought to be cleaned and rebooted