What is new in Sahi Pro Mobile Add-on v8.0.0

Key Features

Controller

• Sahi Controller: Fixed element identification with respect to the relational apis.
• Java Controller: Fixed recording and element identification with respect to the relational apis.

Android/iOS Viewer

• Optimize Viewer checkbox has been removed from the iOS Viewer. By default, the viewer is optimized.
• Added Webview support in Android.

Configuration

• Added ios_devices.xml and android_devices.xml at <SahiPath>/userdata/config. Device list will be fetched from the respective xml file.
• Added property ios.keyboard.buttons.autoclick, in which user can specify the name of the keyboard button which is used to hide the keyboard. Separate multiple names with semi-colon.

Plyaback

• Implemented distributed playback for Mobile Add-on.
• Fixed Android/iOS Java Driver playback from scenario file.

New APIs

Android Application

Action APIs
• _check: Checks the given checkbox or radio button.
• _uncheck: Unchecks the given checkbox.
Screenshot APIs
• _takePageScreenShot: Take a full screenshot of a application element or the device.
• _assertSnapShot: Takes the full screen shot of the screen or the element if specified, and compares with the reference image.
Android WebView APIs
• _aStartWebContext: Change the execution mode to ANDROID_WEBVIEW and start the execution of the following steps as Web.
• _aStopWebContext: Stop execution in Android WebView.
Other APIs
• _deviceInfo: Returns device information as an associative array.

iOS Application

Action APIs
• _check: Checks the given checkbox or radio button.
• _uncheck: Unchecks the given checkbox.
Fetch APIs
• _isChecked: Returns the current status of checkbox or radio button.
Screenshot APIs
• _takePageScreenShot: Take a full screenshot of a application element or the device.
• _assertSnapShot: Takes the full screen shot of the screen or the element if specified, and compares with the reference image.
Other APIs
• _deviceInfo: Returns device information as an associative array.
• _iSetAutoDismissKeyboard: Dismiss the keyboard automatically after setting value.

Modified APIs

Android Application

• _takeScreenShots: Added $noLogs (it will not log the images in Sahi logs) parameter.
• _launchNewMobileBrowser: DeviceId (required) as first parameter and URL as second parameter.

iOS Application

• _takeScreenShots: Added $noLogs (it will not log the images in Sahi logs) parameter.
• _setValue: Implemented $props arguments, which is used to dismiss the keyboard as well as clear the text.

Bug Fixes

• _setValue for Android versions below Lollipop.