Windows Application Driver
This is the first release candidate in the 1.3 release cycle.
Due to the architectural changes in this release, it will require significant testing. Our test suite has generally worked, but it is unlikely that we've covered the vast web of possibilities.
The .NET Core Runtime (version 5.0.7) is included in the installation bundle, as is the C++ redistributable.
This is the first stable release in the v1.2 release cycle. It includes:
appCapabilities.SetCapability("ms:experimental-webdriver", true);
appCapabilities.SetCapability("ms:waitForAppLaunch", "25");
to add app delay of 25 seconds.In addition, there have been minimal changes from the v1.2 release candidate:
As with the previous WinAppDriver v1.1 release, it is recommended that you use the WinAppDriver NuGet package to take full advantage of the advanced input with the Actions API.
This is a release candidate for WinAppDriver v1.2 which introduces compatibility fixes with WebDriverIO as well as new capabilities, defined below:
The ms:experimental-webdriver capability enables experimental features and optimizations - for this release, enabling this capability will provide performance improvements with XPath and improve overall element handling.
C#: appCapabilities.SetCapability("ms:experimental-webdriver", true);
The ms:waitForAppLaunch capability enables WinAppDriver to wait for a defined amount of time after an app launch is initiated prior to attaching to the application session. The limit for this is 50 seconds.
C#: appCapabilities.SetCapability("ms:waitForAppLaunch", "25");
to add app delay of 25 seconds.
As with the previous WinAppDriver v1.1 release, it is recommenced to use the WinAppDriver NuGet package to take full advantage of the advanced input with the Actions API.
This is a new update for UI Recorder that adds performance improvements, new features, bug fixes, and more!
Changes include:
WinAppDriver source has also been updated with test cases covering AbsoluteXPath related scenarios used by UI Recorder - check it out here!
This release includes bug fixes for v1.1 and improves performance with UI Recorder generated XPath queries.
Issues Fixed:
This is the official v1.1 release. Features have been carried over from the v1.1 Release Candidate with no major additions.
A temporary NuGet package with support for the Actions API binding is available here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WinAppDriver.Appium.WebDriver/1.0.1-Preview
Introducing WinAppDriver UI Recorder. This tool hopes to serve as alternative to Inspect and simplify the development of UI automation scripts to be used for WinAppDriver. WinAppDriver UI Recorder v1.0 supports the following two scenarios:
To get started, download and extract the zipped binaries and start WinAppDriverUiRecorder.exe.
This is a preview release into v1.1 which introduces support for Pen automation via the W3C Actions standard.
The following Pointer Input methods are supported for Pen:
The following Pen features are supported:
A temporary NuGet package with support for the Actions API binding is available here: https://www.nuget.org/packages/Microsoft.WinAppDriver.Appium.WebDriver/1.0.1-Preview
This is our final V1.0 release (File Version 1.0.1710.17001), where WinAppDriver is now officially past the beta stage!
Many thanks to everyone that made the journey to this point possible: from the WAD team who have worked tirelessly (and continue to do so) to bring WinAppDriver to life (huge shout-out to Yosef/Gilles/Paul/Timotius/Anand), to Jonathan Lipps and the Appium/Selenium community as a whole for their guidance and contributions, and most importantly, to all of you, our users, that continue to support and improve WinAppDriver with your contributions and feedback. Your voice is instrumental to the future of WinAppDriver as we continue to move forward. We wouldn't have made it this far without you all.
NEW FEATURES
FIXES AND ISSUE RESOLUTIONS
This is the second release candidate for V1.0 which is getting very close to our final V1.0 release. (File Version 1.0.1710.4003)
NEW FEATURES
FIXES AND ISSUE RESOLUTIONS