v1.22.1

[KazuCocoa]

CHANGES IN VERSION 1.22.1 (FROM 1.22.0)

Appium 1.22.1 is a patch release

We're going to move to Appium 2.x.
Appium 1.x will be receiving minor or patch releases only if XCTest gets breaking updates or major bugs pop up before the EOL.

General

• Enforce unzip with JS implementation when APPIUM_PREFER_SYSTEM_UNZIP environment variable is given as 0 or false appium-base-driver#537
  • This change may fix installation error in iOS simulators

Android General

• Use bundletool to install .apks packages appium-adb#578
• Handle unlock via locksettings adb command appium-adb#577
• Add a tiny delay after changing IME for Android 12 appium-adb#581

Android(UIAutomator2)

• Add capabilities:
  • unlockStrategy to customize the strategy of unlock. Defaults to locksettings on Android 8+, where this adb shell command is supported. The previous behavior is uiautomator.
  • chromeLoggingPrefs to configure chrome logging preferences mapping appium-android-driver#710
• Add mobile: extensions:
  • mobile:unlock to unlock the device as a mobile command appium-android-driver#709
• Fix /appium/device/display_density endpoint to get the device density on Android 12 by getting it via Android API instead of adb command appium-uiautomator2-driver#474 appium-uiautomator2-server#444

iOS(XCUITest)

• Decode cookies safely in WebView context appium-xcuitest-driver#1336
• Tune alert monitoring appium-xcuitest-driver#1340
• Add capabilities:
  • appInstallStrategy capability to customize the application installation strategy. serial, parallel and ios-deploy are available. Please read capabilities for more details. This strategy is available via installation APIs as well.
• Add mobile: extensions:
  • mobile:listApps to get the list of installed applications on the real device under test appium-xcuitest-driver#1342
• Add NSProcessInfoThermalState in mobile: deviceInfo WebDriverAgent#536
• Add nativeWebTapTabBarVisibility and nativeWebTapTabBarVisibility Settings API items to handle tab bar and smart app banner via Settings API appium-xcuitest-driver#1345 (Thanks @zcmgyu)
• Fix useXctestrunFile capability behavior on Xcode 13 WebDriverAgent#538
• Fix caching elements from execute_script in WebView context appium-xcuitest-driver#1350
• Fix < escape in the XML page source ("appium:useJSONSource": false) appium-xcuitest-driver#1347
• Disable the build in notification checker by XCTest to avoid possible UI interuction failure on Xcode 13.2 and iOS 15.2 WebDriverAgent#540

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