CHANGELOG.md

CHANGELOG

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[4.5.15] - 01-NOV-2024

Changed

• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.26.0.
• Updated rexml gem to latest version to address ReDoS vulnerability.

[4.5.14] - 09-OCT-2024

Fixed

• Disable Chrome search engine choice screen.

[4.5.13] - 24-SEP-2024

Changed

• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.25.0.

[4.5.12] - 30-AUG-2024

Changed

• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.24.0.

[4.5.11] - 08-AUG-2024

Changed

• Updated appium_lib gem to version 15.2.2.

[4.5.10] - 05-AUG-2024

Changed

• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.23.0.
• Updated appium_lib gem to version 15.2.1.
• Updated appium_lib_core gem to version 9.2.1.

[4.5.9.1] - 26-JUNE-2024

Fixed

• Added cuke_modeler gem as a development dependency so that Cucumber test results logging would not fail when running tests in parallel with Ruby version 3.10 or greater.

[4.5.9] - 23-JUNE-2024

Changed

• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.22.0.

[4.5.8] - 21-MAY-2024

Changed

• Setting DOWNLOADS Environment Variable to true will create a /downloads folder which will be used as the destination for files that are downloaded by your automated tests. You know longer need to manually create the /downloads folder.
• Updated appium_lib gem to version 15.1.0.
• Updated appium_lib_core gem to version 9.1.1.
• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.21.1.

[4.5.7] - 25-APR-2024

Changed

• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.20.0.
• Updated appium_lib gem to version 15.0.0.
• Updated appium_lib_core gem to version 8.0.1.

[4.5.6] - 02-APR-2024

Fixed

• WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver, AppiumServer.start, and AppiumServer.running? methods now support Appium version 2.x. Backward compatibility with Appium version 1.x is provided if APPIUM_SERVER_VERSION Environment Variable is set to 1.

[4.5.5] - 27-MAR-2024

Changed

• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.19.0.

[4.5.4] - 04-MAR-2024

Changed

• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.18.1.
• Updated rack gem to version 3.0.9.1.
• Updated nokogiri gem to version 1.16.2.

[4.5.3] - 27-JAN-2024

Changed

• Updated capybara gem to version 3.40.0.

[4.5.2] - 26-JAN-2024

Changed

• Updated appium_lib gem to version 14.0.0.
• Updated selenium-webdriver gem to version 4.17.0.

[4.5.1] - 18-JAN-2024

Fixed

• WebDriverConnect.driver_exists? and activate_driver methods now convert string passed as a driver name to a symbol with lower case letters and spaces replaced with underscores, which is how WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver saves the driver name.

[4.5.0] - 16-JAN-2024

Removed

• Support for test data assets stored in Excel .xls has been removed because .xls files cannot be properly tracked and diffed by source control tools like git.
• ExcelData and ExcelDataSource classes removed.
• Removed dependence on spreadsheet gem.

[4.4.7] - 13-JAN-2024

Fixed

• WebDriverConnect.activate_driver now correctly sets Environ.driver_name to name of activated WebDriver instance.
• WebDriverConnect.close_all_drivers no longer raises exception if called before any WebDrivers have been instantiated.

Added

• Added WebDriverConnect.driver_exists? method.

[4.4.6] - 12-JAN-2024

Fixed

• WebDriverConnect.num_drivers no longer raises exception if called before any WebDrivers have been instantiated.

[4.4.5] - 10-JAN-2024

Fixed

• UIElement.find_object no longer raises Selenium::WebDriver::Error::StaleElementReferenceError when testing with multiple WebDriver instances.
• DataPresenter.initialize no longer fails if data parameter is nil.

[4.4.4] - 08-JAN-2024

Fixed

• List.get_list_item no longer returns nil.

[4.4.3] - 24-DEC-2023

Changed

• Changed Sauce Labs DATA_CENTER Environment Variable to SL_DATA_CENTER.

[4.4.2] - 23-DEC-2023

Added

• Added support for specifying and connecting to web browsers on unsupported cloud hosting services using custom user- defined driver and capabilities.

[4.4.0] - 22-DEC-2023

Added

• Added support for connecting to, and switching between multiple WebDriver or Appium connected desktop and/or mobile web browsers by utilizing the following new methods:
  • WebDriverConnect.activate_driver
  • WebDriverConnect.num_drivers
  • WebDriverConnect.close_all_drivers
• Added support for web page scrolling by utilizing the following methods:
  • Browsers.scroll_to_bottom
  • Browsers.scroll_to_top
  • Browsers.scroll_to

Changed

• WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver method now accepts an optional options hash for specifying desired capabilities (using W3C protocol), driver, driver name, endpoint URL, device type, and desktop browser window size information.
• The HOST_BROWSER Environment Variable is no longer required to support emulated mobile web browsers.
• The SELENIUM Environment Variable is no longer used to instantiate a WebDriver connection to a Selenium 4 Grid instance. To establish a connection to browser instances on a Selenium 4 Grid, set the DRIVER Environment Variable to grid.
• TestCentricity now supports and integrates with Selenium-Webdriver version 4.14 and Capybara version 3.39.
• Updated profiles for emulated mobile device browsers.
• Removed dependency on appium_capybara and webdrivers gems.
• Ruby version 3.0.0 or greater is now required.
• Locally hosted Internet Explorer web browsers are no longer supported.

[4.3.1] - 19-AUG-2022

Added

• Added support for connecting to remote mobile browsers on iOS simulators and Android emulators on the TestingBot service.

[4.3.0] - 01-AUG-2022

Added

• The DRIVER Environment Variable is now used to specify the appium, browserstack, saucelabs, testingbot, or lambdatest driver.

• Changed

• The WEB_BROWSER Environment Variable is no longer used to specify the appium, browserstack, saucelabs, testingbot, or lambdatest driver.

• TestCentricity now supports and integrates with Selenium-Webdriver version 4.3.

[4.2.6] - 12-JUNE-2022

Fixed

• Fix gemspec to no longer include specs and Cucumber tests as part of deployment package for gem.

[4.2.5] - 10-JUNE-2022

Fixed

*WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver method no longer raises No such file or directory @ dir_s_mkdir error due to missing Downloads folder when running tests in parallel.

[4.2.4] - 02-JUNE-2022

Added

• Added UIElement.wait_until_enabled method

[4.2.3] - 01-JUNE-2022

Added

• Added UIElement.wait_while_busy method
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of aria_busy attribute.

[4.2.2] - 21-MAY-2022

Changed

• Update default version of Appium used when running tests on Sauce Labs service.
• Refactored capabilities definition when running with locally hosted Appium instance.

[4.2.1] - 23-APR-2022

Added

• Added the following Audio, Media, and Video methods to support verification of media text tracks (subtitles, captions, chapters, descriptions, or metadata):
  • track_count
  • active_track
  • active_track_data
  • all_tracks_data
  • track_data
  • active_track_source
  • track_source
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of the following Media properties:
  • :track_count
  • :active_track
  • :active_track_data
  • :all_tracks_data
  • :track_data
  • :active_track_source
  • :track_source

[4.2.0] - 20-APR-2022

Added

• TextField.validation_message and TextField.validity? methods added.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of the following TextField.validity? properties:
  • :badInput
  • :customError
  • :patternMismatch
  • :rangeOverflow
  • :rangeUnderflow
  • :stepMismatch
  • :tooLong
  • :tooShort
  • :typeMismatch
  • :valid
  • :valueMissing

[4.1.10] - 19-APR-2022

Fixed

• PageObject.set_verify_focus and PageSection.set_verify_focus methods now correctly return the id of the UI element that unexpectedly has focus during an exception.
• Rolled back require_all gem version to 1.5.0 in gemspec development dependencies due to RequireAll::LoadError when running gem test specs and features.

[4.1.9] - 18-APR-2022

Fixed

• PageSection.radio no longer returns wrong number of arguments error.
• PageObject.populate_data_fields and PageSection.populate_data_fields methods no longer skip setting checkboxes or radio buttons to the unchecked state.

Added

• CheckBox.define_custom_elements and Radio.define_custom_elements methods now support specifying a child input component contained by a top level label element.

[4.1.8] - 31-MAR-2022

Fixed

• Image.loaded? now correctly returns a Boolean value instead of a String.
• Video.video_height and Video.video_width now correctly returns an Integer value instead of a String.
• UIElement.scroll_to now works for all supported browsers.

Changed

• UIElement.crossorigin is no longer limited to Audio and Video objects.

[4.1.7] - 28-MAR-2022

Fixed

• CheckBox.set_checkbox_state and Radio.set_selected_state work on iOS simulators again.

Changed

• Audio.playback_rate and Video.playback_rate now return value as a Float instead of a String.
• Audio.default_playback_rate and Video.default_playback_rate now return value as a Float instead of a String.
• Audio.current_time and Video.current_time now return value as a Float rounded to two decimal places.
• Audio.duration and Video.duration now return value as a Float rounded to two decimal places.

Added

• Audio.mute and Video.mute methods added.
• Audio.unmute and Video.unmute methods added.
• Audio.playback_rate and Video.playback_rate now accept a Float value as an input for setting the playback rate of media.
• Audio.volume and Video.volume now accept a Float value between 0 and 1 as an input for setting the volume of media.

[4.1.6] - 21-MAR-2022

Fixed

• PageObject.verify_page_exists now works with page_locator traits expressed in Xpath format, and no longer fails with a invalid selector: An invalid or illegal selector was specified - Selenium::WebDriver::Error::InvalidSelectorError error.

Added

• UIElement.required? method added.
• PageObject.populate_data_fields and PageSection.populate_data_fields methods now work with the following:
  • input(type='color') color picker controls if they are specified as a textfield type element.
  • input(type='range') slider controls if they are specified as a range type element.
  • input(type='file') file upload controls if they are specified as a filefield type element.

[4.1.5] - 15-MAR-2022

Fixed

• SelectList.selected? now correctly returns selected value for custom selectlist controls.

Updated

• Updated HTML documentation.

[4.1.4] - 09-MAR-2022

Fixed

• Environ.driver is now correctly set to :appium when target test browser is running on iOS or Android simulators or physical devices.

[4.1.3] - 08-MAR-2022

Fixed

• Fixed AppiumServer.start so that it no longer times out after failing to start Appium.

Updated

• Updated docs regarding the SHUTDOWN_OTHER_SIMS Environment Variable when testing on iOS Simulators.

[4.1.2] - 07-MAR-2022

Updated

• Updated HTML documentation.

[4.1.1] - 03-MAR-2022

Changed

• W3C WebDriver-compliant sessions using Selenium version 4.x are now supported when using the BrowserStack, LambdaTest, TestingBot, and SauceLabs services.
• W3C WebDriver-compliant sessions are now supported when running against remote browsers hosted on Selenium Grid 4 and Dockerized Selenium Grid 4 environments.

[4.1.0] - 28-FEB-2022

Removed

• Support for CrossBrowserTesting and Gridlastic cloud hosted Selenium grids have been removed due to their lack of support for Selenium 4.x and the W3C browser capabilities protocol.

Added

• TestCentricity now supports and integrates with Selenium-Webdriver version 4.1.
• Added support for locally hosted Microsoft Edge desktop web browsers, including in headless mode.
• Added CheckBox.define_custom_elements and Radio.define_custom_elements methods to support abstracted UI implementations where the input type="checkbox" or input type="radio" object is hidden or obscured by a proxy object, typically a label.
• Added support for shutdownOtherSimulators and forceSimulatorSoftwareKeyboardPresence capabilities for iOS simulators when testing with Mobile Safari browser on iOS Simulators.

Changed

• checkbox and radio methods no longer accept an optional proxy. Calling the checkbox or radio methods with a proxy parameter will result in a wrong number of arguments (given 3, expected 2) (ArgumentError) exception. Use the define_custom_elements method to specify the locator for an associated proxy and/or label element. The define_custom_elements method can be called from an initialize method for the PageObject or PageSection where the checkbox or radio is instantiated.
• Ruby version 2.7 or greater required.
• Selenium-Webdriver version 4 or greater required.

[4.0.3] - 30-DEC-2021

Changed

• Primary test data path has been changed from features/test_data/ to config/test_data/.

Fixed

• No longer throws a NoMethodError: undefined method 'World' for main:Object error when using RSpec.

[4.0.0] - 18-APR-2021

Changed

• WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver method now accepts an options hash as an optional parameter, which can be used to specify an optional base host URL and/or the desired Selenium-Webdriver capabilities required to establish a connection with a cloud hosted target web browser.
• User defined mobile device profiles can be specified in a device.yml file for testing locally hosted emulated mobile web browsers running in an instance of the Chrome desktop browser. The user specified device profiles must be located at config/data/devices/devices.yml. Refer to the User defined mobile device profiles section of the {file:README.md README} file.

Removed

• Removed support for the following legacy UI elements:
  • CellElement
  • CellButton
  • CellCheckBox
  • CellRadio
  • CellImage
  • ListElement
  • ListButton
  • ListCheckBox
• Removed support for Siebel Open UI objects. This includes removal of the following legacy methods:
  • CheckBox.set_siebel_checkbox_state
  • SelectList.choose_siebel_option
  • SelectList.get_siebel_options
  • SelectList.verify_siebel_options
  • SelectList.read_only?
  • UIElement.invoke_siebel_dialog
  • UIElement.invoke_siebel_popup
  • UIElement.get_siebel_object_type

[3.3.0] - 14-MAR-2021

Fixed

• WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver method now correctly sets local Chrome browser Download directory when running with headless Chrome.

[3.2.25] - 11-MAR-2021

Added

• Added String.titlecase method.

[3.2.23] - 11-FEB-2021

Changed

• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to allow :translate_upcase, :translate_downcase, :translate_capitalize, and :translate_titlecase conversions to fall back to :en default locale if translated strings are missing from the current locale specified in I18n.locale.

[3.2.22] - 09-FEB-2021

Fixed

• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to correctly handle :translate_upcase, :translate_downcase, :translate_capitalize, and :translate_titlecase conversions for Arrays of String.

[3.2.21] - 04-FEB-2021

Changed

• UIElement.hover_at method now accepts an optional visible parameter to allow hovering over UI elements that are not visible.

[3.2.20] - 21-JAN-2021

Changed

• UIElement.hover method now accepts an optional visible parameter to allow hovering over UI elements that are not visible.

[3.2.19] - 05-JAN-2021

Fixed

• SelectList.choose_option and SelectList.get_options methods now wait up to 5 seconds for list drop menu to appear.

[3.2.18] - 12-AUG-2020

Fixed

• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to correctly handle :row, :column, :cell, :item, and :attribute properties.

[3.2.17] - 19-JUNE-2020

Changed

• Updated Table.define_table_elements method to accept value for :row_header element.
• Updated Table.get_row_count, Table.get_column_count, and Table.get_table_cell_locator methods to support tables with row headers in row #1.

[3.2.16] - 13-MAY-2020

Changed

• WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver method now sets local Chrome and Firefox browser Download directory to separate folders for each parallel test thread when using parallel_tests gem to run tests in concurrent threads.

[3.2.15] - 06-APR-2020

Fixed

• PageObject.populate_data_fields and PageSection.populate_data_fields methods accept String or Boolean values for checkboxes and radio buttons.

[3.2.14] - 06-APR-2020

Added

• Added UIElement.scroll_to method.

[3.2.13] - 24-MAR-2020

Added

• Added PageObject.send_keys method.

[3.2.12] - 11-MAR-2020

Added

• Added UIElement.focused? method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of the focused property.

[3.2.11] - 10-MAR-2020

Added

• Added PageSection.verify_focus_order method.

[3.2.10] - 09-MAR-2020

Added

• Added PageObject.verify_focus_order method.

[3.2.9] - 12-FEB-2020

Fixed

• Fixed UIElement.wait_until_value_is, List.wait_until_item_count_is, and Table.wait_until_row_count_is' methods.

[3.2.8] - 08-FEB-2020

Fixed

• Fixed UIElement.visible? method that was broken in release 3.2.7.

[3.2.7] - 05-FEB-2020

Added

• Added Audio.crossorigin and Video.crossorigin methods.
• Added Audio.preload and Video.preload methods.
• Added Video.poster method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of the crossorigin, preload, and poster properties.

[3.2.6] - 31-JAN-2020

Changed

• Audio.volume and Video.volume methods now return a Float.

[3.2.5] - 25-JAN-2020

Added

• Added UIElement.content_editable? method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of the content_editable property.

Fixed

• Fixed UIElement.aria_multiselectable? method.

[3.2.4] - 16-JAN-2020

Added

• Added Range type UIElement to support interaction with and verification of HTML5 Input Range Slider Objects.

[3.2.3] - 29-DEC-2019

Added

• Additional methods to support WCAG 2.x accessibility testing and verification:
  • UIElement.aria_valuemax method
  • UIElement.aria_valuemin method
  • UIElement.aria_valuenow method
  • UIElement.aria_valuetext method
  • UIElement.aria_orientation method
  • UIElement.aria_keyshortcuts method
  • UIElement.aria_roledescription method
  • UIElement.aria_autocomplete method
  • UIElement.aria_modal? method
  • UIElement.aria_busy? method
  • UIElement.aria_multiline? method
  • UIElement.aria_multiselectable? method
  • UIElement.aria_controls method
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of the following properties:
  • aria_valuemax
  • aria_valuemin
  • aria_valuenow
  • aria_valuetext
  • aria_orientation
  • aria_roledescription
  • aria_autocomplete
  • aria_modal
  • aria_keyshortcuts
  • aria_multiline
  • aria_multiselectable
  • aria_controls

[3.2.2] - 16-OCT-2019

Added

• Added device profiles for iPhone 11, 11 Pro, and 11 Pro Max (iOS 13.1) with Mobile Safari browser.
• Added Table.wait_until_row_count_is and Table.wait_until_row_count_changes methods.
• Added CheckBox.indeterminate? method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of indeterminate property.
• Updated device profiles for iPad Pro 12.9" 3rd Generation (iOS 13.1) with Mobile Safari browser.

[3.2.1] - 03-OCT-2019

Changed

• CheckBox.visible?, CheckBox.disabled?, and CheckBox.get_value methods now work with React and Ember checkboxes with proxy elements.
• Radio.visible?, Radio.disabled?, and Radio.get_value methods now work with React and Ember radio buttons with proxy elements.

[3.2.0] - 28-JULY-2019

Added

• Added support for connecting to and running your tests on cloud hosted browsers on the LambdaTest cloud platform.
• Added UIElement.obscured? and UIElement.inspect methods.
• Added Video.wait_until_ready_state_is and Audio.wait_until_ready_state_is methods.

Changed

• Video.ready_state and Audio.ready_state methods now return an Integer result.

[3.1.11] - 20-JUNE-2019

Added

• Added SelectList.get_group_count and SelectList.get_group_headings methods.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of groupcount and group_headings properties of SelectList objects.

[3.1.10] - 21-MAY-2019

Fixed

• Improved compatibility with React and Chosen select lists.

[3.1.9] - 16-MAY-2019

Added

• Added support for enabling popups when testing on BrowserStack cloud hosted Safari, IE, and Edge browsers.
• Added support for enabling all cookies when testing on BrowserStack cloud hosted Safari browsers.

Changed

• List.get_list_items and List.get_list_item methods now strip leading and trailing whitespace from returned values.

[3.1.8] - 08-MAY-2019

Added

• Added Link.href method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of href property.

Changed

• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12.2) with Mobile Firefox browser and iPad (iOS 12.2) with Mobile Firefox browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12.2) with Mobile Edge browser and iPad (iOS 12.2) with Mobile Edge browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12.2) with Mobile Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 12.2) with Mobile Chrome browser.

[3.1.7] - 01-FEB-2019

Added

• Added UIElement.title and PageObject.title methods.
• Added Video.video_height, and Video.video_width methods.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of title property.

[3.1.6] - 20-JAN-2019

Added

• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of name property.

[3.1.5] - 06-JAN-2019

Added

• Additional methods to support WCAG 2.x accessibility testing and verification:
  • UIElement.aria_rowcount method.
  • UIElement.aria_colcount method.
  • UIElement.aria_sort method.
  • UIElement.aria_haspopup? method.
  • UIElement.aria_pressed? method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of aria_rowcount, aria_colcount, aria_sort, aria_pressed, and aria_haspopup properties.

[3.1.4] - 2018-12-12

Fixed

• PageObject.audio, PageObject.audios, PageObject.video, and PageObject.videos methods now correctly instantiate HTML 5 Audio and Video objects at the page level.

[3.1.3] - 2018-12-08

Added

• Additional methods to support WCAG 2.x accessibility testing and verification:
  • UIElement.aria_invalid? method.
  • UIElement.aria_checked? method.
  • UIElement.aria_readonly? method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of aria_invalid, aria_checked, and aria_readonly properties.

[3.1.2] - 2018-12-03

Added

• Added Audio.current_time (setter), Audio.play, and Audio.pause methods.
• Added Video.current_time (setter), Video.play, and Video.pause methods.

[3.1.1] - 2018-11-30

Added

• Added device profiles for iPhone XR, XS, and XS Max (iOS 12.1) with Mobile Safari browser.
• Added device profiles for iPad Pro 11" and iPad Pro 12.9" 3rd Generation (iOS 12.1) with Mobile Safari browser.

Changed

• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12) with Mobile Firefox browser and iPad (iOS 12) with Mobile Firefox browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12) with Mobile Edge browser and iPad (iOS 12) with Mobile Edge browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12) with Mobile Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 12) with Mobile Chrome browser.

[3.1.0] - 2018-11-10

Added

• Adding greater support for WCAG 2.x accessibility testing and verification:
  • UIElement.role method.
  • UIElement.tabindex method.
  • UIElement.aria_labelledby method.
  • UIElement.aria_describedby method.
  • UIElement.aria_live method.
  • UIElement.aria_selected? method.
  • UIElement.aria_hidden? method.
  • UIElement.aria_expanded? method.
  • UIElement.aria_required? method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of the following properties:
  • role
  • tabindex
  • aria-labelledby
  • aria-describedby
  • aria-live
  • aria-selected
  • aria-hidden
  • aria-expanded
  • aria-required

[3.0.20] - 2018-11-08

Changed

• PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods now ignore case and whitespace when verifying text captions and values when running tests against Microsoft Edge browsers to accommodate known Edge WebDriver Issue #11322543.
• Updated PageObject.populate_data_fields and PageSection.populate_data_fields methods to accept optional integrity_check parameter.

[3.0.19] - 2018-10-10

Added

• Added support for testing file downloads with locally hosted instances of Chrome or Firefox desktop browsers.

Changed

• Audio.current_time, Audio.duration, Video.current_time, and Video.duration methods now return a Float.

Removed

• Removed support for legacy Firefox version 47.0.1.
• Removed deprecated TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.set_webdriver_path method.

[3.0.18] - 2018-10-02

Added

• UIElement.style method.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of style property.

Changed

• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12) with Mobile Firefox browser and iPad (iOS 12) with Mobile Firefox browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12) with Mobile Edge browser and iPad (iOS 12) with Mobile Edge browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 12) with Mobile Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 12) with Mobile Chrome browser.

Removed

• Removed iPhone, iPhone4, and iPhone5 device profiles.

[3.0.17] - 2018-10-01

Added

• UIElement.aria_disabled? and UIElement.aria_label methods.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of aria-label and aria-disabled properties.

[3.0.16] - 2018-09-21

Added

• Image.src and Image.alt method.
• Added Video and Audio type UIElement to support verification of HTML5 Video and Audio Objects.

[3.0.15] - 2018-09-19

Added

• UIElement.hover_at method.
• Added support for specifying IP Geolocation when testing on BrowserStack cloud hosted browsers.

[3.0.14] - 2018-09-17

Added

• Added support for testing file uploads in browsers running on remote cloud hosted services as well as in Selenium Grid and Dockerized Selenium Grid environments.

[3.0.13] - 2018-08-10

Fixed

• Improved response times of List.get_item_count and List.get_list_items methods by shortening wait time.

[3.0.12] - 2018-08-09

Added

• PageSection.hover method.
• List.hover_item method.

[3.0.11] - 2018-08-05

Added

• UIElement.count method.

[3.0.10] - 2018-07-20

Added

• Image.broken? method.
• UIElement.highlight and UIElement.unhighlight methods.

Changed

• PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods now takes screenshots that display a red dashed rectangular highlight around any UI element with property states that do not match expected results.

Removed

• Removed deprecated DataObject.set_current method.

[3.0.9] - 2018-07-05

Added

• Added List.choose_item and List.get_selected_item methods.
• Added SelectList.set method.

[3.0.8] - 2018-06-28

Added

• Added PageObject.wait_for_ajax method.

Changed

• PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods now accept optional fail_message string parameter to add context to error messages when UI verifications raise an exception.

[3.0.7] - 2018-06-21

Added

• Added support for connecting to and running your tests in desktop and emulated mobile web browsers hosted on Selenium Grid and Dockerized Selenium Grid environments.
• Added Environ.report_header method that can be used to provide formatted test environment information in HTML test results.

Deprecated

• Deprecated TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.set_webdriver_path method because the correct WebDriver is now automatically set.

[3.0.6] - 2018-06-14

Added

• Added support for connecting to and running your tests on cloud hosted browsers on the Gridlastic cloud platform.
• Added support for specifying Selenium WebDriver version, browser-specific WebDriver version (for Firefox, IE, and Safari), and browser console logs when running tests on BrowserStack hosted browsers. Refer to section 8.5.1 (Remote desktop browsers on the BrowserStack service) in the README.

Changed

• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 11) with Mobile Firefox browser and iPad (iOS 11) with Mobile Firefox browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 11) with Mobile Edge browser and iPad (iOS 11) with Mobile Edge browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 11) with Mobile Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 11) with Mobile Chrome browser.

[3.0.5] - 2018-05-17

Added

• Added Environ.headless method. Will return true if testing against a headless instance of Chrome or Firefox.

[3.0.4] - 2018-05-12

Fixed

• Refactored SelectList methods to work with Capybara version 3.x.

[3.0.3] - 2018-05-09

Changed

• Pinning to Capybara version 2.18.0 because Capybara 3.x breaks several SelectList methods.

[3.0.2] - 2018-05-09

Changed

• PageManager.find_page method now raises an exception if the requested page object has not been defined and instantiated.

[3.0.1] - 2018-04-28

Changed

• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 11) with Mobile Firefox browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Firefox browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 11) with Mobile Edge browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Edge browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 11) with Mobile Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Chrome browser.

[3.0.0] - 2018-04-25

Added

• The TestCentricity™ Web gem now works with Selenium-WebDriver version 3.11 and geckodriver version 0.20.1 (or later) to support testing of the latest versions of Firefox web browsers.
• Support for testing on locally hosted "headless" Chrome or Firefox browsers has been added.
• Support for headless browser testing using Poltergeist and PhantomJS has been removed.
• Support for Legacy FirefoxDriver (used in Firefox versions < 48) has been added.

Fixed

• TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.set_webdriver_path method now sets the path to the appropriate geckodriver file for OS X or Windows when testing on locally hosted Firefox browsers.

[2.4.3] - 2018-04-11

Changed

• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 11) with Mobile Firefox browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Firefox browser.

[2.4.1] - 2018-03-27

Added

• Added device profiles for iPad (iOS 10) with MS Edge browser.

[2.4.0] - 2018-03-25

Changed

• Updated TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver method to read the APP_FULL_RESET, APP_NO_RESET, and NEW_COMMAND_TIMEOUT Environment Variables and set the corresponding fullReset, noReset, and newCommandTimeout Appium capabilities for iOS and Android physical devices and simulators. Also reads the WDA_LOCAL_PORT Environment Variable and sets the wdaLocalPort Appium capability for iOS physical devices only.

[2.3.19] - 2018-03-14

Fixed

• Fixed device profile for android_phone - Generic Android Phone.

[2.3.18] - 2018-03-11

Changed

• Updated SelectList.define_list_elements method to accept value for :list_trigger element.
• Updated SelectList.choose_option to respect :list_item value and to click on :list_trigger element, if one is specified.
• Updated PageSection and PageObject UI element object declaration methods to no longer use class_eval pattern.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Chrome browser.

Fixed

• Fixed SelectList.choose_option to also accept :text, :value, and :index option hashes across all types of select list objects.

[2.3.17] - 2018-03-08

Added

• Added List.wait_until_item_count_is and List.wait_until_item_count_changes methods.

Changed

• UIElement.wait_until_value_is and List.wait_until_item_count_is methods now accept comparison hash.

[2.3.16] - 2018-03-04

Added

• Added PageSection.double_click, PageObject.right_click, and PageObject.send_keys methods.

[2.3.15] - 2018-03-02

Added

• Added PageObject.wait_until_exists and PageObject.wait_until_gone methods.

Fixed

• Fixed bug in UIElement.get_object_type method that could result in a NoMethodError obj not defined error.
• Fixed bug in PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods that failed to enqueue errors when UI elements could not be found.

[2.3.14] - 2018-02-28

Changed

• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with MS Edge browser.

[2.3.13] - 2018-02-09

Added

• Added AppiumServer.start, AppiumServer.running?, and AppiumServer.stop methods for starting and stopping the Appium Server prior to executing tests on iOS physical devices or simulators, or Android virtual device emulators.

[2.3.12] - 2018-02-07

Added

• Added Environ.is_simulator? and Environ.is_web? methods.

[2.3.11] - 2018-02-02

Added

• Added support for running tests in Mobile Safari browser on physical iOS devices.

Changed

• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with Mobile Firefox browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Firefox browser.

[2.3.10] - 2018-01-31

Added

• Added support for running tests in mobile Chrome or Android browsers on Android Studio virtual device emulators.
• Added displayed?, get_all_items_count, and get_all_list_items methods to PageSection class.
• Added get_all_items_count, and get_all_list_items methods to List class.

[2.3.9] - 2018-01-27

Changed

• Updated PageObject.populate_data_fields and PageSection.populate_data_fields methods to accept optional wait_time parameter.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with MS Edge browser, iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with Chrome browser, and iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with Firefox browser.
• Updated device profiles for iPad (iOS 10) with Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Firefox browser.

[2.3.8] - 2018-01-23

Fixed

• Fixed locator resolution for Indexed PageSection Objects.

[2.3.7] - 2018-01-18

Added

• Added width, height, x, y, and displayed? methods to UIElement class.

[2.3.6] - 2017-12-21

Added

• Added TextField.clear method for deleting the contents of text fields. This method should trigger the onchange event for the associated text field.

Changed

• TextField.clear method now works with most number type fields.

[2.3.5] - 2017-12-19

Changed

• Updated PageObject.populate_data_fields and PageSection.populate_data_fields methods to be compatible with Redactor editor fields.
• Updated device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with MS Edge browser, iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with Chrome browser, and iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with Firefox browser.

[2.3.4] - 2017-12-12

Fixed

• Fixed bug in PageObject.populate_data_fields and PageSection.populate_data_fields methods that prevented deletion of data in number type textfields and textarea controls.

[2.3.3] - 2017-12-09

Added

• Added device profile for iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with MS Edge browser.

Fixed

• Corrected device profiles for iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Firefox browser.

[2.3.1] - 2017-12-07

Added

• When testing using remotely hosted browsers on the BrowserStack service, the BrowserStack Local instance is automatically started if the TUNNELING Environment Variable is set to true. Environ.tunneling will be set to true if the BrowserStack Local instance is succesfully started.
• Added TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.close_tunnel method to close BrowserStack Local instance when Local testing is enabled. Refer to the Remotely hosted desktop and mobile web browsers section for information on usage.

[2.2.1] - 2017-11-29

Changed

• SelectList.choose_option method now accepts index values for Chosen list objects.

[2.2.0] - 2017-11-29

Changed

• CSS selectors or XPath expressions may be used as locators for all types of UI Elements, including tables.

[2.1.10] - 2017-11-14

Added

• Added device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with Mobile Firefox browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Firefox browser.

[2.1.9] - 2017-11-13

Fixed

• Fixed bug in SelectList.choose_option, SelectList.get_options, SelectList.get_option_count, and SelectList.get_selected_option methods which did not recognize grouped option in Chosen list objects.

[2.1.8] - 2017-11-09

Added

• Added PageSection.verify_list_items method for Indexed PageSection Objects.

[2.1.7] - 2017-11-07

Changed

• Updated PageObject.populate_data_fields and PageSection.populate_data_fields methods to use backspace characters to delete contents of a textfield instead of using clear, which was preventing onchange JavaScript events from being triggered in some browsers.

[2.1.6] - 2017-10-31

Fixed

• Fixed bug in TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.set_webdriver_path method that was failing to set the path to the appropriate chromedriver file for OS X and Windows.

[2.1.5] - 2017-10-28

Added

• Added get_min, get_max, and get_step methods to TextField class.
• Updated PageObject.verify_ui_states and PageSection.verify_ui_states methods to support verification of min, max, and step attributes for textfields.

Fixed

• Fixed Chrome and Firefox support for setting browser language via the LOCALE Environment Variable. This capability now works for emulated mobile browsers hosted in a local instance of Chrome or Firefox.

[2.1.4] - 2017-10-24

Added

• Added suppression of the Info Bar that displays "Chrome is being controlled by automated test software" on locally hosted instances of the Chrome browser.

[2.1.3] - 2017-10-17

Added

• Added support for "tiling" or cascading multiple browser windows when the BROWSER_TILE and PARALLEL Environment Variables are set to true. For each concurrent parallel thread being executed, the position of each browser will be offset by 100 pixels right and 100 pixels down. For parallel test execution, use the parallel_tests gem to decrease overall test execution time.

[2.1.2] - 2017-10-01

Added

• Added device profiles for Microsoft Lumia 950, Blackberry Leap, Blackberry Passport, and Kindle Fire HD 10
• Added ability to set browser language support via the LOCALE Environment Variable for local instances of Chrome browsers

[2.1.0] - 2017-09-23

Added

• Added device profiles for iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X devices running iOS 11
• Added device profile for iPad Pro 10.5" with iOS 11

Changed

• Updated iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus profiles to iOS 10
• Updated Google Pixel and Google Pixel XL profiles to Android 8
• Added device profiles for iPhone 7 (iOS 10) with Mobile Chrome browser and iPad (iOS 10) with Mobile Chrome browser
• The TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver method now sets the Environ object to the correct device connection states for local and cloud hosted browsers.

Fixed

• The TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.initialize_web_driver method no longer calls initialize_browser_size when running tests against cloud hosted mobile web browser, which was resulting in Appium throwing exceptions for unsupported method calls.
• The TestCentricity::WebDriverConnect.set_webdriver_path method now correctly sets the path for Chrome webDrivers when the HOST_BROWSER Environment Variable is set to chrome. Tests against locally hosted emulated mobile web browser running on a local instance of Chrome will now work correctly.