Quantum 1.30.0 release notes

New features

• Added support for Appium 2.0-compliant clients and Selenium 4.0

• Attached Quantum Source to the Quantum support jar for ease of debugging

• Added support for parallel download of multiple Perfecto reports for the same test case

• Introduced a new interface VendorPrefixPatch that lets you implement the vendor-specific desired capabilities required by Appium 2.0

• Added a NettyClientFactory client

Breaking changes

• Platform-specific methods (such as hideKeyboard) has moved from the Appium Driver to a Platform Specific Driver.

• The MobileElement class is deprecated and removed. Use WebElement class instead.

• The MobileElement class had a setValue method. Because the MobileElement class is now deprecated, use the sendKey method of the WebElement class instead.

• The findElementByXXX methods are deprecated and removed. Use the findElement(By.xxx(“”)) methods instead.

• The MobileBy class is deprecated and removed. Use the AppiumBy class instead.

• Timeouts used to be specified using long values. Now, the Wait methods with parameter long are deprecated and removed. Use Duration.ofXXX(value) instead.

• Applicable only to mobile execution (of web, hybrid, or native apps): All Perfecto-specific desired capabilities in the config file (testng.xml) need to be prefixed with: perfecto:

  For example: perfecto:securityToken

• Applicable only to mobile execution (of web, hybrid, or native apps): All Perfecto-specific desired capabilities in the application.properties file need to have a key starting with: perfecto.capabilities.xxx

  For example: perfecto.capabilites.securityToken

• Log4j dependencies are removed from the framework. Provide log4j-related dependencies in your pom.xml file.

Deprecation warnings

• The Driver.getCapabilities().getPlatform() method is deprecated. Use Driver.getCapabilities().getPlatformName() instead.

• The io.appium.java_client.TouchAction class is deprecated. Use the Sequence class instead.

• Opera browser support is deprecated. This is not relevant for Perfecto.

Upgrade steps

1. Edit the pom.xml file as follows:

   • Change the Quantum Support Dependency to 1.30.0.

   • Remove all existing log4j- and SL4J-related dependencies.

   • Add the following property in the properties section (usually found at the top of the pom.xml file):

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     <log4j.version>2.19.0</log4j.version>

   • Add the following dependencies related to log4j in the dependencies section:

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     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
         <version>${log4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
         <version>${log4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
         <version>${log4j.version}</version>
     </dependency>

2. Perform a Maven install/uninstall of the project.

   Important: Due to breaking changes introduced at the level of the Appium/Selenium API, you will observe errors in the Java files located in the src/main/java folder. The issues will be fixed at a later stage.

3. In the resources folder, edit the application.properties file as follows:

   • Applicable only to mobile execution (of web, hybrid, or native apps): Update the property names of all Perfecto-related desired capabilities from driver.capabilities.xxx to perfecto.capabilities.xxx.

     For example: perfecto.capabilities.securityToken

4. In the src/main/resources/config folder, edit the testng.xml file as follows:

   • Applicable only to mobile execution (of web, hybrid, or native apps): Update the property names of all Perfecto-related desired capabilities from xxx.capabilities.xxx to yyy.capabilities.perfecto:xxx.

     For example: driver.capabilities.perfecto:model

   • Applicable only to mobile execution (of web, hybrid, or native apps): Update the property value of all additional Perfecto-related desired capabilities from yyy.capabilities.xxx to yyy.capabilities.perfecto:xxx.

     For example: {'perfecto:useVirtualDevice':true}

5. In the src/main/java folder, fix any code-related issues. Use the following table for reference. This table lists the known breaking changes.

   For any issues not listed here, contact Perfecto Support.

   Solution number	Breaking change	Solution
   1	The hideKeyboard method is moved to a driver-level method.	Move the hideKeyboard calls to the driver object.
   2	Command-level logs are not displayed during the execution.	Add log4j-related dependencies to their project POM file.
   3	findElementByXXX methods are removed from the Appium client.	Convert them to respective findElement(By.xxx("")) calls.
   4	Unable to execute tests on virtual devices.	Prefix useVirtualDevice with perfecto:. For example: perfecto:useVirtualDevice
   5	The MobileElement class is removed from the Appium client.	Replace MobileElement with WebElement.
   6	The TouchAction class doe not have a constructor with Appium driver argument.	Replace the instantiation of the TouchAction class with the respecting Android or iOS driver.
   7	A deprecation warning occurs for the TouchAction class.	If you have implemented the TouchAction class in your scripts, consider migrating to the Sequence class.
   8	wait functions are not accepting a long value.	Instead of a long value, use the Duration class.
   9	Opera browser is showing a deprecation warning.	Remove support for the Opera browser.
   10	The setValue method of the MobileElement is not available for setting a value.	Use the sendKey method of the WebElement.
   11	MobileBy is showing a deprecation warning.	Use AppiumBy instead of MobileBy.
   12	Perfecto-related desired capabilities do not work.	Applicable only to mobile execution (of web, hybrid, or native apps): Use perfecto.capabilities.xxx to provide Perfecto-related capabilities. For example: perfecto.capabilities.securityToken
   13	driver.getCapabilities().getPlatform() shows a deprecation warning.	the driver.getCapabilities().getPlatform() class should be changed to driver.getCapabilities().getPlatformName().
   14	Getting Error while executing tests - java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/Level	In the pom.xml file, remove any additional SLF4J or Log4j dependencies except the ones added in row 2.
   15	A 401 HTTP error occurs when the mobile driver is initialized.	Applicable only to mobile execution (of web, hybrid, or native apps): Update Perfecto-specific desired capabilities in the application.properties file. If the existing capabilities are provided using driver.capabilities.xxx, update them to perfecto.capabilities.xxx.