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Appium Java SDK

1.29.0 - 2025-03-10

Release notes:

  1. Added support for Apple Audit in the EvincedAppiumAnalyzer API.

1.28.0 - 2025-02-28

Release notes:

  1. Added support for Mobile Kit integration with a remote target;
  2. Fixed Content Grouping validation.

1.27.0 - 2025-02-12

Release notes:

  1. Introduced an optional feature allowing users to export accessibility reports in CSV format;
  2. Implemented support for AA-compliant Tappable Areas;
  3. Image encoding optimization;
  4. Updated Duplicate Names validation logic;
  5. Fixed Invalid Range values validation.

1.26.1 - 2025-01-07

Release notes:

  1. Fixed criteria mappings;
  2. Color Contrast validation bugfix;
  3. Fixed HTML report issue numbers and element IDs;
  4. Improved Conflicting Type In Label validation for iOS targets.

v1.26.0 - 2024-11-29

Release notes:

  1. Added criteria object to the runtime Report;
  2. Fixed Color Contrast validation for Jetpack Compose buttons;
  3. Improved WebView support;

v1.25.1 - 2024-11-14

Release notes:

  1. Fixed an issue where the WCAG criteria object was missing in output reports for certain cases.

v1.25.0 - 2024-11-06

Release notes:

  1. Added accessibility validation for Invalid Range Values for iOS targets;
  2. Enhanced image processing for Android WebViews;
  3. Updated open-source software license information.

v1.24.1 - 2024-10-22

Release notes:

  1. Improved accessibility validation support for Jetpack Compose;
  2. HTML report accessibility enhancements;
  3. Stability improvement and bug fixes.

v1.24.0 - 2024-09-20

Release notes:

  1. Implemented extended public API - EvincedAppiumAnalyzer;
  2. Fixed Conflicting Type in Label validation;
  3. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.23.1 - 2024-09-16

Release notes:

  1. Jetpack Compose support;
  2. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.23.0 - 2024-08-28

Release notes:

  1. Changes Tappable Area validation severity type from “Best Practice“ to “Serious”;
  2. Improved Tappable Area validation for inline links cases;
  3. Added SAT screenshots in HTML reports;
  4. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.22.0 - 2024-07-24

Release notes:

  1. Added no issues reports as a part of SubReports public API;
  2. Enhanced logging details.

v1.21.0 - 2024-07-18

Release notes:

  1. Added Label In Name validation;
  2. Added Accessible Name Starts With Label validation;
  3. Added Conflicting Type In Name validation;
  4. Enhanced stability and bug fixes.

v1.20.1 - 2024-06-21

Release notes:

  1. Enhanced stability and bug fixes.

v1.20.0 - 2024-05-29

Release notes:

  1. Added support for the Android Mobile Kit;
  2. Added the Platform Upload feature;
  3. Introduced validation for content grouping;
  4. Implemented validation for minimum text size;
  5. Added automated validation for locked screen orientation;
  6. Introduced an option to remove empty scans;
  7. Enhanced stability and bug fixes.

v1.19.0 - 2024-05-10

Release notes:

  1. Added new validations: Dynamic Fonts and Text Clipped;
  2. Improved Alternative Text validation logic;
  3. Stability improvement and bug fix;

v1.18.3 - 2024-04-01

Release notes:

  1. Improved the color contrast validation logic;

v1.18.1 - 2024-03-28

Release notes:

  1. Improved the tappable area validation logic;
  2. Improved the new HTML representation;
  3. Improved the special characters validation;
  4. Stability improvement and bug fix;

v1.18.0 - 2024-03-08

Release notes:

  1. Added improved HTML reports;

v1.16.0 - 2024-03-08

Release notes:

  1. Added the export of element identification for elements that do not have issues;
  2. Added Unique option name validation;
  3. Stability improvement and bug fix;

v1.13.0 - 2023-11-15

Release notes:

  1. Validations logic improvements (content grouping);
  2. Added a new validation (instruction in name);
  3. Added the export of meaningful labels;
  4. Stability improvements and bug fixing;

v1.11.1 - 2023-05-31

Release notes:

  1. Fixed meaningful accessible names and meaningful alternative text logic;
  2. Fixed tmp folder space usage for Linux.

v1.11.0 - 2023-05-25

Release notes:

  1. Added validation criteria to JSON and HTML output reports.

v1.10.0 - 2023-05-16

Release notes:

  1. Improving algorithms using OCR technology.

v1.9.0 - 2023-05-12

Release notes:

  1. Add new alternative text validation support (split of the accessible name);
  2. Fixed IssueType filters;
  3. Stability improvements.

v1.8.1 - 2023-01-19

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.8.0 - 2022-11-29

Release notes:

  1. Options to make report name as a function name;
  2. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.7.0 - 2022-09-16

Release notes:

  1. New functionality added for ability to trace from where report()/analyze() was called;
  2. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.8.1 - 2022-09-16

Release notes:

  1. New functionality added for ability to trace from where report()/analyze() was called;
  2. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.8.0 - 2022-09-16

Release notes:

  1. New functionality added for ability to trace from where report()/analyze() was called;
  2. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.7.0 - 2022-09-16

Release notes:

  1. New functionality added for ability to trace from where report()/analyze() was called;
  2. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.6.1 - 2022-08-19

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.6.0 - 2022-08-10

Release notes:

  1. Change log file is added;
  2. Color Contrast rule configuration is introduced in rule-config;
  3. Additional options to customize SDK behavior is introduced.

v1.5.0 - 2022-07-25

Release notes:

  1. Customize report name and report dir.

v.1.4.0 - 2022-07-11

Release notes:

  1. Adding RuleConfig options to manage the ability to disable/enable a11y rules and their customization as well;
  2. API change: move screenshotOptions to InitOptions.

v.1.3.2 - 2022-06-28

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.3.1 - 2022-04-29

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.3.0 - 2022-04-29

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.2.1 - 2022-04-20

Release notes:

  1. Fidelity Request with XML issue on macOS with M1 was solved;
  2. Chase Issue bug is fixed.

v1.2.0 - 2022-04-11

Release notes:

  1. Issue filtering by native elements is introduced. Now user can filter issues via native Appium methods for element selection;
  2. Saving Screenshots as links to files in JSON option is added. Now there are three options of screenshots inclusion: b64, links to files and both;
  3. Color Contrast validation improvement. Now the elements coverage is wider;
  4. XML decoding fixed (Chase request);
  5. Now the check of driver name is case tolerant.

v1.1.1 - 2022-03-17

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.1.0 - 2022-02-14

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.0.6 - 2022-01-25

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.0.5 - 2022-01-19

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.0.4 - 2021-12-15

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.0.3 - 2021-10-19

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.0.2 - 2021-10-15

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.0.1 - 2021-10-12

Release notes:

  1. Stability improvement and bug fix.

v1.0.0 - 2021-09-09

Release notes:

  1. Appium SDK for automated accessibility testing has been released.