Improvements
Automation Testing
- Support for Appium 1.6.4, support for iOS 10.3, support for Android 7.1+
Manual Testing
- Support for iOS 10.3, support for Android 7.1+
- Improved screen streaming to reduce bandwidth consumption by 50%
Security
- Prevents downloading .apk and .ipa inside the device
Others
- Ability to display session in user-configured timezone
- Kobiton Desktop App now shows detailed steps when initializing devices
- Documented whitelist approach for app testing behind the firewall
- Many bug fixes
Customers update
Upgrade notes for customers hosting their own devices
The new Kobiton Desktop app (v1.9.1) requires a few extra steps during the setup process up on a Mac machine. Please follow the instructions below to update the Mac machine to run the new Kobiton Desktop app.
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Upgrade Xcode
- This version of the Kobiton Desktop App requires Xcode 8.3.2. Please download and install this exact version.
- Launch the Terminal app and run the following commands:
- $
sudo xcodebuild -license accept
to accept the new license - $
DevToolsSecurity -enable
to enable Development Mode - $
xcode-select --install
to update Command Line tools - $
xcodebuild -version
to verify the correct version of Xcode (8.3.2) is working properly
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Install ffmpeg
- Launch the Terminal app
$ brew install ffmpeg --with-x264
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Install Kobiton Desktop
- Quit the Kobiton Desktop App (if actively running)
- Login to portal.kobiton.com
- Click Download to re-download the Kobiton Desktop App
- Install and launch it