Mobly Release 1.4.1

Release note 1.4.1
Fix

• a bug in generate_tests that prevents it to be called when wrapped in other functions.
• a bug that exposed Mobly internal controller registry to tests.

New

• Support the new launch and connection mechanism in Snippet Lib 1.2.

Warning:
This release breaks AsyncRpc usage, so if you use AsyncRpc, skip to 1.4.2.

Release 1.4

New

• Brand new generated test. See BaseTestClass.generate_tests
  Please switch to new one since we're deprecating the old one.
• Support creating test suites where each class has a different config.
• Support usb id as device identifier.
• The token that marks begin and end of the test in logs has changed from [Test Case] to [Test].
• Launch MBS without package name with snippet_shell.py --mbs
• adb binary location can now be modified by test code.

Fixes

• Clear adb logcat cache before starting collection.
• Use default adb logcat buffer. if you need additional logcat buffers, set -b <buffer name> with adb_logcat_param in the config for AndroidDevice.
• Time out sooner when snippet server stops responding.

Test Suite; Windows Support and Cli Shell Changes

• Support running on Windows.
• Add support for creating test suites.
• Support UIAutomator in snippet.
• Fixes to adb commands to avoid double-quoting and fix cross-platform issues.
  • adb commands are now run without local shell. For commands with more than one argument, pass in a list of arguments instead of a string. Eg adb.logcat(“-c -v”) becomes adb.logcat([“-c”, “-v”]).
  • utils.start_standing_process run without local shell by default
  • utils.exe_cmd() removed. Use subprocess.check_output() instead.

New Config Format and Async Rpc Support

• New config format with clear compartmentalization of different types of configs.
• Utilize yaml format instead of json for new config.
• Added support for Mobly Snippet Lib's Asynchronous Rpc calls.
• Added support for handling async events from async Rpc calls.
• Various improvements and bug fixes.

SL4A Default No More

• Stop making sl4a a default requirement.
• Require explicitly starting sl4a with AndroidDevice.load_sl4a.
• Fix in android_device and snippet_client
• Fix various other minor issues.

AndroidDevice Controller Improvements

Bug fixes and improvements in AndroidDevice controller.

Snippet Support

• Add a client for making Rpc calls to apps built with Mobly Snippet Library.
• Add a controller lib for attenuators.
• Add customizable log prefix tag in AndroidDevice for better device-level logging.

Initial Release

Initial release of Mobly!