What's new in Suitest?¶

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Suitest changelog can be found at Canny.io.

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9^th January 2020 - Canny integration for Suitest news and feature requests¶

• All Suitest improvements and news will be shown at Canny.io changelog.
• As a Suitest user, you can also request features at Canny.io.

6^th January 2020 - Line screenshots on Android TV¶

Line screenshots are available on Android TV devices in automated mode (test packs). To start using screenshots, mark lines within the test editor. Make sure to update to the latest Android TV instrumentation library.

19^th December 2019 - Improvements to Slack notifications¶

Improved Slack notifications provide more information about Test packs and devices that were tested.

16^th December 2019 - Improvements to configuration variables and excluded lines¶

• Configuration variables can now be used anywhere within the Test editor and JavaScript API. The variables can be used in timeouts, counters, element properties etc.
• Lines that are excluded inside of the Test editor are now also excluded when running tests in automated mode (Test packs).

9^th December 2019 - Suitestify for Roku apps¶

Roku applications can now make use of Suitestify. Simply upload your package, enable Suitestify and add the domains that the application uses. Read more about Roku and Suitestify.

5^th December 2019 - runTest for JavaScript API and element property changes¶

JavaScript API changes:

• runTest() allows you to run tests that are created in the test editor directly from JavaScript API.

Changes in element properties selection:

• Element properties are unfiltered by default, meaning all supported properties will be used for the selected element.
• Selecting any properties will filter out the rest of the properties.
• Only selected properties are shown when element is selected inside of the element repository.
• Only selected properties will be added when element is used inside of the test editor.

3^rd December 2019 - Drag and drop for tests and elements¶

Drag and drop tests directly into the test editor to create snippet lines.

Drag and drop elements into the test editor to create assertion lines or fill in elements.

2^nd December 2019 - Suitestify for LG webOS apps¶

LG webOS packaged applications can now make use of Suitestify. Simply upload your package, enable Suitestify and add the domains that the application uses. Read more about LG webOS and Suitestify.

27^th November 2019 - Suitestify for HTML hosted apps, search by device owner, JavaScript async expressions¶

• Our Suitestify feature is now available for all HTML hosted apps. Check the docs section to learn on how to enable it for your apps.
• Device can be searched by device's owner.
• JavaScript async expressions are supported inside of the test editor. Read more about JavaScript async expressions inside of Suitest.

15^th November 2019 - Test editor interactive console¶

• Restyled the console inside of the Test editor.
• Added more information regarding network logs.

11^th November 2019 - Management of recorded infrared buttons¶

• Suitest now allows you to record or rewrite buttons which were either not recorded during initial device setup or were recorded incorrectly.
• Read more in the recording specific device buttons section.

29^th October 2019 - Xbox One network logs, Android TV and Roku console logs¶

• Added Xbox One network logs for all types of applications. This will allow you to make network request assertions. You will need to enable HTTP Monitor on the Xbox One.
• Android TV logcat will now be displayed in the Suitest console. Make sure to update to the latest Android TV instrumentation library.
• Roku BrightScript console will now be displayed in the Suitest console.

23^rd October 2019 - Roku RowList improvements¶

• Improvements made to selection of items within the RowList element. Once one item is in an active/focused state, all elements within the row become selectable.
• Improvements made to selection of PosterGrid, LabelList, CheckboxList, RadioButtonList, Video, ScrollableLabel, ScrollableText, Dialogs elements and their children.

10^th October 2019 - Test pack round execution results¶

• Added Executions tab to Test packs.
• Added exporting to Microsoft Excel and PDF formats for Test pack round results.

12^th September 2019 - SoloCandy is now supported by SuitestDrive¶

The SoloCandy can now be controlled via SuitestDrive.

• Control the SoloCandy via SuitestDrive or Raspberry Pi.
• The SoloCandy can be purchased for €29 even with the Free plan - check the pricing page for more information.
• LG webOS platform is currently not supported when using the SoloCandy via SuitestDrive.

10^th September 2019 - PlayStation 4 is now supported by Suitest¶

• Support for PlayStation 4 TestKit or DevKit.
• Support for HTML based WebMAF apps.
• Control via USB - CEC Adapter and SuitestDrive.
• Windows 10 host computer required.
• Update to latest SuitestDrive (minimum 1.6.11).

Please find all the setup details in the PlayStation 4 devices docs and instrumentation details in PlayStation 4 app docs.

26^th August 2019 - Run test exactly x times¶

• Added functionality to run a test specific amount of times. Run test exactly
• Renamed Run test always to Run test once

16^th August 2019 - Run test until¶

The until condition allows for the looping of a test until some condition is met.

8^th July 2019 - Set text on Roku¶

Set text is now supported for Roku. Set text directly for TextEditBox elements.

3^rd July 2019 - Line screenshots on Apple TV, Roku, Xbox One and Browsers¶

Line screenshots are available on Apple TV, Roku, Xbox One and Browser devices in automated mode (test packs). To start using screenshots, mark lines within the test editor.

In your test packs schedule tab, set when to make screenshots.

Once your test pack has finished, you can view the screenshots in the results page under the test definition tab.

11^th June 2019 - Send text on Roku¶

Send text is now supported for Roku. Send text and actions directly to the application or to specific elements.

3^rd June 2019 - Assertions on image loading state property¶

You can now assert on the loading state property of the image. You can check the following states: loaded, loading, error, unknown and empty. This property allows you to quickly check if the image element has been loaded correctly.

15^th May 2019 - Unified Interactive and Automation minutest into Testing minutes¶

In Suitest we aim to create the best, most intuitive product possible so you can focus on what you do best. Your feedback is essential to this process and this is why we decided to merge Automation and Interactive minutes into a single resource called Testing minutes, all thanks to customer feedback.

The change brings a number of benefits for you:

• No confusion between Interactive and Automation minutes anymore.
• Testing minutes will not be counted when you are connected to a device (Interactive mode) for device management purposes or just simply browsing inside the app using the virtual remote controller. You can be connected to your device as long as you want and not be charged any minutes until you start executing test lines.

Testing minutes will only be consumed during the following activities (for Suitest JavaScript API and Suitest web app):

• Time spent for test execution in Automated mode.
• Time of all tests and test lines running in Interactive mode (for own devices).
• Time spent in Interactive mode on devices that are shared with you.

To make things sweeter, we are increasing the amount of spendable minutes for the Sweeter, Super Sweet and The Sweetest plans.

Subscription plan	Current	New
Sweeter	900	1000
Super Sweet	2000	2200
The Sweetest	4000	4500

Only the Automation minutes that have been spent will be transferred into Testing minutes, and all Interactive minutes used before this change will be disregarded.

25^th April 2019 - Auto instrumentation for Xbox One HTML packages¶

Suitest is now able to inject the instrumentation library directly into an Xbox One HTML local context application package.

For more information please take a look at Xbox One instrumentation.

13^th March 2019 - Auto instrumentation for LG webOS and Roku platforms¶

Suitest is now able to inject the instrumentation library directly into the application package.

1. Create a new configuration via Add configuration or change platform to either LG webOS or Roku platform.

2. Select Inject the library automatically to activate automatic injection.

3. Switch to the App details tab.

   

4. On the App details tab, upload the application package.

5. Save the configuration.

For more information please take a look at LG webOS instrumentation or Roku instrumentation.

11^th March 2019 - Set text on Websites and visible action for HTML-based platforms¶

• Set text operation added for Websites platform.
• Visible action added for HTML-based platforms, allowing you to easily check whether an element is visible.

visible in JavaScript API:

await assert.element('logo').visible();

26^th February 2019 - Set text on Android TV, Apple TV (tvOS) and Xbox One Native¶

Set text operation added for Android TV, Apple TV (tvOS), Xbox One Native and soon coming to Roku as well. Allows you to Set text of an element on the mentioned platforms.

setText in JavaScript API:

await assert.element('loginTextBox').setText('login@suite.st');
await assert.element('passwordTextBox').setText('myPassWord');

25^th February 2019 - Configurable device power off¶

• Devices can now be configured to turn off after a specific amount of inactivity (not connected and no tests running).
• Possibility to not automatically turn off the device is also added.

21^st February 2019 - Improvements of Apple TV and Android TV platforms¶

• General improvements in the performance of Apple TV and Android TV devices.
• Faster connection to Apple TV and Android TV devices.
• Apple TV and Android TV devices can now be controlled via Virtual Remote Controller without an application running.
• New version of SuitestDrive (1.5.10).

20^th February 2019 - Boot sequence sleep function¶

For HbbTV/Freeview Play devices boot sequence is required to tune to the Suitest bootstrap channel. To make things easier we have added the Sleep(seconds) function into the boot sequence. The sleep function allows you to set between 1 and 60 seconds for the device to sleep before executing the next step in the sequence.

15^th February 2019 - JavaScript API v1.7.2 released¶

• Element's matches and network request's requestMatches and responseMatches can now be defined as a simple hash.

await suitest.element('my-element').matches({
    [suitest.PROP.WIDTH]: 100,
    [suitest.PROP.HEIGHT]: 200,
});

13^th January 2019 - JavaScript API v1.7.1 released¶

• Added syntactic sugar for checking video states. Release notes.
• isPaused(), isPlaying(), isStopped()

// Assertion
await suitest.assert.video().isPlaying();
// Element chains
await suitest.element({css: '#myVideo'}).isStopped();

18^th December 2018 - Versions & Sharing¶

• Released application versioning and sharing. More information.
• Share versions to other organization based on organization ID. More information.
• Create versions of an application, duplicate existing versions, apply and drop changes. More information.