This decreases the size of an Appium install dramatically and makes it so that you don't need to install drivers that you don't need to use. With Appium 2.0, the code for these drivers will no longer be bundled with the main Appium server. They really ought to be developed as independent projects that implement the same interface and can be used equivalently with the Appium server. Decouple the drivers! Appium's platform drivers (the XCUITest driver, UiAutomator2 driver, Espresso driver, etc.) have very little in common with one another.If you've been around the Appium world for a while, you've probably heard that Appium 2.0 has been 'coming soon' for a very long time! I'm happy to report that work on it has been progressing well, and Appium 2.0 is now ready to use as a beta! Check out: Migrating to Appium 2.0(Part 1) - Capability Prefixes Appium 2.0's visionīefore we get into the details of installing and running Appium 2.0, it's worth mentioning some of the core goals for this next major revision of Appium:

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