Use Appium 8.6.0 with Selenium 4.13.0 +semver: feature

- Update maven dependencies to latest versions compatible to Java 8
- Add auto-release of package via GitHub workflow

This would be the last version that supports Java 8, as Appium and Selenium drop the support

.github/workflows/release-maven-central.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: Publish package to Maven Central
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    types: [closed]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Step 1 - Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Step 2 - Set up Maven Central Repository
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: "8"
+          distribution: "adopt"
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MVN_CENTRAL_USERNAME
+          server-password: MVN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MVN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+
+      - name: Step 3 - Install GitVersion
+        uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/setup@v0
+        with:
+          versionSpec: '5.x'
+
+      - name: Step 4 - Determine Version
+        id: gitversion
+        uses: gittools/actions/gitversion/execute@v0
+        with:
+          useConfigFile: true
+
+      - name: Step 5 - Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@latest
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+          BODY: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
+          VERSION: "v${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.semVer }}"
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+          release_name: ${{ env.VERSION }} ${{ env.TITLE }}
+          body: ${{ env.BODY }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+
+      - name: Step 6 - Publish package
+        run: |
+          mvn -Dmaven.test.skip=true -P release -Drevision=${{ steps.gitversion.outputs.semVer }} deploy
+        env:
+          MVN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          MVN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+          MVN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}

GitVersion.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+mode: Mainline
+increment: Inherit
+branches: {}
+ignore:
+  sha: []
+

LICENSE

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
       same "printed page" as the copyright notice for easier
       identification within third-party archives.
 
-   Copyright 2023 Aquality Automation
+   Copyright 2024 Aquality Automation
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

pom.xml

@@ -13,14 +13,20 @@
     <description>Library with core functions simplifying work with Appium-controlled applications.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/aquality-automation/aquality-appium-mobile-java</url>
 
+    <properties>
+        <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <revision>4.0.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
+    </properties>
+
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>
             <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
         <repository>
             <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
@@ -151,6 +157,12 @@
                         <goals>
                             <goal>sign</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                <arg>loopback</arg>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
@@ -161,7 +173,7 @@
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                    <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                    <nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
                     <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
@@ -172,19 +184,19 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.aquality-automation</groupId>
             <artifactId>aquality-selenium-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <version>3.1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.appium</groupId>
             <artifactId>java-client</artifactId>
-            <version>8.3.0</version>
+            <version>8.6.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.testng</groupId>
             <artifactId>testng</artifactId>
-            <version>7.5</version>
+            <version>7.5.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>