Xamarin.UITest Screenshot location

Question

I've got a problem with Xamarin.UITest, specifically screenshot feature. It is not working as expected.

I'm trying to copy "created" screenshot to another directory, but I get the following error:

Message: System.IO.FileNotFoundException : Could not find file 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\screenshot-1.png'.

I'm using this piece of code to copy image file:

var screen = app.Screenshot("Welcome screen.");
screen.CopyTo(@"C:\Users\someuser\Desktop\screenshotTest.png");

How to specify first path/location for screenshots, because the original path probably needs admin privileges, that I don't have.

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 28 '18 at 09:40

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Screenshots saved with App.Screenshot() are located in your test project's directory: MyTestProject"\bin\Debug folder where the first screenshot is named screenshot-1.

edited Dec 28 '18 at 09:40

Ali

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answered Dec 28 '18 at 05:44

Blake

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 23 '18 at 10:42

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Half solution to the problem: I downgraded NUnit from 3.11.0 to 2.7.0, so it works OK.

answered Oct 23 '18 at 10:42

Marko Jovanović

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NUnit 3 versions are not supported to use with Xamarin.UITest. The official documentation recomends to use NUnit 2.6.4 so basically you solved all about running your tests with Xamarin.UITest (including Screenshots) – David López May 19 '19 at 16:39
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NUnit 3 is now supported, woo hoo! – Damian Jul 15 '19 at 00:53

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 22 '22 at 08:52

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Use MoveTo() insted of CopyTo().

var screenshot = app.Screenshot($"{DateTime.Now}_{platform}");
screenshot.MoveTo($@"{Destination}\{screenshot.Name}.{screenshot.Extension}");

answered Mar 22 '22 at 08:52

Amartya Deshmukh

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 10 '23 at 18:44

My screenshots are saving to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp

Try this code

[TearDown]
public void Teardown()
{
   SaveScreenshotIfTestFails();
}

private void SaveScreenshotIfTestFails()
{
   if (TestContext.CurrentContext.Result.Outcome.Status == TestStatus.Failed)
   {
      var testName = TestContext.CurrentContext.Test.Name;
      var filename = $"{testName}.png";
      var file = app.Screenshot(testName);
      var dir = file.DirectoryName;
      File.Delete(dir + "\\" + filename);
      file.MoveTo($"{testName}.png");
   }
}

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Apr 08 '19 at 18:59

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Screenshots are saved to the Current Directory. Change it via Directory.SetCurrentDirectory.

answered Apr 08 '19 at 18:59

Roy John

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Xamarin.UITest Screenshot location

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