The SamplesApp in Uno.UI is an Uno application containing a large number of UI and non-UI samples. It serves a few purposes:
- Allow for manually testing new features and investigating bugs,
- Provide UI for automated UI tests,
- Allow automated comparison of static snapshots between Uno versions,
- Document the functionality supported by Uno.
This article details how to run SamplesApp and how to add a new sample.
For instructions on working with automated UI tests, go here.
The SamplesApp from latest master branch for WebAssembly is available online: https://unoui-sampleapp-unoui-sampleapp-staging.azurewebsites.net
To run the SamplesApp locally:
- Ensure your environment is configured for the platform you want to run on.
- Open Uno.UI with the correct target override and solution filter for the platform you want to run on.
- Select
SamplesApp.[Platform]
as the startup app. (Eg,SamplesApp.iOS
if you're running on iOS.) - If you're testing on a mobile platform, use a tablet if possible, as the app is optimised for a tablet layout.
- Run SamplesApp.
If everything builds successfully, the app will run. The app is a collection of samples, grouped into categories. You can navigate to a sample using the menu on the left.
Samples are located in the UITests.Shared
project. UI-related samples are generally grouped by control, or by functional area for samples that aren't specific to a particular control (eg VisualStateTests
). Non-UI samples are generally grouped by namespace of the tested feature.
Note that there's no 'master list' of samples. Instead, individual samples are tagged with SampleAttribute
(or SampleControlInfoAttribute
, for older samples), and the SamplesApp automatically picks up all samples using the attribute.
SampleAttribute
accepts one or more optional categories, as well as an optional Name
and Description
, and a ViewModelType
property which can be used to set a Type
which will be instantiated and used as the DataContext
of the sample control. If a category and/or a name aren't explicitly set, then the sample name and category will be automatically determined from the class name and the last part of the namespace.
Examples:
In the first example, no parameters are supplied to the Sample
attribute. The sample will be included under the name ToolTip_Long_Text
, in the ToolTip
category.
namespace UITests.Windows_UI_Xaml_Controls.ToolTip
{
[Sample]
public sealed partial class ToolTip_Long_Text : UserControl
In the second example, the category and name are manually specified, and a view-model type is specified to use as the DataContext
of the sample.
namespace UITests.Windows_Devices.Haptics
{
[Sample("Windows.Devices", Name = "Haptics.VibrationDevice", ViewModelType = typeof(VibrationDeviceTestsViewModel))]
public sealed partial class VibrationDeviceTests : Page
To add a new sample to the SamplesApp:
- Locate the folder corresponding to the control or class you want to create a sample for in the
UITests.Shared
project. The folder structure is typicallyNamespace_In_Snake_Case/ControlNameTests
. - Create a new
UserControl
from the Visual Studio templates, with a meaningful name. - Add your sample UI to the
UserControl
. - Add the
[Uno.UI.Samples.Controls.Sample]
attribute to the class in the code-behind partial file. - Double-check that the category name matches other samples for the control.
- Run the
SamplesApp
to check that your sample appears in the browser and works as expected.
Some tests cannot be validated automatically, and need to be flagged with the IsManualTest
property on SampleAttribute
. These tests will be filtered in the Samples App to be validated by a human.
The content of those tests must describe a scenario to follow, what to expect, and which exceptional conditions may need to be validated. If the result is visual, an image or video resource file may be needed as well.
Each CI build of Uno.UI records screenshots of each sample in the SamplesApp. A diff tool details screenshots that have changed from the previous master build, allowing unexpected changes in the visual output to be caught.
The WebAssembly head has the ability to be run through puppeteer, and displays all tests in sequence. Puppeteer runs a headless version of Chromium, suited for running tests in a CI environment.
To run the tests:
- Navigate to the
SamplesApp.Wasm.UITests
folder and runnpm i
. This will download Puppeteer and the Chrome driver. - Build the
SamplesApp.Wasm.UITests.njsproj
project - Press
F5
, node will start and run the tests sequentially - The screen shots are placed in a folder named
out
Note that the same operation is run during the CI, in a specific job running under Linux. The screen shots are located in the Unit Tests section under Screenshots Compare Test Run
as well as in the build artifact.
In the CI build, an artifact named wasm-uitests
is generated and contains an HTML file that shows all the differences
for screenshots taken for the past builds. Download this artifact and open the html file to determine if any screenshots
have changed.
It is possible to enable the chromium head using the configuration parameters in the app.ts file.
Performance is measured using BenchmarkDotNet, in the suite located in the SamplesApp.Benchmarks
shared project.
A few points to consider when adding benchmarks:
- Make a folder using the namespace separated by
_
- Avoid putting a large number of benchmarks in a single class. Those tests are run synchronously under WebAssembly, and this will allow for progress reporting to be visible.