Where is the screenshot file from Xcode UI Test?
Solution 1
Screenshots are stored inside your Derived Data folder. You can find this by going to Xcode, Window > Projects and click the little arrow next to your derived data path for the project.
From your project derived data folder (should be the name of your folder with a load of letters after it), go to Logs/Test
.
Inside the Test folder will be test summary .plist files with UUIDs in their names (one per test run) and a folder called Attachments
- the screenshots are in here.
If any of these folders aren't there, make sure you've run the tests first.
To work out which screenshot you want, you'll need to dig through the *_TestSummaries.plist file. Open it in Xcode and follow the test summary down to the SubActivity you're interested in. Some SubActivities don't have screenshots, and will have the HasScreenshotData
key set to NO
.
When you find a SubActivity with screenshot data, match the UUID for that SubActivity with the filename of the screenshot in the Attachments
folder.
My screenshots were located at: /Users/{username}/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/{project_name}-tywebfjsswmghapfjfbzhuazjf/Logs/Test/Attachments
.
In the .plist, I followed this path to find details of the screenshot data for an event: TestableSummaries > Item 0 > Tests > Item 0 > Subtests > Item 0 > Subtests > Item 0 > ActivitySummaries > Item 1 > SubActivities > Item 0
.
Solution 2
In Xcode 11, the contents of an .xcresults file changed to no longer include an Attachments folder that's browsable in Finder. You can still download individual attachments from the Test Report as shown in yoAlex5's answer, but to get the attachments without using the Xcode GUI, you have to use Apple's xcresulttool or a third party tool that leverages xcresulttool like xcparse. See this blog post for more information: https://www.chargepoint.com/engineering/xcparse/
Solution 3
To make screenshot you can call the next method
func makeScreenShot() {
let screenshot = XCUIScreen.main.screenshot()
let fullScreenshotAttachment = XCTAttachment(screenshot: screenshot)
fullScreenshotAttachment.lifetime = .keepAlways
add(fullScreenshotAttachment)
}
You can find screenshots in Xcode -> Report navigator -> select your test
Or go to
DerivedData -> ProjectName... -> Logs -> Test -> find .xcresult -> Show Package Contents -> Attachments
#For example
/Users/<mac_name>/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/<project_name>-<...>/Logs/Test/Test-<target_name>-<...>.xcresult
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Updated on September 26, 2020Comments
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Robert over 3 years
I'm interested how to find the location of a screenshot which is created during UI Tests of my app. I would like to understand how Fastlane Snapshot grabs this screenshot. After couple of hours of research I can't find location of those screenshots.
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Ohad Schneider about 7 yearsBe very careful with that folder!!! In continuous integration systems it can quickly fill up with millions of screenshots, at which point you are royally screwed (you will run out of space and good luck trying to
rm -rf
it).
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Leo over 7 years@Oletha Do you know which activities cause screenshots ? It seems to me that a tap causes a shot, but it's all trial and error.
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Oletha over 7 years@Leo I'm not 100% sure but most gestures (taps, swipes, scrolls...) cause screenshots, and screenshots are also often taken while locating elements or during assessing expectations. Fastlane's snapshot tool uses a rotation to an unknown orientation to trigger a screenshot event (which has no effect on the app): github.com/fastlane/fastlane/blob/master/snapshot/README.md - you can use this if you want to be in control of some screenshots. :)
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Leo over 7 years@Oletha I already have seen the trick in github.com/fastlane/fastlane/blob/master/snapshot/lib/assets/… I was just not sure about. Turned out I can try catch it and my test loop goes on. Great! You can mention it in stackoverflow.com/questions/39300947/… so I can give you credit.
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TheJeff over 4 yearsThank you so much. This was driving me crazy.