WinAppDriver WindowsDriver<WindowsElement> url problems - winappdriver

Question

I have got a solution, it's actually a demo on how Win App Driver should work but I can't for the life of me get it to work. Using Win App Driver with selenium and appium web drivers (as mentioned at 5 minutes into this video). I have the solution as shown below and when I run my AddAlarm test I get the error ... "the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:4723".
The full error message is at the bottom of this post.
My question is, what do I need to do to make the application we're testing "Alarm & Clock" actually launch on the url 127.0.0.1:4723 is there anything I have to do to make it available on that url / port? Also, how do I verify is "app" and "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App" are correct in the setup?
//Class with my test "AddAlarm"
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Windows;
using System.Threading;
using System;
namespace AlarmClockTest
{
[TestClass]
public class ScenarioAlarm : AutoTest_SynTQ.UnitTestSession
{
private const string NewAlarmName = "Sample Test Alarm";
[TestMethod]
public void AlarmAdd()
{
// Navigate to New Alarm page
session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AddAlarmButton").Click();
// Set alarm name
session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AlarmNameTextBox").Clear();
session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AlarmNameTextBox").SendKeys(NewAlarmName);
// Set alarm hour
WindowsElement hourSelector = session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("HourLoopingSelector");
hourSelector.FindElementByName("3").Click();
Assert.AreEqual("3", hourSelector.Text);
// Set alarm minute
WindowsElement minuteSelector = session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("MinuteLoopingSelector");
minuteSelector.FindElementByName("55").Click();
Assert.AreEqual("55", minuteSelector.Text);
// Save the newly configured alarm
session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AlarmSaveButton").Click();
Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3));
// Verify that a new alarm entry is created with the given hour, minute, and name
WindowsElement alarmEntry = session.FindElementByXPath($"//ListItem[starts-with(#Name, \"{NewAlarmName}\")]");
Assert.IsNotNull(alarmEntry);
Assert.IsTrue(alarmEntry.Text.Contains("3"));
Assert.IsTrue(alarmEntry.Text.Contains("55"));
Assert.IsTrue(alarmEntry.Text.Contains(NewAlarmName));
// Verify that the alarm is active and deactivate it
WindowsElement alarmEntryToggleSwitch = alarmEntry.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AlarmToggleSwitch") as WindowsElement;
Assert.IsTrue(alarmEntryToggleSwitch.Selected);
alarmEntryToggleSwitch.Click();
Assert.IsFalse(alarmEntryToggleSwitch.Selected);
}
[ClassInitialize]
public static void ClassInitialize(TestContext context)
{
Setup(context);
}
[ClassCleanup]
public static void ClassCleanup()
{
// Try to delete any alarm entry that may have been created
while (true)
{
try
{
var alarmEntry = session.FindElementByXPath($"//ListItem[starts-with(#Name, \"{NewAlarmName}\")]");
session.Mouse.ContextClick(alarmEntry.Coordinates);
session.FindElementByName("Delete").Click();
}
catch
{
break;
}
}
TearDown();
}
[TestInitialize]
public override void TestInit()
{
// Invoke base class test initialization to ensure that the app is in the main page
base.TestInit();
// Navigate to Alarm tab
session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AlarmPivotItem").Click();
}
}
}
//Inherited class below
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Windows;
using OpenQA.Selenium.Remote;
using System;
using System.Threading;
namespace AutoTest_SynTQ
{
[TestClass]
public class UnitTestSession
{
private const string WindowsApplicationDriverUrl = "http://127.0.0.1:4723";
private const string AlarmClockAppId = "Microsoft.WindowsAlarms_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App";
protected static WindowsDriver<WindowsElement> session;
protected static RemoteTouchScreen touchScreen;
public static void Setup(TestContext context)
{
// Launch Alarms & Clock application if it is not yet launched
if (session == null || touchScreen == null)
{
TearDown();
// Create a new session to bring up the Alarms & Clock application
DesiredCapabilities appCapabilities = new DesiredCapabilities();
appCapabilities.SetCapability("app", AlarmClockAppId);
session = new WindowsDriver<WindowsElement>(new Uri(WindowsApplicationDriverUrl), appCapabilities);
Assert.IsNotNull(session);
Assert.IsNotNull(session.SessionId);
// Set implicit timeout to 1.5 seconds to make element search to retry every 500 ms for at most three times
session.Manage().Timeouts().ImplicitlyWait(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1.5));
// Initialize touch screen object
touchScreen = new RemoteTouchScreen(session);
Assert.IsNotNull(touchScreen);
}
}
public static void TearDown()
{
// Cleanup RemoteTouchScreen object if initialized
touchScreen = null;
// Close the application and delete the session
if (session != null)
{
session.Quit();
session = null;
}
}
[TestInitialize]
public virtual void TestInit()
{
WindowsElement alarmTabElement = null;
// Attempt to go back to the main page in case Alarms & Clock app is started in EditAlarm view
try
{
alarmTabElement = session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AlarmPivotItem");
}
catch
{
// Click back button if application is in a nested page such as New Alarm or New Timer
session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("Back").Click();
Thread.Sleep(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(1));
alarmTabElement = session.FindElementByAccessibilityId("AlarmPivotItem");
}
// Verify that the app is in the main view showing alarmTabElement
Assert.IsNotNull(alarmTabElement);
Assert.IsTrue(alarmTabElement.Displayed);
}
}
}
Test Name: AlarmAdd
Test FullName: AlarmClockTest.ScenarioAlarm.AlarmAdd
Test Source: C:\Users\ECombe.OPTIDOORS\Documents\SynTQCodedUITesting\AutoTest_SynTQ\SCN_Alarm.cs : line 30
Test Outcome: Failed
Test Duration: 0:00:00
Result StackTrace:
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.RemoteWebDriver.UnpackAndThrowOnError(Response errorResponse)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.RemoteWebDriver.Execute(String driverCommandToExecute, Dictionary2 parameters)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.RemoteWebDriver.StartSession(ICapabilities desiredCapabilities)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.RemoteWebDriver..ctor(ICommandExecutor commandExecutor, ICapabilities desiredCapabilities)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.AppiumDriver1..ctor(Uri remoteAddress, ICapabilities desiredCapabilities)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Windows.WindowsDriver1..ctor(Uri remoteAddress, DesiredCapabilities desiredCapabilities)
at AutoTest_SynTQ.UnitTestSession.Setup(TestContext context) in C:\Users\ECombe.OPTIDOORS\Documents\SynTQCodedUITesting\AutoTest_SynTQ\UnitTestSession.cs:line 28
at AlarmClockTest.ScenarioAlarm.ClassInitialize(TestContext context) in C:\Users\ECombe.OPTIDOORS\Documents\SynTQCodedUITesting\AutoTest_SynTQ\SCN_Alarm.cs:line 71
Result Message:
Class Initialization method AlarmClockTest.ScenarioAlarm.ClassInitialize threw exception. OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException: OpenQA.Selenium.WebDriverException: Unexpected error. System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:4723
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at OpenQA.Selenium.Appium.Service.AppiumCommandExecutor.Execute(Command commandToExecute)
at OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.RemoteWebDriver.Execute(String driverCommandToExecute, Dictionary2 parameters).

Answer 1

The answer in my case was to use Developer mode. The actual problem was winappdriver.exe closing immediately. More details here.