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UI testing for Windows apps with WinAppDriver and Appium

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Matteo Pagani
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Aug 27, 2019
In another post on this blog we have seen how telemetry is important to implement a good DevOps story for your software projects. Another important piece of the puzzle is testing. In order to be ag...
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tetsushmz
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Nov 16, 2019

Matteo Pagani

 

Hi,

>Please welcome https://github.com/microsoft/WinAppDriver (from now on, WinAppDriver), which is an open source service

I can't find the source code for the WinAppDriver.exe in the GitHub repo. As a matter of fact, its DOC folder's FAQ still says otherwise:

 

Is WinAppDriver open-source?

The WinAppDriver code is not currently open-source. Samples, tests, and related tools are open-source. We’re investigating the possibility of open-sourcing the WinAppDriver code.

 

I'm interested in the UI automation technology the WinAppDriver uses internally. The UIRecorder's cpp code seems to suggest it is https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/winauto/windows-automation-api-overview and not https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/ui-automation/indexIs it true?

 

Thanks!