[feature request] take screenshoot with the latest state before failing

[dabitdev]

currently, bitrise shows a video in the instrumentationTests but it is very difficult to see what happened if you have plenty of tests. The espresso logs does not help, it will be awesome if it is possible to take a screenshot as soon as the test fails and it is presented in the web.

This is an example how to capture a screenshot. It will require to extract the screenshots from the sdcard once all tests are done.

public static void captureScreenshot(final String name)
   {
      final File sdCard = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
      final File dir = new File(sdCard.getAbsolutePath() + "/FailedTestScreenshots");
      final String path = dir + "/" + name + ".png";
      final File imageFile;

// Get the current screen view
      final View screenView = _mainActivity.getWindow().getDecorView().getRootView();
      screenView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(true);

   // Create the bitmap which will be used for creating the screenshot image file.
      final Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(screenView.getDrawingCache());
      screenView.setDrawingCacheEnabled(false);

// Activity needs to be present for the screenshot to be captured.
if (_mainActivity == null)
{
 CustomLogger.d("Activity quit before screenshot could be  taken.");
}

// Check if the directory is already present, if not, create it.
// Also add useful error messages for logging.
if (dir.isDirectory() || dir.mkdirs())
{
  imageFile = new File(path);

  // Java 8 style try with resources handling that auto close any streams for you after task is done.
  try (OutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(imageFile))
  {
    bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 90, out);
    out.flush();
  }
  catch (final FileNotFoundException e)
  {
  Timber.d("Unable to find or create file for screenshot");
  }
  catch (final IOException e)
  {
  Timber.d("Unable to access I/O to create file for screenshot");
  }
}
else
  {
   Timber.d("Directory could not be created");
  }
}

[fehersanyi-bitrise]

Hello @dabitdev

these tests are running on firebase testlab, so this feature is out of our hands I guess, we send the artifact with the tests and get back the results.

[dabitdev]

it is optional to use firebase testlab. I currently use an emulator: NexusLowRes,24,en,portrait insrumentation

[bitce]

Hi @dabitdev, just to clarify this, the whole step is using the Firebase Test Lab solution, the device you listed is one of the devices you can select from their emulators.

[ivanatworkjam]

Hi, Shouldn't we be able to use this method to take screenshots?

[bitce]

Hi @ivanatworkjam!

You are absolutely able to use it 🙂

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