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Add MacCatalyst multi-window support and app validation to TestCases.HostApp#33552

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This PR adds two improvements to TestCases.HostApp for MacCatalyst UITests:

  1. Multi-window support - Enables testing window lifecycle scenarios (open/close windows)
  2. App validation - Prevents running tests against the wrong app when multiple repos share the same bundle ID

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MacCatalyst Multi-Window Support

Added multi-window infrastructure required for testing window disposal scenarios:

  • src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Platforms/MacCatalyst/Info.plist: Added UIApplicationSceneManifest configuration
  • src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Platforms/MacCatalyst/SceneDelegate.cs: Created MauiUISceneDelegate subclass

This enables UITests that need to open/close multiple windows (e.g., testing crashes during window disposal).

App Path Validation

Added validation to BuildAndRunHostApp.ps1 to prevent running UITests against wrong app:

  • .github/scripts/BuildAndRunHostApp.ps1: Added pre-test and post-test validation for MacCatalyst

Problem: When testing locally with multiple MAUI repos (e.g., maui2 and maui3), macOS can launch the wrong app due to bundle ID collision (com.microsoft.maui.uitests).

Solution:

  • Pre-test: Fails if expected app path doesn't exist
  • Post-test: Verifies running process path matches expected app
  • Build marker: Writes JSON with repo path and build time for debugging

Testing

  • ✅ MacCatalyst app launches with multi-window support enabled
  • ✅ App validation catches bundle ID collisions
  • ✅ Issue33352 UITests can run and test window lifecycle

Related Issue

Enables testing for #33352 (ObjectDisposedException during window disposal on MacCatalyst)

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Pull request overview

This PR adds robust validation to BuildAndRunHostApp.ps1 to prevent MacCatalyst UITests from running against the wrong app when multiple repos share the same bundle ID. The validation ensures tests run against the correct code by checking app paths before and after test execution.

Changes:

  • Added pre-test validation that fails if the expected MacCatalyst app bundle doesn't exist
  • Added post-test verification that checks if the correct app process was launched by comparing executable paths
  • Added a build marker file containing repo path, app path, and build timestamp for debugging
  • Removed --level debug flag from the catalyst log command fallback to align with other platforms

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$arch = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::OSArchitecture.ToString().ToLower()
$rid = if ($arch -eq "arm64") { "maccatalyst-arm64" } else { "maccatalyst-x64" }
$expectedAppPath = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "../../artifacts/bin/Controls.TestCases.HostApp/Debug/$TargetFramework/$rid/Controls.TestCases.HostApp.app"
$expectedAppPath = [System.IO.Path]::GetFullPath($expectedAppPath)
$expectedExecutable = Join-Path $expectedAppPath "Contents/MacOS/Controls.TestCases.HostApp"
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The app path construction logic is duplicated between lines 235-240 and lines 346-350. This creates a maintenance burden if the path structure changes. Consider extracting this logic into a helper function or storing the path in a variable during the pre-test validation phase and reusing it in the post-test verification.

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# Write a marker file with build timestamp OUTSIDE the app bundle (doesn't affect code signing)
$markerFile = Join-Path $HostAppLogsDir "last-built-catalyst-app.txt"
@{
RepoPath = $RepoRoot.Path
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The property access $RepoRoot.Path may cause an error. The $RepoRoot variable is set on line 69 as the result of Resolve-Path, which returns a PathInfo object. However, the correct property for the full path is FullName, not Path. This should be changed to $RepoRoot.FullName or cast to string.

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RepoPath = $RepoRoot.Path
RepoPath = $RepoRoot.FullName

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& chmod +x $executablePath

# Write a marker file with build timestamp OUTSIDE the app bundle (doesn't affect code signing)
$markerFile = Join-Path $HostAppLogsDir "last-built-catalyst-app.txt"
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The marker file extension '.txt' suggests plain text, but the content is JSON format. Consider renaming to 'last-built-catalyst-app.json' to accurately reflect the file format and improve clarity.

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$markerFile = Join-Path $HostAppLogsDir "last-built-catalyst-app.txt"
$markerFile = Join-Path $HostAppLogsDir "last-built-catalyst-app.json"

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Write-Info " Expected: $expectedExecutable"
Write-Info " Actual: $actualPath"
} else {
Write-Warning "⚠️ WARNING: WRONG APP WAS LAUNCHED!"
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The double spaces between the emoji and 'WARNING' are inconsistent with other warning messages. Should be a single space for consistency.

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Write-Warning "⚠️ WARNING: WRONG APP WAS LAUNCHED!"
Write-Warning "⚠️ WARNING: WRONG APP WAS LAUNCHED!"

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@PureWeen PureWeen changed the title Add app path validation to BuildAndRunHostApp.ps1 for MacCatalyst UITests Add MacCatalyst multi-window support and app validation to TestCases.HostApp Jan 15, 2026
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Let's enable the Issue33352 tests when it gets merged #33606

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- Platform: MacCatalyst, iOS
- Key technologies: .NET MAUI, UIKit, Appium, Azure DevOps
- Testing: UI tests via Appium Mac2 driver, NUnit
- Issue: ObjectDisposedException in TraitCollectionDidChange on window
disposal
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- Window disposal sequence: Window.Destroying() →
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window?.Handler null check + try-catch in TraitCollectionDidChange
(lines 60-88)
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`src/Controls/src/Core/Compatibility/Handlers/Shell/iOS/ShellSectionRootRenderer.cs`
- REMOVED TraitCollectionDidChange override (lines 144-151 deleted)
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the catalyst failures are real

We'll see what copilot comes up with while I'm sleeping :-)

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Prevents running UITests against wrong app when multiple repos share bundle ID.

Changes:
- Pre-test validation: Fail if expected app path doesn't exist
- Post-test validation: Verify running process matches expected app path
- Build marker: Write JSON marker with repo path and build time

This catches cases where macOS launches an app from a different repo folder
due to bundle ID collision (e.g., maui2 and maui3 both using com.microsoft.maui.uitests).
Enable UIApplicationSceneManifest in Info.plist files and add SceneDelegate
to support multi-window scenarios in UITests.

This enables testing window lifecycle scenarios including window creation,
closure, and multi-window interactions.
- Add UIApplicationSceneManifest configuration to MacCatalyst Info.plist
- Create SceneDelegate.cs for MacCatalyst to enable multi-window scenarios
- Required for testing window lifecycle (open/close windows)
- Fixes blank screen issue when launching MacCatalyst HostApp
- Fix critical bug: Use $RepoRoot.FullName instead of $RepoRoot.Path
- Remove path duplication: Reuse $appPath variable from pre-test validation
- Rename marker file to .json extension (was .txt but contains JSON)
- Fix spacing: Remove extra space in warning message for consistency

All changes address code review comments from GitHub Copilot.
Copilot's suggestion was incorrect. Resolve-Path returns PathInfo which has:
- .Path property ✓ (correct)
- .ProviderPath property ✓ (also works)
- .FullName property ✗ (doesn't exist - would cause null value)

Tested and verified script works correctly with .Path
…alyst UITests

The UIApplicationSceneManifest and SceneDelegate were causing Appium mac2 driver
to fail with 'InvalidSelectorException: XQueryError:6 - invalid type' errors.
This is a known limitation of the Appium mac2 driver with multi-window apps.

Reverting to single-window mode fixes all MacCatalyst UITest failures.
The BuildAndRunHostApp.ps1 validation improvements are retained.
…eManifest)

Changes:
1. UITest.cs: Changed TakeScreenshot() to use ByClass instead of ByXPath for finding the window element. XPath queries fail with 'XQueryError:6 invalid type' on mac2 driver when multi-window is enabled.

2. AppiumCatalystApp.cs: Added overrides for FindElement and FindElementByText to use AccessibilityId/Name lookups instead of XPath, which is more reliable with multi-window apps.

3. AppiumLifecycleActions.cs: Added window activation and switching after app launch for Mac apps with multi-window support.
- Add window-scoped element search in AppiumCatalystApp for multi-window apps
- Modify Issue9075 test to use a top-level Label instead of nested CollectionView item
- Skip SwipeView CollectionView tests on MacCatalyst (accessibility limitation with nested elements)

The root cause is that when UIApplicationSceneManifest is configured for multi-window support, accessibility identifiers on elements nested inside CarouselView/CollectionView are not reliably exposed to Appium. This fix works around the issue by:
1. Adding fallback window-scoped searches
2. Modifying tests to verify page loading with top-level elements instead of nested items
3. Skipping tests that specifically need nested element access on MacCatalyst
…ching to window

When UIApplicationSceneManifest is configured for multi-window support,
XCTest/Appium's mac2 driver only sees the menu bar in the accessibility tree,
not the window content. This is because scene-based apps create windows
differently and the driver doesn't automatically switch to the window context.

The fix adds ActivateAppWindow() in AppiumCatalystApp constructor which:
1. Explicitly activates the app using 'macos: activateApp' script
2. Switches to the first window handle via SwitchTo().Window()

This makes the window content visible to Appium, allowing element lookup to work.

Also removes the temporary MacCatalyst skip from SwipeViewFeatureTests.
The multi-window support (UIApplicationSceneManifest) broke Appium element
lookup because:
1. Window context was not maintained between searches
2. Search strategy tried driver-level first, then window-scoped (reversed)
3. FindWindow() could return menu bar window instead of content window

Changes to AppiumCatalystApp.cs:
- Add EnsureWindowContext() to switch to correct window before every search
- Reorder search to try window-scoped search FIRST (primary for multi-window)
- Improve FindWindow() to skip menu bar and find content-rich windows
- Add query-based overrides to maintain window context for IQuery lookups
- Add MobileBy.Id fallback within window for elements using Id

Changes to Get-BuildErrors.ps1:
- Improve output formatting with proper column widths
…ssing

Two bugs were causing UITest failures with multi-window support:

1. Test name not passed to app: The condition `args.ContainsKey("test")` was
   required before setting testName, but args was often empty, so tests never
   navigated to their test pages.

2. Window-scoped searches cause StaleElementReferenceException: The window
   elements expire from Appium's cache quickly, causing stale element errors.

3. WindowHandles throws NotImplementedException: The mac2 driver doesn't
   support this endpoint, so calls to it always fail.

This fix:
- Removes args.ContainsKey("test") precondition - always set test name if provided
- Removes window-scoped searches - driver-level AccessibilityId search works fine
- Removes WindowHandles calls that throw NotImplementedException
- Simplifies AppiumCatalystApp.cs by ~160 lines

Tested locally: Issue3001, Issue1939, Shell TabBar tests all pass.
On MacCatalyst, environment variables passed to 'macos: launchApp' only take
effect on fresh app launch. If the app is already running, launchApp just
activates the existing app without applying new env vars.

This fix adds terminateApp before launchApp when a new test name is provided,
ensuring subsequent test classes correctly navigate to their test pages.

Note: 18 CarouselView/SwipeView/CollectionView tests still fail because these
controls do not expose their AutomationId to XCTest accessibility on MacCatalyst.
This is a pre-existing issue unrelated to the multi-window changes.
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- Add IItemsViewHandler2 interface with IsHeightConstrained property to track height constraint state
- Add maxSeenContainerHeight tracking in LayoutFactory2 to prevent layout oscillation (300→530→300)
- Add InvalidateForSceneWindow() in ItemsViewController2 to trigger re-layout after window attaches
- Update CarouselTemplatedCell2 measure constraints for unconstrained height scenarios
- Fix TakeScreenshot() for multi-window: find SceneWindow elements, pick largest, apply Retina 2x scaling
- Increase Issue27418 delay for layout stabilization on MacCatalyst
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…etina scaling

The Appium XCUITest driver already reports window coordinates in the same
coordinate space as the screenshot (physical pixels), so no 2x scaling is needed.
Simplified the screenshot capture to find SceneWindow elements and use largest window.
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Add a test harness and UI tests to reproduce and verify fix for Issue #33352 (ObjectDisposedException in TraitCollectionDidChange).\n\n- Added interactive sample page (src/Controls/tests/TestCases.HostApp/Issues/Issue33352.cs) that opens/closes Shell windows, rapidly toggles app theme, and includes a direct reproduction that calls TraitCollectionDidChange on disposed renderers (platform-specific handling for iOS/MacCatalyst). The page exposes buttons and status/result labels used by automated tests.\n- Added UI tests (src/Controls/tests/TestCases.Shared.Tests/Tests/Issues/Issue33352.cs) using NUnit/Appium to exercise theme changes, rapid theme toggles, and theme-change-during-window-close scenarios and assert that no ObjectDisposedException or crash occurs.\n\nThese additions automate verification that removing the problematic TraitCollectionDidChange override prevents intermittent crashes during window disposal.
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