# Espresso Tutorial

Applitools SDKs work with existing test frameworks to take screenshots of pages, elements, regions or iframes and upload them along with DOM snapshots to our Eyes server. Our AI then compares them with previous test executions' screenshots (aka Baselines) and reports if there is a bug or not. It's that simple!

# 1.1 Baseline vs. Checkpoint images

When you first run the test, our A.I. server stores those first set of screenshots as Baseline images. When you run the same test again (and everytime there after), the A.I. server compares the new set of screenshots, aka Checkpoint images, with the corresponding Baseline images and highlights differences in a pink color.

# 1.2 Marking the test as "Pass" or "Fail"

When the AI compares the baseline and the checkpoint image, if it finds a legitimate difference, it will mark the test as Unresolved. This is because the AI doesn't know if the difference is because of a new feature or a real bug and will wait for you to manually mark it as a Pass/Fail for the 1st time.

If you mark the Unresolved checkpoint image as "Failed", it'll only mark the current test result as Failed.

If you mark the Unresolved checkpoint image as a "Pass", then it means that the difference is due to a new feature so we set the new checkpoint image as the new baseline and mark the current test as Pass. Going forward we'll compare any future tests with this new baseline.

# A powerful test results dashboard

We provide a state-of-the-art dashboard that makes it very easy for you to analyze differences, report bugs and much more. For more information on the Applitools dashboard check out these articles.

The following Gifs show various tools Applitools provides to easily analyze various differences

# Highlight differences between the baseline and checkpoint

# Zoom into differences

# Toggle between baseline and checkpoint

# Show both the baseline and checkpoint side-by-side

You can select a section of the image and directly file a bug in Jira or Github. No need to manually take screenshots, write steps and explain things! To read more about bug regions check out this article.

1. Create a free Applitools account and get your Applitools API KEY

2. Install git from https://git-scm.com​

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   Installing git is optional. You need this mainly to clone the demo project from the Github repository. Instead of installing git, you can simply download the Zip file from the repo. Further, If you are using Mac OSX, you already have git.

3. Android Studio

1. Get the code:

   • Option 1: git clone https://github.com/applitools/eyes-android-hello-world
   • Option 2: Download it as a Zip file and unzip it.

2. Import the project into Android Studio

3. Run the test by clicking the Run Button to the left of the simpleTest() method.

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   This method is located in the ExampleInstrumentedTest.java file. Be sure to set your API key in the line that says eyes.setApiKey("YOUR_API_KEY");

# Include the SDK in your build.gradle file

// If using the Support Android Libraries, add the following dependences
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-espresso:4.+@aar'
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-common:4.+'
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-core:4.+'
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-components:4.+@aar'
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-components-support:4.+@aar'

// If using the Androidx Libraries, add the following dependencies
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-espresso:4.+@aar'
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-common:4.+'
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-core:4.+'
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-components:4.+@aar'
androidTestImplementation 'com.applitools:eyes-android-components-androidx:4.+@aar'

# Example Espresso Instrumented Test

import android.support.test.rule.ActivityTestRule;

import com.applitools.eyes.android.espresso.Eyes;

import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;

import static android.support.test.espresso.Espresso.onView;
import static android.support.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.click;
import static android.support.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.withId;

/**
 * Instrumented test, which will execute on an Android device.
 *
 * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
 */
public class ExampleInstrumentedTest {

    @Rule
    public ActivityTestRule<MainActivity> mActivityRule = new ActivityTestRule(MainActivity.class);

    @Test
    public void simpleTest() {

        /*
            **** If using Androidx, uncomment the following line of code: ****
        */
        //eyes.setComponentsProvider(new AndroidXComponentsProvider());

        // Initialize the eyes SDK and set your private API key.
        Eyes eyes = new Eyes();
        eyes.setApiKey("YOUR_API_KEY");

        try {
            // Start the test
            eyes.open("Hello World!", "My first Espresso Android test!");

            // Visual checkpoint #1.
            eyes.checkWindow("Hello!");

            onView(withId(R.id.click_me_btn)).perform(click());

            // Visual checkpoint #2.
            eyes.checkWindow("Click!");

            // End the test.
            eyes.close();
        } finally {
            // If the test was aborted before eyes.close was called, ends the test as aborted.
            eyes.abortIfNotClosed();
        }
    }
}

1. Forgetting to set your API key (or getting 401 exception):

   • Resolution: See here and here

2. Debug logs:

   • See this article to enable debug logs to help file support ticket

3. If you're using the AndroidX Components library, ensure you're configuring this in your Eyes test with the following code: eyes.setComponentsProvider(new AndroidXComponentsProvider());