---
title: "UI Testing for Your Xamarin.Forms Apps Webinar Q&A"
published_at: "2020-02-27T16:09:14+00:00"
modified_at: "2026-03-04T14:21:42+00:00"
url: "https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/post/ui-testing-for-your-xamarin-forms-apps-webinar-qa"
excerpt: "Xamarin UI Testing Webinar In Syncfusion’s latest webinar, “UI Testing for Your Xamarin.Forms Apps,” Codrina Merigo, a software engineer who works primarily with Xamarin, demonstrated different approaches to performing UI tests in Xamarin.Forms applications. If you missed it, tune in..."
taxonomy_category:
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  - "User interface"
  - "Webinar"
  - "Xamarin"
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  - "Mobile App Development"
  - "Testing"
  - "UI"
  - "Xamarin"
  - "Xamarin.Forms"
---

# UI Testing for Your Xamarin.Forms Apps Webinar Q&A

[Graham High](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/author/grahamh)

![Image](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/UI-Testing-for-Your-Xamarin.Forms-Apps-Webinar-QA.jpg)


## Xamarin UI Testing Webinar

In Syncfusion’s latest webinar, “UI Testing for Your Xamarin.Forms Apps,” Codrina Merigo, a software engineer who works primarily with Xamarin, demonstrated different approaches to performing UI tests in Xamarin.Forms applications. If you missed it, tune in to our [YouTube channel](https://youtu.be/BU17W_ndJLY)
, or watch it here:

We’ve reproduced the Q&A portion of the webinar here for your benefit.

## Questions and Answers

**Is the**** LadyBug application available on GitHub?**

Yes, it can be found here: [https://github.com/codrinamerigo/ladybug](https://github.com/codrinamerigo/ladybug)
.

**Is**** it**** better**** to**** run UI**** tests**** in release or debug mode?**

I suggest release mode.

**Can you enter the**** URL**** link for this blog?**

You can find the code and the presentation at [https://github.com/codrinamerigo/ladybug](https://github.com/codrinamerigo/ladybug)
. Some articles about UI testing can be found on my Medium blog at [https://medium.com/@codrinamerigo](https://medium.com/@codrinamerigo)
.

**Can you run**** the tests**** for iOS?**

You can run the project available on [GitHub](https://github.com/codrinamerigo/ladybug)
 on iOS.

**Are there differences**** between testing on physical devices**** versus**** simulators?**

I personally prefer physical devices, but nothing changes in the way code is written or run between devices and simulators.

**Can UI tests be**** run**** on a number of predefined device images but on a local server as part of a continuous integration flow****,**** such as when code is checked in? What about without online services such as Azure App Center but with device images within our own**** environment****?**

You can run your tests in a local TFS pipeline by creating some basic scripts and binding them to a trigger. On GitHub, in the PowerPoint presentation, there are some screenshots about the tasks.

**Have you done any work with UI testing and**** page object pattern****(POP)?**

None that is available on GitHub.

**Is it possible to test Xamarin.UWP apps? I only see Android and iOS in the NUnit test framework.**

For UWP another testing framework must be used.

**20 UI tests**** don’t**** sound like many for a project. What do you recommend if we need more than 20?**

Splitting the tests into more projects. I encouraged 20 for local installations. You can give any number a try for Azure or App Center.

**Is**** it better to run the UI test through App Center or Azure DevOps?**

They use the same test engine.

**Are there data privacy concerns when doing tests online?**

I suggest using a mock server and anonymized data in all cases while testing.

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