Coded UI Test is not recognized by Test Explorer?

Question

GOAL

Build and run a Coded UI Test (the "CUIT").

ENVIRONMENT

• Visual Studio 2012 Ultimate
• Three websites and one CUIT project in one solution.

• Two startup projects. One is the application logic and the other is the interface.

• Successful recording of a CUIT available.

PROBLEM

The Test Explorer doesn't recognize the test and running all tests does nothing.

WHAT I'VE TRIED

• Rebuilding the entire solution by right-clicking on the solution and selecting rebuild.
• Rebuilding the entire solution by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+B.
• Click Tests -> Run -> All Tests

CONCLUSION

In the end, the bottom line, I can't get Visual Studio to recognize this test. I'm not in a position to build unit tests because I'm maintaining an old application that's just not built for unit tests - but I need to get some automated regression testing into it.

Answer 1

You made sure that the Test Methods had

  [TestMethod]

above them

Answer 2

You have a recording, but not yet an actual test. When you generate code for the recording, it should generate the actual CodedUI test. That should be picked up by the Test Explorer.