[HOW-TO] Configure Initialization of UCI App - opening app is really slow and loads page multiple times

[todstanis]

Login and OpenApp actually cause the same steps to occur multiple times and has long pauses for no apparent reason.

TestSettings testSettings = new TestSettings(TestCase);
WebClient webClient = new WebClient(testSettings.Options);
using(XrmApp xrmApp = new XrmApp(webClient))
{
	xrmApp.OnlineLogin.Login(uri, userName, password);
	xrmApp.Navigation.OpenApp(app);
}

Running the above test on a 9.1 Unified App takes about 1 min.

xrmApp.OnlineLogin.Login(uri, userName, password);

• Logins into the application in about 5 seconds and loads the app menu page. - I can visually see the login and load are successful.
• Waits about 5 seconds and then loads the page again
• Waits about 30 seconds and then loads the page again

xrmApp.Navigation.OpenApp(app);

• Loads the App page immediately. Takes a couple of seconds to be fully loaded and ready.
• Waits a few seconds and reloads the page again
• Waits about 20-30 seconds and the app menu slides out from the left and it selects the app again and reloads the same page.

Seems more like a bug, as I have essentially no special configuration or waits setup and I'm really only calling 2 lines from the UIAutomation library. v9.1.0.17139 of the library.

We don't have a default app configured.

Is there something I should be doing in my options/settings or some additional step or is this just a problem with UCI library? I know I can simply switch my startup url to include the landing App and not call OpenApp to at least cut the time in half, but I want to be able to switch between apps using the app menu eventually.

[3dmundbarton]

I've been seeing the same behavior (even with current latest 9.2.2). Presume it's a "why don't you have a look at the open source code and figure it out yourself". We're using a lot of custom apps and not default. I'll see if I can find the time to triage this.

[Zwuai]

This should have been fixed by this PR: #1085, it was previously running the app opening scenarios consecutively and each had a wait, and because the UCI option with no default app was running last you had to wait for it to try the non UCI and default app scenarios first, which would take 30 seconds to a minute. Now it checks the URL to identify which one it should be running.

[AngelRodriguez8008]

I tried in 4 environments, looks like change in the DOM in the landing page avoid to Open the App using both the Side Menu or the Web Menu. Just the App Tile is available, first time on landing page. Switch the App is not working in the current version.

Zoe (@Zwuai) is working for you?
I found that forceUCI is not being included in URL & WebAppMenuButton don't work.
Can you please review the PR #1150

[AngelRodriguez8008]

Some cause:

1. Any time that you change the App the flags (&flags=easyreproautomation=true,testmode=true&perf=true) should be added, that cause a page reload.
2. WebAppMenuButton seen to don't work anymore in the new environments in PR if AppId already in URL, move faster (some fixes) #1150 i move it back in the retrying list.
3. There is some unnecessary waits, removed in PR if AppId already in URL, move faster (some fixes) #1150
4. Some problems in the URL parameters checks cause unwanted reloads, wait actions & that the Switch the App does not work.
5. Some double checks are happening, I tried to fix it in Rollback #1089 & #1141 unnecessary changes #1149
6. Waiting times are too long, unnecessary for PCs with good performance. Pending to fix with Issue [FEATURE] Enable the commands retry mechanism for unexpected exceptions #774
   I will continue to work on improve the Login mechanism