How do I keep the browser open after a coded ui test finishes?

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2012 Coded UI tests for a web application. I have a test for logging into the app which starts the browser, locates the login dialogue, enters credentials, and then clicks ok. I have an assertion which checks for the correct url after the login. This test appears to function correctly. My problem is that it closes the browser after the test runs. I need to keep the browser open, so I can run the next test in my sequence. How do I do this?

At the moment, I don't have anything in my [TestCleanup()] section. I'm assuming that what I'm looking for goes here, but so far I haven't had a lot of luck figuring out what that is supposed to be.

Answer 1

I don't have the original source where I found this solution :( You can have a method like the one showed below. This method needs to be called in TestSetup. Also declare a class level variable _browserWindow of the tyep BrowserWindow

private void SetBrowser()
    {
        if(_browserWindow == null)
        {
            BrowserWindow.CurrentBrowser = "ie";
            _browserWindow = BrowserWindow.Launch("http://www.google.com");
            _browserWindow.CloseOnPlaybackCleanup = false;
           _browserWindow.Maximized = !_browserWindow.Maximized;
        }
        else
        {
            BrowserWindow.CurrentBrowser = "ie";
            _browserWindow = BrowserWindow.Locate("Google");
           _browserWindow.Maximized = !_browserWindow.Maximized;
        }

    }