diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/AndroidApplicationEntryPoint.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/AndroidApplicationEntryPoint.cs
index 33cb4cd1a..e55198bf6 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/AndroidApplicationEntryPoint.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/AndroidApplicationEntryPoint.cs
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ public override async Task RunAsync()
             logger.MinimumLogLevel = MinimumLogLevel.Info;
             var testAssemblies = GetTestAssemblies();
 
-            var runner = await CreateRunner(logger);
-
-            // if we have ignore files, ignore those tests
-            await runner.Run(testAssemblies).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var runner = await InternalRunAsync(logger);
 
             TestRunner.Jargon jargon = Core.TestRunner.Jargon.NUnitV3;
             switch (options.XmlVersion)
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/ApplicationEntryPoint.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/ApplicationEntryPoint.cs
index f03b7fb69..e3743769f 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/ApplicationEntryPoint.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/ApplicationEntryPoint.cs
@@ -29,10 +29,25 @@ public enum TestRunnerType
     /// Assemblies: Provide a list of the assembly information to run.
     ///     assemblies can be loaded from disk or from memory, is up to the 
     ///     implementor.
+    ///
+    /// Clients that register to the class events and want to update the UI
+    /// are responsable to do so in the main UI thread. The application entry
+    /// point does not guarantee that the tests are executed in the ui thread.
+    ///
     /// </summary>
     public abstract class ApplicationEntryPoint
     {
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Event raised when the test run has started.
+        /// </summary>
+        public event EventHandler TestsStarted;
+       
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Event raised when the test run has completed.
+        /// </summary>
+        public event EventHandler<TestRunResult> TestsCompleted;
+
         protected abstract int? MaxParallelThreads { get; }
         /// <summary>
         /// Must be implemented and return a class that returns the information
@@ -73,7 +88,7 @@ public abstract class ApplicationEntryPoint
         /// </summary>
         public MinimumLogLevel MinimumLogLevel { get; set; } = MinimumLogLevel.Info;
 
-        protected async Task<TestRunner> CreateRunner(LogWriter logger)
+        protected async Task<TestRunner> InternalRunAsync (LogWriter logger)
         {
             logger.MinimumLogLevel = MinimumLogLevel;
             TestRunner runner;
@@ -102,6 +117,17 @@ protected async Task<TestRunner> CreateRunner(LogWriter logger)
                     runner.SkipTests(skippedTests);
                 }
             }
+
+            var testAssemblies = GetTestAssemblies();
+            // notify the clients we are starting
+            TestsStarted?.Invoke(this, new EventArgs());
+
+            await runner.Run(testAssemblies).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            var result = new TestRunResult(runner);
+            // notify the client we are done and the results, but do not expose
+            // the runner.
+            TestsCompleted?.Invoke(this, result);
             return runner;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/TestRunResult.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/TestRunResult.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..42e4f2b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/TestRunResult.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners.Core;
+
+namespace Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners
+{
+    public struct TestRunResult 
+    {
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve the number of executed tests in a run.
+        /// </summary>
+        public long ExecutedTests { get; private set; }
+        
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve the number of failed tests in a run.
+        /// </summary>
+        public long FailedTests { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve the number of not executed tests due to the filters in a
+        /// run.
+        /// </summary>
+        public long FilteredTests { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve the number of inconclusive tests in a run.
+        /// </summary>
+        public long InconclusiveTests { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve the number of passed tests in a run.
+        /// </summary>
+        public long PassedTests { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve the number of skipped tests in a run.
+        /// </summary>
+        public long SkippedTests { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Retrieve the total number of tests in a run. This value
+        /// includes all skipped and filtered tests and might no be equal
+        /// to the value returned by ExecutedTests.
+        /// </summary>
+        public long TotalTests { get; private set; }
+
+        internal TestRunResult(TestRunner runner) {
+            ExecutedTests = runner.ExecutedTests;
+            FailedTests = runner.FailedTests;
+            FilteredTests = runner.FilteredTests;
+            InconclusiveTests = runner.InconclusiveTests;
+            PassedTests = runner.PassedTests;
+            SkippedTests = runner.SkippedTests;
+            TotalTests = runner.TotalTests;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/iOSApplicationEntryPoint.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/iOSApplicationEntryPoint.cs
index 14bdb44ec..1c8e13f13 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/iOSApplicationEntryPoint.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.XHarness.Tests.Runners/iOSApplicationEntryPoint.cs
@@ -31,11 +31,9 @@ public override async Task RunAsync()
             // we will write the normal console output using the LogWriter
             var logger = (writer == null || options.EnableXml) ? new LogWriter(Device) : new LogWriter(Device, writer);
             logger.MinimumLogLevel = MinimumLogLevel.Info;
-            var testAssemblies = GetTestAssemblies();
-            var runner = await CreateRunner(logger);
 
             // if we have ignore files, ignore those tests
-            await runner.Run(testAssemblies).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var runner = await InternalRunAsync(logger);
 
             TestRunner.Jargon jargon = Core.TestRunner.Jargon.NUnitV3;
             switch (options.XmlVersion)