Show HN: iOS App Packager – Share Your App Without Requiring Testers to Register • Hacker News Board

I really like the idea. Testing on ios is beyond a major pain. When I read the title to the post, I thought you found some way to install on a real device without having to go through the testflight process (and submit the app to apple for beta review) via a simple install link. But it seems that the tester needs to have Xcode (i.e. be a developer caliber installer). This doesn't take away from the idea, though. Any improvement in ease of testing is huge.

I previously used testflight before Apple acquired it. They recently shut down the standalone website. I found that process way easier than the current process. All I had to do was send an email to a non-technical user and the app was installed. Now it's more hoops to jump through and ladders to climb.

Re: Show HN: iOS App Packager – Share Your App Without Requiring Testers to Register

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Post by navidsafa » Thu, Mar 12, 2015, 3:46 PM UTC

softdev12 wrote: post #4

I really like the idea. Testing on ios is beyond a major pain. When I read the title to the post, I thought you found some way to install on a real device without having to go through the testflight process (and submit the app to apple for beta review) via a simple install link. But it seems that the tester needs to have Xcode (i.e. be a developer caliber installer). This doesn't take away from the idea, though. Any…

Yes the current process is ridiculous.

That's true. We didn't get around having to install Xcode. Would be great if we could though. Suggestions would be great.

Re: Show HN: iOS App Packager – Share Your App Without Requiring Testers to Register

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Post by 1ngvarr » Fri, Mar 13, 2015, 8:51 AM UTC

Oh, i really know, this problem. Nice idea!