This looks fantastic. Great work.
Show HN: I built testelf - app testing service for your iOS app
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#22Looks great, i run a mobile app agency and we are forever having issues due to developers not testing adequately, having some external company test would be really useful!
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#23This is a great idea sir. I signed up and hope to hear from you guys. I can use more eyeballs looking over our work. I really like not having to worry about provisions.
Re: Show HN: I built testelf - app testing service for your iOS app
#24How do you handle UUID signing? Do you tell me the UUID's I need to add? Just upload seems to not work with iOS apps, right?
You can sign ipa files with your developer (private) key. There's an app called InstaSign that I use for "testing" apps before purchasing them. You download a cracked version, sign it with your own key (so iPad thinks YOU have created this app, like when you do in Xcode) and see if it's worthwhile.
It's saved me a lot of money that otherwise would've wasted on scammy, buggy, "not-working-as-advertised" apps. If you're a developer (i.e., can sign apps and load them unto your device), give InstaSign a try.
They're probably using a similar method (as they seemingly test on iPad/iPhone, retina/non-retina, iOS5/6 devices and it might be a bit more work for you to add at least 6 new UDIDs).
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#25Congrats, looks really nice! (already forwarded to our testing team) If you add a 'proxy layer' to your solution, that would be awesome. To explain the scenario, it is really very valuable for us app startups to see how it behaves in China, in India, in Europe, in US etc. You may keep your current system intact, and 'if' the customer desires so, you can route your connection over those proxies(from real ISS'es) from…
I think this is a great idea too!
It would be an easy upsell to international developers.
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#26OP here. I quit my full-time job almost a year ago to travel and work on startup ideas, and this is the fruit of my labor in the past six months that I hope you'll find useful. I wanted to make it easy for startups and indie devs to test their iOS applications. How does testelf work? You upload a build of your app without providing any additional instructions, and we'll test your app from a user's perspective, loggin…
Brilliant idea for a business. I would love if you guys would do simple games some day. Hoping to give your service a try soon.
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#27How do you handle UUID signing? Do you tell me the UUID's I need to add? Just upload seems to not work with iOS apps, right?
You can sign ipa files with your developer (private) key. There's an app called InstaSign that I use for "testing" apps before purchasing them. You download a cracked version, sign it with your own key (so iPad thinks YOU have created this app, like when you do in Xcode) and see if it's worthwhile. It's saved me a lot of money that otherwise would've wasted on scammy, buggy, "not-working-as-advertised" apps. If you'r…
I was wondering how you did that. How do we know you're not simply cracking these apps to resell? It sounds a bit fishy is all.
Re: Show HN: I built testelf - app testing service for your iOS app
#28Why is "No provisioning necessary"?
This is a good question.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can sign ipa files with your developer (private) key. There's an app called InstaSign that I use for "testing" apps before purchasing them. You download a cracked version, sign it with your own key (so iPad thinks YOU have created this app, like when you do in Xcode) and see if it's worthwhile. It's saved me a lot of money that otherwise would've wasted on scammy, buggy, "not-working-as-advertised" apps. If you'r…
I was wondering how you did that. How do we know you're not simply cracking these apps to resell? It sounds a bit fishy is all.
Just to be clear, I'm not with testelf!
Just wanted to point that out in case you get the wrong impression of them not replying to your (fair) accusation :)