I am new to mobile testing. I have question: can I install a compiled application available on iTunes to download and install on Xcode simulator for analysis i.e. without having access to the source code or I have to request the programmer to provide me the code.
If it can be installed, please point to how.
Help is surely appreciated.
Just look for "ad hoc distribution". Also look here, the provide super testing facilities https://testflightapp.com/dashboard/
This will solve all your beta testing issues.
EDIT:
Regarding the question of debugging an installed app from iTunes:
This is what I found in the Apple docs: Q: How can I debug a deployed app without Xcode's debugger?
A: Once you have deployed your app, either through the App Store or as an Ad Hoc or Enterprise build, you won't be able to attach Xcode's debugger to it. To debug problems you'll need analyze Crash Logs and Console output from the device.
Related
I am wandering if it is possible to build a developer build in a file which can be downloaded from a/my server by my test users. As it is now I have to connect each device to my computer and build to it?
I have seen when building a phonegap build for iOS in Dreamveawer it generates a file I can install on my iPhone using a QR code?
Hoping for help and thanks in advance!
It is possible to do so but I'd suggest using the free and excellent TestFlightApp to manage distributing your developer builds.
If you do want to distribute an ad-hoc build on your own, then follow these instructions.
You can archive your app and save it for Ad-Hoc distribution.
Ad-Hoc distribution enables you to distribute your app through an HTML page, it means that clients could install the app using their iOS Safari.
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/ToolsLanguages/Conceptual/YourFirstAppStoreSubmission/TestYourApponManyDevicesandiOSVersions/TestYourApponManyDevicesandiOSVersions.html
Is it possible to use Xcode Instruments to profile a third-party app? Right now, whenever I trying to profile any third-party app installed on device, I got error saying
'Target failed to run: Remote exception encountered: failed to get task for pid '
Is there any settings that need to be configured?
From Apple documentation: For your protection, the instrument does not allow you to process any application that is not code-signed with your provisioning profile. This includes any copy that has been downloaded from the iTunes App Store.
UPDATE
As of more recent versions of iOS, you can only attach the profiler to your own developer-signed apps.
ORIGINAL
Using Xcode 4.4.1 and my iPad 3 running iOS 5.1.1, I'm able to use the Core Animation and Time Profiler instruments on third-party apps. I tried it with Twitter and Minecraft PE.
The profiles are rather useless since I don't have symbols for the apps. I just get a lot of addresses in hex. And Instruments won't even show me the disassembly of the apps. I believe this is because iOS, for security, doesn't allow Instruments (or gdb or lldb) to look at the address space of apps installed from the App Store.
I have finished developing a big and heavy app. It is universal (for iPhone and iPad), and now I am trying to publish it in App Store. I have done this other times, so I know how annoying it is.
I'm using Xcode 4.2 and devices with many iOS versions (4.2.1, 5.0, 5.1). My app is enabled to send Push Notifications, and it doesn't use iCloud.
I have tested it with development certificate, and it works OK. Now I've generated and downloaded Ad Hoc Distribution Provisioning Profile in order to test it in my iPhone and iPad. It seem like all is OK, but when I'm going to install the app (with the Ad Hoc Distribution Provisioning profile) with Xcode in any device, Xcode shows an error: "Error launching remote program: failed to get the task for process".
I've read this link it suggests two causes:
I am using Ad Hoc Distribution Provisioning profile when debugging the app in my device. This is not the problem, because I'm not debugging the app.
I specify a code signing entitlements property list in my build settings which does not include a "get-task-allow" or "Can be debugged" property. This is not the problem, because I'm not specifying any entitlements property list because I don't need it (or I think so).
Some people that have the same problem solve it adding the "get-task-allow" property to the entitlements property list. But I haven't that file. So the question is, Do I need to create it just for add the "get-task-allow" property?
If I don't , which is the problem? I'm not trying to debugging and I haven't entitlements p-list in my app.
Although my app doesn't need entitlements p-list, I tried to create it and add the "get-task-allow" property in OFF following this, but it didn't solve the problem.
I have also to say that althought Xcode shows the error during the installation in the device and the app shut off, when I start again the app, the installation is done and the app runs without problem.
I read the following similar thread, but they didn't solve my problem:
iPhone Debugging: How to resolve 'failed to get the task for process'?
Profile bug (Error launching remote program: failed to get the task for process XXX.)
iPhone Debugging Error launching remote program: failed to get the task for process 907
Error launching remote program: failed to get the task for process 699
Thank you so much.
I am using Ad Hoc Distribution Provisioning profile when debugging the app in my device. This is not the problem, because I'm not debugging the app.
This is exactly the problem.
You are trying to run an ad-hoc application from the XCode - it means to debug it.
You should archive your app and install it (an ipa file) together with the correct provisioning profile.
There are few ways to install the app:
Using iTunes - not trivial
Using an iPhone Configuration Utility - easier
Using some OTA (over the air) installation service (e.g. TestFlight site) - I use this all the time, after a couple of times it gets really easy and you can distribute your Beta version to remote devices (e.g. clients, friends etc.)
The problem look like you are running App from Xcode with Ad Hoc Distribution Provisioning profile.
After Archiving (Product menu > Archive ) the App from Xcode, you can get ipa.
You can install ipa via iTunes if you device already sync with your iTunes app.
https://testflightapp.com/ , I am using testflightapp for testing the app. It's easy to use and we can distribute to for test user.
I'm using macincloud service to try/play/learn about building iPhone apps. I have a dummy app, and I'll like to test it on my real device.
I've got the developer certificate, I've installed the profiles, but now I'll like to test my app on a real device. Because it is not possible to connect my iPhone to the macincloud servie and because I'm on a windows machine, how can I test my app on a real device(the one with UDID that was used in generating the certificates and provisioning profiles).
Is there any file that xCode is generating and it can be used to transfer on a real device from a Win7 machine?
You need to generate an archive in XCode, and then from the organizer click "Share" to generate an IPA file. This file along with the ad-hoc provisioning profile can install the app on a provisioned device via iTunes on a Mac or a Windows machine.
For info on provisioning your device for ad-hoc deployment, see here: http://mobiforge.com/developing/story/deploying-iphone-apps-real-devices or the apple developer docs.
Good Luck.
Correct answers have been given already. However, have a look at http://testflightapp.com . That might come handy when you go for more test devices especially when you want to distribute it to a beta testing community.
You want to do an Ad-Hoc build. You will have to read Apple's docs to see whats involved. Then you will have an app file you can install with any iTunes.
I've sent my iphone application to my testers and all but one complain that the get error OxE8003FFE when they sync their devices. They are not able to install and run the application.
I'm using an ad hoc distribution provisioning profile and all of the testers devices are included in the profile.
I'm not sure how to proceed and would really appreciate any help you might be to give.
One more interesting bit of information: The program is a universal iPad/iPhone application. My testers are able to install it on their iPads but not their iPhones.
Did you properly add entitlements.plist, and uncheck the box therein?
I would recommend having one device locally that you deploy to through iTunes (not building through XCode), to test that the IPA file will work for other testers. That may mean buying an iPod touch, even the very oldest one will do (if you are targeting 3.x users).
I'd suggest you to right click your package, find a file embedded provisioning profile and open it with TextEdit. See that the name of the profile you've signed your application is indeed of that of ad-hoc.
After that be sure you sent this file (embedded provisioning profile) along with your ad-hoc build to your testers, because they have to install it on their devices, it's not being done automatically and w/o that profile your ad-hoc build will not sync to the device.
After some back and forth with DTS I managed to fix this issue.
The problem was that I was compiling for armv7 only which caused the installation to fail on armv6 machines.
Another interesting bit, the default universal project template and iphone projects converted to universal will compile for both architectures by default, this didn't happen for me bacause my project was initially an iPad only project which I converted manually (since there are no automatic tools for this) to be iPhone/iPad universal, this is the probable reason for this setting being incorrect in my project.