Apple TestFlight beta testing

[Chris Sheffield]

Mike,

You’re right. TestFlight is not new, but Apple’s implementation of it is. I’ve also been using TestFlight for years, and will most likely continue to do so in the “old” way for as long as possible, since we have to test our apps on a range of devices running various versions of iOS.

Apple’s “new” implementation requires the new TestFlight app to be installed on the device. The app requires iOS 8 to run. So if you have an app build uploaded to iTunes Connect, you can now specify to allow beta testing for that build. You can add the users you want to have access to it, and then those users open the TestFlight app in order to view and download any betas they have access to. It seems like a nice implementation, but it bothers me a bit that beta testing requires the testers to have iOS 8 on their devices. What if we want/need to test our apps on older versions of iOS?

Chris

> On Sep 11, 2014, at 9:03 PM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
> TestFlight is not new.  I've been using it for years (man, it's hard to
> believe we've had the ability to write mobile apps for several years, isn't
> it?).  Anyway, I just used it to distribute an ios7 beta to a bunch of
> users last week.  One of my users just emailed me tonight saying that he
> was able to do the install, so as of a few hours ago, it was still working.
> 
> On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 10:53 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macmail at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Silly question (I haven't done it myself) but is your app only for iOS 8?
>> 
>> I note that Testflight Beta Testing is only for iOS 8 so if your app
>> is built to be iOS 7 compatible maybe that then makes it's 'not
>> entitled' to be Testflight Beta Tested.
>> 
>> On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 1:57 AM, Chris Sheffield <cmsheffield at icloud.com>
>> wrote:
>>> So with the fix in LC 6.6.3, I was able to upload an app build to iTunes
>> Connect. I wanted to play around with the new TestFlight functionality.
>>> 
>>> But now when I go into iTunes Connect and try to enable the beta
>> testing, it’s telling me my build “does not contain the correct beta
>> entitlement”. I follow the link provided to get more info, which takes me
>> to the iTunes Connect Developer Guide, where I can find absolutely nothing
>> about “beta entitlement”.
>>> 
>>> Has anyone else tried it yet? I’m assuming something in the bundle’s
>> .plist file needs to be added/enabled, but not sure what. Which means
>> something in LC will probably have to be updated. I’m guessing we could
>> manually add what’s necessary to the .plist template before building, but I
>> can’t find any info on it.
>>> 
>>> Just thought I’d ask here to see if anyone’s given it a go yet.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> 
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