How to distribute iOS test packages with pre.im

Mass innovation, the development and testing of mobile apps, has been paid more and more attention in the open air of mobile internet. More open than the ios,android development environment. Android developers want to test the app by simply sending an APK installer, but for IOS it's a complicated task to take part in app testing.

Apple has integrated it into itunes connect after acquiring TestFlight, although it can help iOS developers invite users to help test the APP, but the process is still complicated.

In this context, the domestic authoritative test platform Testin launched a free app Beta distribution tool--pre.im. Pre.im operation process is simple, upload and download fast, by many developers sought after. Users only need to upload their own applications to the Pre.im platform, get the corresponding download short link and QR code, and then through or text messages and other ways to spread to testers. Such a way to meet the user's pursuit of simple psychology is also in line with the use of domestic developers habits. So, here's how to distribute iOS test packages with pre.im.

STEP1: Uploading Apps

1. Use the browser to open http://pre.im, click "Publish App" at the top of the page or "Publish Now" button in the page to enter the application upload page;

2. Drag and drop the installation package into the dashed box, or click "Upload Now" to select the installation package;

3, edit the basic information of the application, if the app is already on the shelves will automatically get the app information. You can edit your app here.

After the developer quickly uploads the mobile app to the pre.im platform, simply send the generated link via or SMS to the tester, and the tester gets udid feedback to the developer via the Pre.im platform, a very simple process where the participants can open the link directly or scan the QR code to download and install the iOS app.

STEP2: Get Download link

Here are a few ways to get there:

① App upload page will appear in the "app page address" column will automatically generate a random short address, if necessary, you can set one yourself;

② or to Application management, open the application editor, and post-upload editing is the same, there is "Application page address" column;

③ Application Basic Information page shows "app address", there is a QR code, that is, the QR code of the download page, click to enter the download page. You can also copy the QR code to the message to send, so that you can directly use the device scan message in the QR code for application installation.

STEP3: Installing the App

① use the device to open the app download page, you can click the link, enter the URL, or scan QR code to enter;

② Click the "Download Install" button on the download page to start installing the app.

STEP4: Developers collect crash information in beta users send feedback

The Pre.im SDK integrates features like shake feedback, Crash information collection, version update reminders, support for Android and iOS, full service for your app from post to feedback. All features can be used once the SDK is integrated.

With the Pre.im SDK, you can collect crash information and integrate the SDK provided by the pre.im in your application, and the beta staff simply "shakes" the phone to capture the current interface or doodle directly on the interface, to reflect the problem, to easily feed back to the developer, and the developer to pre.im Manage crash records with user feedback.

STEP5: Developing iterations

Submit the collected questions to the development team for the next version of the improvement work.

After introducing the specific steps of the beta distribution, we can outline a picture of Pre.im's services in app development and in-beta as a whole:

Summary

Pre.im is a beta distribution tool launched by Testin, which solves the beta distribution of Android and IOS apps. The services offered by PRE.IM include free application testing, hosting, and distribution platforms, which use minimalist operation, speeding up and down, and helping developers to reach the user's end of the app with the fastest development. Developers can easily deploy the app to the device by sending a short address to the test user for the app upload. The use of pre.im can eliminate the steps of Web development, server building and so on, and pre.im also deploys CDN to guarantee the download speed and stability.

How to distribute iOS test packages with pre.im