Chapter 11. Testing and Deploying

While the simulator is a quick way to design and build your app, there are many things that you cannot access such as the camera, accelerometer, or push notifications. More importantly you will need to test your apps on a device before submitting them to the store.

If you plan to release an iOS version of your app, then you need to submit your app through the Apple App Store. On Android the picture is different; the main player and focus of your attention will be Google's own marketplace, but there are alternatives such as Samsung Apps, Amazon, GetJar, and AppBrain.

Note

If you release your Android app on hosts other than Google Play, then users will have to enable the unknown sources option in the system settings before they can install it. See http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/41082/install-non-market-apps-on-your-android-device/ for more information.

In this chapter you will see:

• Testing your app on an iOS device

• Testing your app on Android

• Debugging your app...