TestFlight keeps getting better

Just found out today that TestFlight improved their web site this week. They split the web site functionality in four sections: Dashboard, Builds, People and Support. I love the new organization: it is easier to grasp and work with.

Gotcha with TestFlightApp Live

Recently, TestFlightApp service launched the Live dashboard where you can see in real time statistics about your application usage. As soon as the service went live, I visited their web site just to find out that all my apps counters were at zero event if all of my applications are currently shipping with the current TestFlightApp SDK built-in. Why?

Well, it appears that in order for the Live dashboard to work, your submitted application to the App Store must be using the exact same build number as the one you have on TestFlightApp. In other words, before submitting your production build to Apple for review, you should submit the exact same build to TestFlightApp. Voilà!

A small but nice feature within the TestFlightSDK 0.8

Today I was doing some testing within my app and found out a nice feature of the latest TestFlightApp.

If you leave your testing device running the application that is under control of the SDK and you happen to push a new update through the TestFlightApp web service, you'll receive an alert within the app.

Effects of adding the TestFlightSDK on the IPA size

You want to add the TestFlightSDK to your iOS app in development and wonder how much the IPA size will increase? Expect to see about one megabyte size increase. 

Finally, starting the application on a iPhone 4S takes 4 seconds without the SDK but once the SDK is added the launch time stays the same.