triptych Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 https://app.io/safari It's like having a virtual iphone or ipad that you can test out via your browser. Great for testing your latest mobile game in a device if you don't have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiper34 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Thanks for it it is very useful for people without iOS dvices lie me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 That's really neat! I was worried it would just be an iPhone graphic with an iframe in the middle, but it's actually running on device and rendering the stream live to the browser. Very cool. $129/month is steep though! Cheaper to buy an iPhone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezelia Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 If you want to test on online emulators there is https://www.browserstack.com/ witch have many mobile models (not only iPhone/iPad) and the prices start from 19$/month but the problem of emulators is that the performances are not accurate, most iPhone/iPad emulators performs better thant the device for HTML5 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 @rich: Actually they are running multipe iOS emulators (that one from xCode) and streaming the visual output to the browser. So sadly not really running on a device Notheless, the technique is very impressive. I just don't get what one would want to use it for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 IF you made traditional apps for a living it would be well worth it. You could just send a URL to a client and have them test immediately, which is neat. For games it's a bit useless though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Well, you could present a working demo right on your website. On a second thought, thats pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixels Commander Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Yep, be attentive when testing HTML5 app with this service or emulator. It is not real browser. Even CSS layers sizing differs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnolet Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Hey all! Thanks for the feedback. I'm one of the co-founders of App.io The app.io/safari service is free; you won't need to sign up for anything. Our technology is actually designed to run full Objective-C apps via an iframe, and this was kind of just a fun spin-off that we thought might help a few people test/design mobile websites more easily. It is literally the iOS Simulator that comes with Xcode running in the cloud, so you should expect it to interpret CSS and HTML in the same way that iOS Mobile Safari does. It is an authentic version of Mobile Safari. This is cool too - you can point it to a specific URL on launch: https://app.io/safari?autoplay=true¶ms=%7B%22url%22%3A%22html5gamedevs.com%22%7D Happy to answer any questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remvst Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 The app.io/safari service is free; you won't need to sign up for anything. Our technology is actually designed to run full Objective-C apps via an iframeWhen creating Objective-C apps for iOS, isn't the emulator already available? I'm just trying to understand the point of the service. I'm sure there is one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnolet Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Great question! Two reasons: 1. Distributing test builds. In larger organizations and development studios where people need to quickly put the app in the hands of their team/clients, you wouldn't expect everyone (especially clients) to have Xcode, and alternatives like Testflight and Hockey App can be a pain to set up. Sending someone a link a webpage with the App.io demo makes it easy to get feedback. 2. Marketing apps. For example, we love this game called Prismadrop. You *could* pull out your iPhone, search the App Store, type in your password, download it, wait a couple of minutes and try it out ... or you could click here: http://app.io/prismadrop We shorten the funnel a lot. We also enable people to embed these demos on the Facebook News Feed - so suddenly these games get massive, inexpensive and viral exposure. There's a ton of peripheral use cases. Some people have started building 'Xcode in the cloud' using App.io, or portfolio websites, and some startups use us to share their apps with potential investors easily. Thanks for your interest! Does that answer the question completely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 I guess the difference is that we all make html5 games, so for us we can just put the actual games on our sites and link people to them. But for native apps it's a fantastic service for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remvst Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Thanks for your interest! Does that answer the question completely?Absolutely, thank you very much. Now I see the point of the service But as Rich said, you are not likely to find any clients here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnolet Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Haha, all good! It's built with HTML5. Does that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remvst Posted August 15, 2013 Share Posted August 15, 2013 Haha, all good! It's built with HTML5. Does that count? Probably, but I'm not the sheriff in town Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannesalfa Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 Nah, buy an iPod or iPad to test for 24/7. If you have slower connection, it's not worth to use this service. However if you run a small / medium business with more than 2 employees, you could use this service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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