As we're about to say goodbye to 2021, I thought I'd provide an overview of some of the testing projects I've worked on this year - its quite varied as you can see below, from autonomous vehicles to covid testing! - luxury villas booking website - [...]
Google reveals fistful of flaws in Apple's iMessage app - BBC News #Google #Apple #iMessage #security www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-49165946
7-Eleven Japan's weak app security led to a $500,000 customer loss - Engadget - sounds like they could have done with some basic app testing #apptesting #testing #security apple.news/AbCab9NsxRDiJCXSnw14HEw
#Deliveroo and #JustEat customers complain of fraud - BBC News - takeaway with a side order of fraud pls #apps #security www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48719098
Performance improvements, including on older devices back to iPhone 5s and iPad Air Siri Shortcuts and new Shortcuts app Group FaceTime with up to 32 people at once AR updated with ARKit 2 includes new AR iOS app called Measure Screen Time - keep track of [...]
AudioKit Synth One Synthesizer on the App Store - highly recommended #iPad #synth #app with great sounds, great pre… twitter.com/i/web/status/1014099937985024000
Kubernetes bug ate my banking app! - The Register #bugs #Monzo www.theregister.co.uk/2017/10/31/kubernetes_bug_ba…
View Source – HTML, JavaScript and CSS on the App Store - useful #iOS #app to let you view source code in #Safari… twitter.com/i/web/status/861879423431258112
App Store, Google Play downloads hit 25B in Q1 - Mobile World Live #apps #AppStore #GooglePlay #iOS #Android… twitter.com/i/web/status/857868241691136000
Garadget faces backlash after locking out irate user - BBC News #PRfail #IoT #gadgets www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39502256
Desktop banking use falls, as users switch to apps - BBC News #MobileApps #iOS #Android #BankingApps bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
Over the course of the last 3 years, I've worked with many different clients of all sectors and sizes, and have used an amazing array of different technologies, apps, websites, applications, test tools and platforms. I thought I'd compile an A-Z of them and will add [...]
I’ve now upgraded my iPhone3GS from iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 6. This has been delayed mainly due to a freelance iOS App Testing project I was working on at iOS 5.1.1 plus also partly due to waiting for some fix version releases, to address any initial problems [...]
I’ve now upgraded my iPhone3GS from iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 6. This has been delayed mainly due to a freelance iOS App Testing project I was working on at iOS 5.1.1 plus also partly due to waiting for some fix version releases, to address any initial problems [...]
I've now upgraded my iPhone3GS from iOS 5.1.1 to iOS 6. I put this upgrade on hold, mainly due to a freelance iOS App Testing project I was working on requiring me to keep iOS 5.1.1 but also partly due to waiting for some fix version [...]
As I recently started using TestFlight for this, I thought I'd outline how the other way of delivering Apps to testers works - that is Ad Hoc Delivery. Firstly, the UDID of your iOS Device(s) has to be known by the Developer delivering the App to [...]
Last Wednesday, I went along to Day 2 of Apps World 2012, at Earls Court 2. I went for the full day, as there was more of interest during the morning session, especially around the area of Mobile Testing. My photos from the day are below, [...]
Last Tuesday, I went to the first day of Apps World 2012, at Earls Court 2. I went along to see what I could find out about the latest Apps and App Technologies, plus also to do some networking. Event photos from Apps World blog [...]
I've now started using TestFlight, which enables simple delivery for iOS Apps for testing. The idea behind it is that iOS App developers setup a project that testers can be added to. The testers can then access the latest builds of the App as and when required [...]
Part 2 covers how to obtain Crash Reports from iOS Devices by using Apps on your iOS device, after there has been an iOS App Crash The following Apps allow you to see Console logs on your iPhone and/or iPad: System Console - by Electric Labs Console [...]
Having tested several iOS Apps via the uTest platform, on both iPhone and iPad devices, I thought I'd share some of the tips and tricks I've picked up while doing this. iOS App Crashes A crashing iOS App is seen as the most serious type of [...]
Updated: 22 May 2012 I've done some research into the different Mobile Development Platforms, as there's now so many different offerings from different manufacturers. Here's the current state of play:- iPhone / iPad Objective-C using iOS development platform Android Java using Android SDK development platform BlackBerry [...]
I'm currently working on my first Android App, which is more a way of practicing Android SDK / Java development than anything. It's something fairly simple and also useful - a bet calculator to calculate bet winnings - currently called BetCalc.
Next book to work through is 'Android for Programmers' - from the Deitel Developer Series. This book contains 16 fully coded Android apps, giving explanations of how various functionality has been achieved. Apps areas include - Twitter searches, slideshow, quiz, games, calculator, drawing, weather and pizza [...]
I've now finished working through my first book on Android Development - 'Beginning Android Application Development' by Wrox. This book has given me a good introduction to Android development and I'd definitely recommend this book to those beginning Android Development. I really like the way its [...]
Continuing learning Android Development using the book 'Beginning Android Application Development' from Wrox. Today, completed Chapter 11 - Publishing Android Applications. This featured: - How to prepare your apps for deployment - Exporting your app as an APK file and signing it with a new certificate [...]
Continuing learning Android Development using the book 'Beginning Android Application Development' from Wrox. Yesterday, completed Chapter 10 - Developing Android Services. This featured: - Reasons for needing a service - Creating services that run in the background - How to perform long-running tasks in a separate [...]
Continuing learning Android Development using the book 'Beginning Android Application Development' from Wrox. Just completed Chapter 9 - Location-Based Services - This featured: - displaying Google Maps in your Android application - obtaining a Google Maps API key - using MapView in your app - from [...]
Continuing learning Android Development using the book 'Beginning Android Application Development' from Wrox. Now working on Chapter 8 - Messaging and Networking - currently looking at Networking and downloading binary data, such as bitmaps. This Chapter also features Web services, so that will be good to [...]
Currently learning Android Development using the book 'Beginning Android Application Development' from Wrox. Have worked through Chapter 2 - Activities and Intents - quite a lot of information to cover there, including:- - Creating an activity - Life cycle of an activity - The function of [...]
