I don't know if appetize uses an emulator or is like https://www.perfecto.io/ it doesn't really matter both are semantically the same. We produce an ipa that would work with perfector etc. and should work with anything that runs iOS.
On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at 10:07:24 AM UTC+2 P5music wrote: > Maybe that page is well crafted as SEO spam, but it seems that some of > those applications are true emulators. > For example appetize.io, it at least can run XCode bundles .app, and > maybe it can run any iOS app. > Now I want to further read that article but it would be interesting to > hear from you about the emulators from a technical perspective, for > examples if the iOS builds from CodenameOne server can run on any of those > emulators, or if a bundle could be created also as the build process output > to take advantage of similar products. > Regards > > Il giorno sabato 6 marzo 2021 alle 05:48:42 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha scritto: > >> That link is a SEO spam article that just writes nonsense to get clicks >> for specific keywords. I'm unfamiliar with most of those things but those >> I'm familiar with aren't emulators. E.g. the xamarin tool isn't an >> emulator. They have a tool where you can have a Mac in your office and then >> effectively debug on it with the simulator and remote screen mirroring. >> There are a lot of solutions like that out there that even have hosted >> physical devices in the cloud you can debug/test with. >> E.g. https://www.perfecto.io/ >> >> On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 9:59:22 AM UTC+2 P5music wrote: >> >>> @Shai Almog >>> Sorry the link was wrong both because it led to the italian version and >>> it is not relevant for what I am asking. >>> Please consider this page (I found other ones in search results in fact) >>> which talks about iOS emulators on Windows: >>> 14 Best iOS Emulators for Windows (2021 List) (connectivasystems.com) >>> <https://www.connectivasystems.com/ios-emulator-for-windows/> >>> @Dave Dyer >>> I just want to test the functionality of my CodenameOne app on a >>> reasonably reliable emulator, not performance or debugging or special >>> features, just cross-platform. >>> For example I could check the mouse events capture in the CEF >>> BrowserComponent. >>> >>> I have the possibility to test on a real device but via another tester, >>> I would like to test on other Apple models too, and, finally, doing it >>> myself is certainly better. >>> Regards >>> Il giorno venerdì 5 marzo 2021 alle 05:11:00 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha scritto: >>> >>>> I'm not aware of any iOS emulators but things might have changed. If >>>> you have something in English that might be interesting but only as >>>> general >>>> knowledge. >>>> Emulators are useless for day-day development. A device is a must have >>>> expense for these things. That's true for Android too which does have an >>>> emulator. >>>> >>>> On Friday, March 5, 2021 at 2:31:50 AM UTC+2 [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> If you're talking about testing, rather than debugging, I don't think >>>>> emulators can >>>>> possibly substitute for actual hardware. Ordinary debugging works >>>>> pretty well >>>>> from the simulator built into eclipse (or netbeans). >>>>> >>>>> OTOH if you're doing "desperation level" debugging of mysterious >>>>> crashes, it works >>>>> to compile from the codename1 sources and use the emulator built into >>>>> xcode >>>>> or a usb connection to a real device. >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, March 4, 2021 at 5:12:13 AM UTC-8 P5music wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I searched the internet to understand what can be done with iOS >>>>>> simulator and I stumbled upon the concept of iOS emulators, that they >>>>>> exist >>>>>> as far as I understand, also for Windows. >>>>>> Even an official tool is provided by Apple, it seems: >>>>>> Uso di TestFlight per distribuire app Xamarin.iOS - Xamarin | >>>>>> Microsoft Docs >>>>>> <https://docs.microsoft.com/it-it/xamarin/ios/deploy-test/testflight?tabs=windows> >>>>>> I have to deepen my knowledge of these things and whether it's free >>>>>> stuff or not, >>>>>> but I would like to know what do you think about that >>>>>> >>>>>> in regard to testing the iOS builds produced by CodenamenOne servers. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CodenameOne Discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/codenameone-discussions/f25c5f51-9330-4d53-a0fc-455c28329ae9n%40googlegroups.com.
