The ipa is a zip of an app On Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 10:41:20 AM UTC+2 P5music wrote:
> I read somewhere that in certain cases, the ipa file is a zip file that > contains > also an .app file, so that it can be extracted and tested on a simulator. > Is it the case for CodenameOne builds too? > If not, could it be in the immediate future? > Regards > Il giorno domenica 7 marzo 2021 alle 03:17:01 UTC+1 Shai Almog ha scritto: > >> 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. 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