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hockeyapp.net · Company blog · on HN since 2011
The HockeyApp team, later part of Microsoft, announced updates to its mobile app beta distribution and crash reporting service.
What HN saysCommenters recommend HockeyApp as an alternative to TestFlight for distributing betas and as a crash reporter for iOS apps.
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- 1Homepage9 people · first shared 2011
- 2HockeyApp Joins Microsoft1 people · 160 points · first shared 2014 · 64 comments on HN
- 3Adv. iOS crash reports for beta & app store and now improved beta distribution1 people · 13 points · first shared 2011 · 8 comments on HN
- 4We are Microsoft. We are here to learn. How can we help you build mobile apps?1 people · 9 points · first shared 2016 · 1 comments on HN
- 5HockeyApp is free now1 people · 3 points · first shared 2015 · discussion on HN
- 6HockeyApp is now free for all developers1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 7Thanks, HockeyApp. App Center Will Take It from Here1 people · 2 points · first shared 2018 · discussion on HN
- 8Introducing HockeyCoach1 people · 1 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
- 9Meet Visual Studio App Center – The Future of HockeyApp1 people · 1 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 10Transition1 people · first shared 2017
- 11Features1 people · first shared 2014
- 12Roadmap1 people · first shared 2017
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conradev · 2014-01-30
This is a great list! Here are some tools that I have also found useful that I don't see on the list:
Dash[1] - Quickly check documentation (like, really quickly)
objc.io[2] - Great reading on iOS and OS X APIs
HockeyApp[3] - Service similar to Testflight
https://itunes.apple.com/app/dash-docs-snippets/id458034879?mt=12, http://www.objc.io/, http://hockeyapp.net/
mentat · 2013-09-05
Since this is still floating around /best, I highly recommend http://hockeyapp.net/ SoundFocus is using it for their betas and it "just works" for distribution and updating. Feels like the app store too.
sashthebash · 2011-11-30
Don't believe the crash reports in iTunes connect, they lie, your app does crash... a lot, so add a crash reporter.
The best I found so far is the self-hosted QuincyKit (http://quincykit.net/) or if you don't want to fiddle with your own server, use HockeyApp (http://www.hockeyapp.net/).
joeld42 · 2017-06-10
You can use HockeyApp (https://hockeyapp.net/) or just get your friend's UDID and build an IPA yourself to distribute the build to your friend's device, even if he or she is remote.
Testflight is more intended for "semi-open" betas where you only have tester's email.
krohling · 2015-01-27
Take a look at HockeyApp, also Ship.io.
http://hockeyapp.net
http://ship.io
Rafert · 2014-10-23
Sorry to see that the older TestFlight seems to be losing functionality. Sessions show up as anonymous and remote logging doesn't work for me anymore. I'm thinking of switching to http://hockeyapp.net/
quadlock · 2012-05-15
I don't have lift either, but I use http://www.hockeyapp.net/ to deploy provisional apps via a direct install to iOS
ivm · 2017-01-18
https://www.hockeyapp.net (they were bought by Microsoft)
lumaxis · 2017-11-15
Hey! Engineer on the App Center team here. We have a detailed explanation of our HockeyApp -> App Center migration plans at https://www.hockeyapp.net/appcenter/transition/ but the gist is: We won't shut down before all HockeyApp users are happy with what we built and want to switch over. That also includes WPF support. The latest App Center SDK available on NuGet already supports WPF, support for Build and Test are coming in the future!
Sujan · 2017-11-15
Nothing in the transition roadmap from HockeyApp :/
https://www.hockeyapp.net/appcenter/roadmap/
Pephers · 2014-12-12
I found it quite easy to find on the front page of their website, http://hockeyapp.net/features.
kalleboo · 2013-09-20
I don't have to go very far to see a pattern... (skipped internal and NSFW urls)
http://amazon.co.jp
https://<private>.beanstalkapp.com
http://campl.us
http://daringfireball.net
http://engadget.com
http://facebook.com
http://google.se
http://hockeyapp.net
http://itunesconnect.apple.com
http://japantoday.com
http://kjell.com
http://news.ycombinator.com
http://onion.com
http://prisjakt.nu
http://quora.com
http://reddit.com
http://translate.google.com
http://xkcd.com
http://youtube.com