Note: This post was originally published on Mar. 22, 2018 and was updated on Oct. 17, 2018 to reflect changes in TestFlight and Google Play. When it’s time to choose the tools to help you carry out your beta test, a beta app distribution tool is one of the first things you need to…
In today’s digital world, there are countless devices running numerous operating systems all around the world. To reach a larger audience, you would have to publish your mobile app on each of these different platforms. However, creating a mobile app for different operating systems isn’t an easy task, to say the least. You would basically create…
Apache Cordova is a mobile application development platform which allows you to create mobile apps using HTML5, JavaScript, and CSS3 through a set of Cordova development tools which are then turned into a native container allowing you to access the device functions of several platforms. Apache Cordova is now one of the most popular and…
There is no one perfect beta test management tool, with each having its own functionality and pros and cons. Some focus on build distribution, while others specialize in feedback collection and issue reporting. Below, we go through the most important features that you need to consider when selecting the best beta test management tools for…
Beta testing is a critical stage in the software development lifecycle. It helps refine your mobile app quality and improve its user experience, among many other things, which is why it’s crucial to integrate a third-party iOS beta testing tool for bug and crash reporting and to collect user feedback. Beta testing saves time, money,…
Beta testing is a critical stage in the software development lifecycle. It helps refine your mobile app quality and improve its user experience, among many other things, which is why it’s crucial to integrate a third-party Android beta testing tool for bug and crash reporting and to collect user feedback. Beta testing saves time, money,…
React Native lets you build mobile apps using only JavaScript. It uses the same design as React, letting you compose a rich mobile UI from declarative components. With React Native, you don’t build a “mobile web app”, an “HTML5 app”, or a “hybrid app”. You build a real mobile app that’s indistinguishable from an app…
Xamarin is one of the most popular cross-platform frameworks at the moment. Xamarin development allows you to develop Android, iOS, OS X, and Windows applications using Visual Studio and C#. It allows you to share code between your Android and iOS app and compile it into native code. It also provides the advantages of native…
Deciding on a bug tracking tool to use for the development of your app can be confusing. The sheer amount of tools that have surfaced in the recent years and the similar functionalities they offer can make it difficult to determine which one will be best for you and your team. Bug trackers are essentially…
Continuous integration, continuous delivery (CI/CD), and continuous deployment have drastically changed the mobile software development cycle, especially with the different continuous integration tools developers now use to ship their apps. As software development cycles are becoming faster, time to deploy apps and delivery cycles are becoming shorter and shorter. Instead of companies shipping new app…
Game engines are the way to go to properly develop a game and have full control over it. They do require advanced developers and experience, as they’re highly customizable and the possibilities are endless. However, they save you a lot of time by offering many preset modules, libraries, effects, and tools so that you don’t have…
Today, as an early Christmas present for all mobile developers and bug squashers, we bring you the Instabug Integrations Hub! The new landing page features our integrations with third-party tools commonly used with Instabug: the best bug trackers, project management tools, CRMs, and more. With these integrations, developers and testers can continue using their third-party tool…