iOS testing iphone camera code

[farmerdoug]

I will be writing code for an iphone that takes images about a sec apart and looking for changes. I take it this means that I have to upload the code for testing. I guess I could probably take test images; put them in a library; run through them and test parts of the code in the iOS simulator.

Thoughts?

 

[Duncan C]

I will be writing code for an iphone that takes images about a sec apart and looking for changes. I take it this means that I have to upload the code for testing. I guess I could probably take test images; put them in a library; run through them and test parts of the code in the iOS simulator.

Thoughts?

Software that depends on specific hardware features like the camera, GPS, motion detector, etc, needs to be tested on an actual device. There's no substitute for the real target platform.

You might find a way to simulate some parts of your app's functions to make development faster, but you still need to test early and often on target devices.

 

[farmerdoug]

early and often ... like voting
Thanks

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

early and often ... like voting
Thanks

You shouldn't be voting more than once in a given poll...

More on topic, I disagree with testing earlier. If you can afford to shred a $100 bill, then go ahead and sign up for the paid dev program and test on device. Most of us prefer not to waste money like that.

I absolutely agree that you should test on device, but I would say try to make it so as much of your app that can work on the emulator as possible does work on it first. I made the mistake of enrolling in the paid program about 18 months before my app was ready to ship, and it didn't rely on hardware features, so I completely wasted that $100.

 

[farmerdoug]

At least it wasn't my $100 bucks. I also hope to have the app ready in under a year. But hope springs eternal.

 

[xStep]

Yes, as mentioned, certain features are only accessible on the device. For what you are doing I could see reeding from a files as god enough to get started.

By the way, AV Foundation has the ability to recognize image changes. It may be limited to visio though.

 

[farmerdoug]

Off to check out AV foundation and visio.