TestFlight
Original author(s) | Benjamin Satterfield Trystan Kosmynka |
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Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
Stable release | 3.3.0
/ March 9, 2023[1] |
tvOS 13 or later | |
Available in | 33 languages[1] |
List of languages English, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese | |
Type | Application testing service |
License | Freeware |
Website | developer |
TestFlight is an online service for
TestFlight initially supported testing of Android and iOS applications, but since March 2014, Apple has retracted support for Android.[8][9] As of 2015, applications must be published for TestFlight using Xcode, and testers must be invited using iTunes Connect.[4]
Developers can also provide a TestFlight invitation code to testers via email or a web page.[10] When the link is opened on an iPhone with the TestFlight app installed, a tester can directly install the beta app on their device. Developers can build beta tester groups directly using the App Store and Xcode integration and publicize these invitation links.
After invitation, up to 100 internal testers (with up to 30 devices each) and 10,000
History
TestFlight was founded by Benjamin Satterfield and Trystan Kosmynka on December 23, 2010, and was designed as a single platform to test mobile applications on Android and iOS devices.[12] It was acquired by Burstly in March 2012, and thereby gained the resources necessary to launch TestFlight Live.[12]
In 2011, Burstly raised $7.3 million from
On 17 December 2023, several terabytes of pre-release iOS apps were discovered on the
References
- ^ a b "TestFlight on the App Store". App Store. March 9, 2023. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-4493-2583-1.
- ^ Yeung, Ken (February 21, 2014). "Apple confirms that it has acquired TestFlight creator Burstly". The Next Web.
- ^ a b c d "TestFlight". Apple Developer. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-7356-7336-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4919-0970-6.
- ISBN 978-1-4398-9220-6.
- ^ a b Garun, Natt (January 26, 2015). "Apple to close the old standalone TestFlight beta testing service next month". The Next Web.
- ^ a b c d Perez, Sarah; Lawler, Ryan; Etherington, Darrell (February 21, 2014). "TestFlight Owner Burstly Acquired By Apple". TechCrunch. AOL.
- ^ Jain, Ashutosh (June 27, 2019). "TestFlight App | 65+ Redeem Invitation Codes [2022 List]". Tiny Quip. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
- ^ Miller, Chance (July 31, 2017). "Apple expands TestFlight tester limit to 10,000 users". 9to5Mac. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
- ^ a b Constine, Josh (March 5, 2012). "Why Did TestFlight Sell To Burstly? "We Couldn't Change The App Ecosystem Alone"". TechCrunch. AOL.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (March 13, 2014). "After Apple Acquisition, Burstly's SkyRocket Users Get 90-Day Notice". TechCrunch. AOL.
- ^ "Apple TestFlight servers from 2012 to 2015 leak, containing terabytes of data". Eurogamer.net. December 18, 2023.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://d193ln56du8muy.cloudfront.net/ipas/