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How as indie solo developer you test your game on so many mobile types ?

Discussion in 'Getting Started' started by umen, Aug 29, 2018.

  1. umen

    umen

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    Hello all
    I try to answer some basic questions about mobile / unity development .
    How do you from your experience test your game on so many phone types/sizes /android OS versions and
    iphone iOS versions?
    is simulators are enough ?
    Thanks!
     
    umen, Aug 29, 2018
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  2. JoeStrout

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    On iOS, there aren't so many different types. It's reasonable to test on just a few of these, and know it'll work on all of them (within your required specs).

    On Android, it's a lot harder. My solution is usually to not bother. ;) But if you really want to do it, then I guess just buy as many different Android devices as you can and hope for the best.
     
    JoeStrout, Aug 29, 2018
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  3. umen

    umen

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    Tnx , I'm not going to buy as many
    I have like 3 standard Android's and 2 iPhones 6 and 8
    I wander what Indies are doing ..
    It's looks to me like really problem
     
    umen, Aug 29, 2018
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  4. Ryiah

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    Same as you. Owning multiple devices and testing on them.

    If you're really worried about it though there are companies with mobile device farms intended for app testing.

    https://aws.amazon.com/device-farm/
     
    Ryiah, Aug 29, 2018
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  5. Joe-Censored

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    Get a few representative phones, and try to find a few at the extremes. Both hardware and OS versions. If you can't buy them try to borrow them or consider getting people to run a bit of beta testing on their own phones. There's also QA outsourcing companies which have a collection of phones for this type of testing, but it may be more cost than you are looking for.
     
    Joe-Censored, Aug 30, 2018
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