Xamarin Dev Days NYC
Delivering Stable Apps
Greg Shackles
@gshackles
[email protected]
github.com/gshackles
speakerdeck.com/u/gshackles
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Ship It
A Cautionary Tale
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The Double-Decker Couch of Apps
by Vitruvius
This app is just…the worst.
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Don’t Be This Developer
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Set Yourself Up to Deliver Awesomeness
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Testing Approaches
Authentic User Tests
Simplistic Tests
Rapid
Iteration
Long
Cycles
Beta Testing
Manual Testing
Unit Testing
Automated
UI Testing
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Trust Me, I’m a Unit Tester
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Real Talk
There are a lot of devices out there
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Android OpenSignal, August 2015
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Android: API Level 14+ (Ice Cream Sandwich)
and growing!
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iOS: Growing Variety of Devices
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Xamarin Test Cloud Test on real devices
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Don’t Wait for Users to Complain
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)
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“…only 16% of people will try a failing app
more than twice.”
Source: raygun.io/blog/2015/02/software-errors-killing-app
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Be Proactive, Not Reactive
• Most users won’t actually report problems
• Those who do often do so through negative app reviews
• Get notified as it happens, and to whom it happens
• Crashes
• Errors
• Analytics