Marketplace Testing If you skip it, it will kick you in the back by Ivan Kirkorau

agenda submission process overview typical issues to test pre-submission tweaks post submission q&a

submission walkthrough app hub account + ready.xap file description and comments –dev and testing comments upload images ( some unexpected sizes ) –should have high quality master images categories and pricing submit

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back & back again back = the source of all evil i.can you exit the app? ii.“back” cycles? iii.loss of state and crash iv.press back in unexpected places v.lost handlers/bindings

loss of internet if your main action is to download stuff – test the connectivity loss! how to simulate connectivity loss? connect device to a computer remove the cable/WiFi –when connected device ALWAYS uses PC internet connection

memory limit on devices with 90Mb at peak. how to get memory tests? use DeviceExtendedProperties –now DeviceStatus in 7.1 check ApplicationPeakMemoryUsage check ApplicationCurrentMemoryUsage

exception handling do not CRASH! notify the user with a solution: “try again later” “check your internet connection” “contact

black & white test dark and light themes –some icons may look unexpectedly white –some colors may not correlate well

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capability testing use “CapabilityDetection.exe” –c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\ Windows Phone\v7.0\Tools\CapDetect\CapabilityDetection.exe remove all unnecessary stuff –debug libs –test data –…

apply instrumentation Preemprive.com provide FREE wp7 instrumentation tools: dotfuscator monitoring and analytics ! not a single line of code required !

description you should think about users that will try to find your app, download and use provide keywords for search provide contact information in the description or inside the app

next submission process overview typical issues to test pre-submission tweaks post submission q&a

look up statistics number of downloads (AppHub) –results come 1 week late ads – pubcenter/adMob site preemptive stats – more/application-monitoring

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