iOS Split View Supported devices

Device

Slide Over

Picture in Picture

Split View

iPad mini 2

Yes

Yes

iPad mini 3

Yes

Yes

iPad mini 4

Yes

Yes

Yes

iPad Air

Yes

Yes

iPad Air 2

Yes

Yes

Yes

iPad Pro

Yes

Yes

Yes 

Splitview screen dividation
           Landscape                              Portrait
             66-33                                 66-33
             50-50

      Ipad Air Splitview(2/3) Landcape
      Ipad Air Splitview(1/3) Landcape
      Ipad Air Splitview(1/2) Landscape
      Ipad Air Splitview(2/3) Portrait
      Ipad Air Splitview(1/3) Portrait

Apple Ref document for split view

Challenges of iOS app development 

    

  1. Challenge 1 – Navigation Panel in the Developer Portal
       The navigation panel could be complicated for those who are fresh into iOS application development. 
The more the iPhone developers use this portal the more easily they will be able to navigate. Just 
make sure that you have a prior knowledge about the portal.
    2. 


  2. Challenge 2 – iOS Application Compatibility
       There are various Apple products available in the market today including iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5S, 1st, 
2nd, 3rd Generation iPad Mini series and the iPad Air so it is extremely necessary for an excellent
iOS platform app to be compatible with all these products. Testing an application becomes highly 
important so that it can run smoothly thereby using TaaS product like Testelf or TestFlight can aid through this issue.
    3. 


  3. Challenge 3 – Beta Users Testing
       The best way for any application to be known and accepted amongst the consumers is allowing tests to 
be done through Beta users. They will be able to help you identify the possible failure conditions specific to your 
developed application. One such solution is testflightapp.com which comes handy for beta testing your app on the go.
    4. 


  4. Challenge 4 – Apple App Store Approval
       It is very necessary to know about the App Store guidelines before you start developing an iOS based application. 
One must conform to all the listed rules and regulations so that your app gets approved in the App Store. This will 
save your time and aid you through various investment challenges.
    5. 


  5. Challenge 5 – Poor Network Conditions
       The speed that you are using might not be the speed that your end consumer may be using. So it becomes highly essential 
that you pass your iOS app through a test done by the Network Link Conditioner which will help you in invigorating not 
up to the mark networks.
    6.

Challenges of Android app development 

Some key Android app development challenges are listed below:

    
   
  1. Software Fragmentation: There are many Android OS versions which developers find hard to keep up with .
when it comes to app development. It is impractical to focus only on the most recent Android version as not all 
users may have upgraded to the most recent OS.
    2. 

  2. Hardware Fragmentation: This becomes a big Android app development challenge since there are nearly 
170+ devices running the OS. Each device has different features with respect to keyboard forms, screen size,
 camera buttons, etc., making it a development nightmare.
    3. 

  3. No Software/Hardware Standardization: The huge number of devices running Android gives rise to another
 Android app development challenge–lack of software/hardware standardization across the devices. This becomes a
 nightmare for developers as each device has a different function for a different button.
    4. 

  4. Several Carriers: Android app development service providers should know that there are many carriers 
available for the Android OS, each with the freedom to modify the OS for their purposes. This only multiplies 
the fragmentation problems for developers.
    5. 

  5. Security:Unlike Apple’s strict guidelines for app development, no such governance exists for Android 
apps. As a result, many malware problems arise and software/hardware fragmentation only makes fixing the problems
 more difficult. This gives rise to tremendous amounts of security issues.
    6. 

  6. Market Research Costs: One of the biggest Android app development challenges for developers is the cost 
behind market research. Understanding the end user is key to Android app development, but can require a lot of 
research, making it costly for developers.
    7. 

  7. Patent Issues: The recent lawsuits indicate that several Android features may be declared as violation
 of patent issues. This can become a big Android app development challenge for developers.
    8. 

  8. Android Market Search Engine: One of the major Android app development challenges for developers is the
 Android marketplace. Android has more than 8 million apps on its marketplace today and getting your app visible
 amongst them is a challenge. As a result, even with a great android app developed, if you don’t pay attention to
 its promotion, you may lose out on gaining any traction.
    9.

Xcode and MAC OS versions 

Latest xcode and MAC OS X verison history
macOS 10.12
           Xcode 8.2.1
           Xcode 8.2
           Xcode 8.1
OS X 10.11
           Xcode 8.2.1
           Xcode 8.2
           Xcode 8.1  
           Xcode 8.0
           Xcode 7.3.1
           Xcode 7.2.1
                
OS X 10.11
           Xcode 7.2.1
           Xcode 7.0 
           Xcode 6.4
           Xcode 6.3.1
           Xcode 6.3
           Xcode 6.2
           Xcode 6.1.1
           Xcode 6.1

OS X 10.9
           Xcode 6.2
           Xcode 5.1.1
           Xcode 5.1
           Xcode 5.0.2
           Xcode 5.0.1

Android Versions Comparisn

Version nameKey user features addedKey developer features addedRelease dateAndroid market shareAPI Level
Android 7.1Nougat
  • Daydream Virtual Reality mode
  • Night Light
  • Storage manager improvements
  • Performance improvements for Touch and Display managements
  • Option to enable fingerprint swipe down gesture
  • Seamless system updates
  • Shortcut manager APIs
  • Support Circular app icons
  • Keyboard image insertion
  • VR thread scheduling improvements
  • Enhanced wallpaper metadata
  • Multi-endpoint call support
  • Source type support for Visual Voicemail
  • Carrier config options to manage video telephony
2016-10-040.2 %25
Android 7.0Nougat
  • Unicode 9.0 emoji
  • Better multitasking
  • Multi-window mode (PIP, Freeform window)
  • Seamless system updates (with dual system partition)
  • Better performance and code size thanks to new JIT Compiler
  • Sustained Performance Mode (SPM) API
  • Vulkan 3D rendering API
  • Daydream virtual reality platform
2016-08-220.5 %24
Android 6.0.1MarshmallowNew emojis2015-12-0729.6 % (6 - 6.0.1)23
Android 6Marshmallow
  • USB Type-C support
  • Fingerprint Authentication support
  • Better battery life with "deep sleep"
  • Permissions dashboard
  • Android Pay
  • MIDI support
  • Google Now improvements
  • Custom Chrome Tabs for better in app browser support
  • App Permissions management update
2015-10-0529.6 % (6 - 6.0.1)23
Android 5.1.1Lollipop
  • Speed improvement
  • Bug fixes
2015-04-2123.3 % (5.1 - 5.1.1)22
Android 5.1Lollipop
  • Multiple SIM cards support
  • Quick settings shortcuts to join Wi-Fi networks or control Bluetooth devices
  • Lock protection if lost or stolen
  • High Definition voice call
  • Stability and performance enhancements
2015-03-0923.3 % (5.1 - 5.1.1)22
Android 5.0.2Lollipop
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes
2014-12-1910.1 % (5.0 - 5.0.2)21
Android 5.0.1Lollipop
  • bug fixes, fix issues with video playback and password failures
2014-12-0210.1 % (5.0 - 5.0.2)21
Android 5.0Lollipop
  • New design (Material design)
  • Speed improvement
  • Battery consumption improvement
  • Several new API
  • Tracking battery consumption app
2014-10-1710.1 % (5.0 - 5.0.2)21
Android 4.4.4KitKat
  • Fix Heartbleed / OpenSSL vulnerability
2014-06-2322.6 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.4.3KitKat
  • Bug fixes
  • Enable Sprint Spark band 26 and band 41
2014-04-1422.6 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.4.2KitKat
  • Bug fixes
  • Security enhancements
2013-12-0922.6 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.4.1KitKat
  • Bug fixes
  • Enhance the camera on the Nexus 5
2013-12-0522.6 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.4KitKat
  • Screen recording
  • New Translucent system UI
  • Enhanced notification access
  • System-wide settings for closed captioning
  • Performance improvements
  • Public API for SMS management.
  • Improved memory usage
  • Security enhancements (SELinux enforcing mode, new cryptographic algorithms, VPN per user...)
  • NFC Host Card Emulation (for wireless payment, loyalty programs...)
  • Printing Framework
  • Storage Access Framework
  • Hardware Sensor Batching
  • Full-screen immersive mode
  • GLES2.0 SurfaceFlinger
  • Chromium WebView
  • Audio tunneling to DSP
  • Audio monitoring
  • Wi-Fi certified Miracast
  • New Bluetooth profile
  • IR Blasters API
  • Wi-Fi Tunneled Direct Link Setup (TDLS) support
  • Tools for analyzing memory use (procstats, on-device memory status and profiling)
2013-10-3122.6 % (4.4 - 4.4.4)19
Android 4.3Jelly Bean
  • Dial pad auto-complete
  • Photo Sphere enhancements
  • Camera app UI updated
  • 4K resolution support
  • Ability to create restricted profiles for tablets
  • Hebrew and Arabic right-to-left (RTL) support
  • Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) support
  • Bluetooth Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) 1.3 support
  • Security and performance enhancements
  • OpenGL for Embedded Systems 3.0 graphics support
  • Logging and analyzing enhancements
  • Wi-Fi scanning API
  • Improved DRM (digital rights management) API
  • VP8 encoding
2013-07-241.7 % (4.3)18
Android 4.2.2Jelly Bean
  • Allow toggling Wi-Fi and Bluetooth state in Quick Settings using long-press
  • Shows the percentage and estimated time remaining in the active download notifications
  • Wireless charging and low battery sounds changed
  • Gallery app updated for faster loading with new image transition
  • Performance enhancements and bug fixes (Bluetooth A2DP audio streaming fix...)
  • Secure USB debugging (allow debugging to authenticated computers only)
2013-02-115.9 % (4.2 - 4.2.2)17
Android 4.2.1Jelly Bean
  • Fix missing december bug in the People app
  • Add support for Bluetooth gamepads and joysticks HID devices
2012-11-275.9 % (4.2 - 4.2.2)17
Android 4.2Jelly Bean
  • Lockscreen widgets
  • 360 degree images with Photo Sphere
  • Gesture Typing, for faster typing
  • Wireless display with Miracast
  • Daydream to display information when idle or docked
  • Multi-user for tablets
  • vsync timing
  • Triple buffering
  • reduced touch latency
  • CPU input boost
  • Native RTL support - mirrors the display from manifest prop
  • External display support - Display Manager
  • Nested fragments
  • Renderscript Compute - run tasks on the GPU (supported devices)
  • Renderscript ScriptGroups, built-in intrinsics like blur,
  • FilterScript is a subset of Renderscript made for high performance image processing
2012-11-135.9 % (4.2 - 4.2.2)17
Android 4.1.2Jelly Bean
  • Enable Home screen rotation
  • Fix bugs and enhance performances
2012-10-094 % (4.1 - 4.1.2)16
Android 4.1.1Jelly Bean
  • Fix a bug on screen orientation
2012-07-234 % (4.1 - 4.1.2)16
Android 4.1Jelly Bean
  • Google Now ( http://youtu.be/pPqliPzHYyc )
  • Voice Search
  • Speed enhancements
  • Camera app improvements
  • Accessibility: gesture mode, enable braille external keyboards...
  • app stack navigation to define a parent activity in manifest for deep navigation
  • MediaActionSound class to make sounds like when a camera takes a photo
  • NFC supports large payloads over bluetooth
  • WIFI/WIFI-Direct service discovery
  • Large, detailed, multi-action notifications
  • Input manager allows you to query input devices
2012-07-094 % (4.1 - 4.1.2)16
Android 4.0.4Ice Cream Sandwich
  • stability improvements
  • better camera performance
  • smoother screen rotation
2012-03-281.1 % (4.0.3 - 4.0.4)15
Android 3.2.6HoneycombMinor fixes2012-02-150 %13
Android 4.0.3Ice Cream Sandwich
  • Social stream API in Contacts provider to show updates associated to your contacts
  • Video stabilization and QVGA video resolution API access
  • Accessibility API refinements for screen readers
  • Calendar provider updates
2011-12-161.1 % (4.0.3 - 4.0.4)15
Android 3.2.4HoneycombAdded "Pay as you go" for tablets2011-12-150 %13
Android 4.0.2Ice Cream SandwichMinor fixes2011-11-280 %14
Android 4.0.1Ice Cream Sandwich
  • Facial recognition (Face Unlock)
  • UI use Hardware acceleration
  • Better voice recognition (dictating/Voice typing)
  • Web browser, allows up to 16 tabs
  • Updated launcher (customizable)
  • Android Beam app to exchange data through NFC
2011-10-190 %14
Android 4.0Ice Cream Sandwich
  • New lock screen actions
  • Improved text input and spell-checking
  • Control over network data
  • Email app supports EAS v14
  • WI-FI direct
  • BlueTooth Health Device Profile
  • Low-level streaming multimedia (Khronos OpenMAX AL
  • Grid Layout
  • Spell checking service
  • Address Space Layout Randomization
  • VPN client API
  • Remote Device camera enable/disable
  • ZSL exposure, continuous focus, and image zoom
  • Flags to help control system ui elements like system bar from apps
2011-10-180 %14
Android 3.2.2HoneycombMinor fixes2011-09-300 %13
Android 2.3.7Gingerbread
  • Google Wallet support for the Nexus S 4G
2011-09-211 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7)10
Android 3.2.1Honeycomb
  • Android Market updates including easier automatic updates
  • Google Books updates
  • Wi-Fi improvements
  • Chinese handwriting prediction improved
2011-09-200 %13
Android 2.3.6Gingerbread
  • Voice search issue fixed
2011-09-021 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7)10
Android 2.3.5Gingerbread
  • Improved network performance for the Nexus S 4G
  • Fixed Bluetooth issues on the Samsung Galaxy S
  • Gmail app. improvements
2011-07-251 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7)10
Android 3.2Honeycomb
  • Optimizations for a wider range of tablets
  • Compatibility display mode (zoom for fixed-sized apps)
  • Media sync from SD card
  • Extended API for managing screens support
    • New resource qualifiers for screens support
    • New manifest attributes for screen-size compatibility
    • Screen compatibility mode which allows for phone apps to appear as if they were still on a phone
2011-07-150 %13
Android 2.3.4Gingerbread
  • Voice or video chat using Google Talk
  • Open Accessory API
2011-05-101 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7)10
Android 3.1Honeycomb
  • UI improvements
  • Open Accessory API
  • USB host API
  • Mice, joysticks, gamepads... support
  • Resizable Home screen widgets
  • MTP notifications
  • RTP API for audio
2011-05-100 %12
Android 3.0Honeycomb
  • Multi core support
  • Better tablet support
  • Updated 3D UI
    • customizable homescreens
    • recent applications viewing
    • redone keyboard layout
  • Media/Picture transport protocol
  • Google Talk video chat
  • Google eBooks
  • "Private browsing"
  • System-wide Clipboard
  • HTTP Live streaming
  • contextual action bar
  • Fragments first introduced(support library now supports it as well)
  • Hardware-accelerated 2D graphics
  • Renderscript 3D graphics engine
  • Pluggable DRM framework
  • device administration
  • High performance Animation Framework
  • RTP streaming API
  • Forced rendering of layers
  • High performance WIFI lock
  • Vew network traffic stats
  • ADTS AAC and FLAC audio
  • LRU cache
2011-02-220 %11
Android 2.3.3Gingerbread
  • NFC API improvements (peer to peer communication...)
  • added unsecure bluetooth sockets
2011-02-091 % (2.3.3 - 2.3.7)10
Android 2.3Gingerbread
  • Updated UI
  • Improved keyboard ease of use
  • Improved copy/paste
  • Improved power management
  • Social networking features
  • Near Field Communication support
  • Native VoIP/SIP support
  • Video call support
  • performance - concurrent garbage collection, faster event distribution, updated video drivers
  • NDK - Native Asset Manager, Native Activities + event handling, khronos api
  • audio effects api
  • VP8, WebM, AAC, AMR wideband
  • Multiple camera sensor support
  • strictmode debugging
  • media framework replaces OpenCore
2010-12-060 % (2.3 - 2.3.2)9
Android 2.2Froyo
  • Speed improvements
  • JIT implementation
  • USB Tethering
  • Applications installation to the expandable memory
  • Upload file support in the browser
  • Animated GIFs
2010-05-200 % (2.2)8
Android 2.1Eclair
  • Updated UI
2010-01-120 %7
Android 2.0.1Eclair2009-12-030 %6
Android 2.0Eclair
  • HTML
  • Digital zoom
  • Microsoft Exchange support
  • Bluetooth 2.1
  • Live Wallpapers
  • Updated UI
2009-10-260 %5
Android 1.6Donut
  • Gesture framework
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
2009-09-150 %4
Android 1.5Cupcake
  • Bluetooth A2DP, AVRCP support
  • Soft-keyboard with text-prediction
  • Record/watch videos
2009-04-300 %3
Android 1.1Banana bread
  • "Show" & "Hide" numeric keyboard, in caller application
  • Ability to save MMS attachments
2009-02-090 %2
Android 1.0Apple pie
  • Download and updates via Android Market
  • Web Browser
  • Camera support
  • Gmail, Contacts and Google Agenda synchronization
  • Google Maps
  • YouTube application
2008-09-230 %1
Android 0.92008-08-220 %

How to create .apk file

How to create .ipa file

  1. How to create .ipa file
  2. .ipa file creation process
  3. How to create iOS provisioning certificate
    4. STEP-1
1. Generating a Certificate Signing Request
2. Submitting a Certificate Signing Request for Approval
3. Approving Certificate Signing Requests
4. Downloading and Installing Development Certificates
5. Saving your Private Key and Transferring to other Systems
I think if you read all this steps on the apple documentation at the given link then you don't need to refer to any other guide.

STEP-2:
Then just you need to download your certificates and provisioning profile.

STEP-3:
Just set the profile into your Project and Target Settings and then put proper Entitlements using "Entitlements.plist".

STEP-4:
Once you have done that, just set up your project in AdHoc Scheme.

STEP-5:
Clean your Project.

STEP-6:
Go to Product -> Click on Build For -> "Build For Archiving"

STEP-7:
Product -> Archive
Now your Archive can be obtained in your Organizer where in you can save it to disk with an IPA extension and send it your client.

Agile Tester Principles 

The principles we think are important for an agile tester are

    1)Provide continuous feedback.
    2)Deliver value to the customer.
    3)Enable face-to-face communication.
    4)Have courage.
    5)Keep it simple.
    6)Practice continuous improvement.
    7)Respond to change.
    8)Self-organize.
    9)Focus on people.
    10)Enjoy.

Alpha and Beta Testing for Mobile Apps

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