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Preparing to test iOS applications

Preparing to test iOS applications - iOS Tutorial

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Preparing to test iOS applications

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- [Instructor] Before starting iOS application testing, we need to install some tools into the device so that we can use them from the command line. The first device tool to install is Erica which provides a collection of command line utilities. We can do this using Cydia on the device by searching for Erica Utilities. Once we have this installed, we can confirm it's working by running the plist utility which is used to extract a nice tidy output from a semi-compiled plist file. I'll check this using an SSH connection. I'll navigate from my top directory into applications FaceTime. I can use the cat command to display the plist, but it comes out in a semi-compiled and not very readable form. With plutil, we get the plist displayed in a readable form. The next utility which is useful is called Clutch and is again loaded through Cydia. You may need to add a source for this. I loaded mine through the AppCake source at http://cydia.iphonecake.com. This utility is used to identify all the…

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