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![]() "It's adequate for testing," said Abd El Karim. The iPhone doesn't have the same screen resolution as the iPad will have, so Vimov lowers the screen resolution in the video stream displayed on the iPhone, and scales up the multitouch gestures it sends back to the SDK simulator. The savings can be up to 80 percent, according to Vimov's site, cutting the time to test each incremental change in code from 36 seconds to 6.įor iPad developers the savings will be greater still, as until Apple begins selling the iPad, most developers will have no way at all to test their code on real hardware. The app can save iPhone developers time, said Abd El Karim, because compiling and testing software on a desktop machine is quicker than transferring it to an iPhone. The libraries are only needed during testing and simulation, and will not ship as part of the final application. Developers need the appropriate iPhone or iPad SDK to use it, and will also need to download code libraries from Vimov for iPhone or iPad and incorporate them in their project to enable communication with the iSimulate client. While the trackpad in Apple laptops allows developers to test some apps relying on touch inputs in the simulator, it's awkward to test software designed for use with the phone held in both hands and operated with the thumbs, Abd El Karim said. ![]() Vimov sells a small iPhone app, iSimulate, which streams video to the phone from the iPad or iPhone simulators in Apple's SDKs, and sends back information from the iPhone's multitouch screen, GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, accelerometer and electronic compass to the simulator. The tool is designed to help developers who otherwise face problems testing some hardware-dependant features of their apps until they can get their hands on a real iPad.Īpple provides the iPad simulator as part of the software development kit (SDK), but the desktop machines on which the SDK runs don't have GPS receivers, an electronic compass or screens with multitouch input, so apps relying on these cannot be tested fully, said Vimov's technical director Osama Abd El Karim. Vimov is offering developers writing for the Apple iPad a head-start in testing their apps, using an iPhone as a multitouch controller for Apple's iPad simulator.
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