iOS Remote Debugging on external Devices

Question

I am not sure if I can remote debug an application running on an Iphone which is not next to me? We test your app. well but some users have issues sometimes we can not replicate and dont know where to start digging in this cases. So it would be very easy for us when we can just connect the remote debugger via the internet to an device. Is is possible somehow? Most of the guys using the app we could remote to there PCs (but the majority dont uses macs...) and run tools there, is this maybe an easier solution?

For Mac Os I found this http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/XcodeDebugging/300-Debugging_Programs_Remotely/remote_debugging.html But this is not for iOS...

Thx very very much already

Answer 1

Our company just released a service exactly for that purpose: http://apphance.com . It allows you to very easily (5 minutes) integrate your application - add framework project basically and you get all the remote debugging capability included (you can access everything from very nice web panel):

• You can see logs of running application (in near-real-time)
• You can see how device conditions change over time (rotation, wifi/gprs, battery, others)
• You get crashes reported to you automatically with all relevant information
• Even out-of-memory errors are reported
• Your testers can even report problems by shaking the device - including automated screenshots
• and more.....

It's currently, closed beta stage but you can request access and for sure you get it.