Testflight build on Appstore

Question

I want to upload my Testflight build to apple Appstore so that i can get the crash logs from users and fix them before releasing the next builds.

But i am not sure if i can get the logs from app on Testflight from Appstore build. On Testflight it is mentioned that we can use the Testflight to get the crash logs from Appstore build as well. But i want to make sure that i will get as much crash logs as i can on Testflight.

I tried the same thing on my own by uploading a build on Testflight and than installing the build on my iPad which i uploaded on the testflight.

But i never recieves any logs on testflight for my build.

But if i Install the same build from Testflight than only i get the logs on testflight.

so i am bit confused if Testflight logs actually works on the Appstore build as well.

If anyone has done this earlier please guide..

Answer 1

I can confirm that this indeed works. I've used this just yesterday with my App during it's launch.

Steps I followed:

1. Creative an archive of the project.
2. Submit to the App Store using this Archive.
3. Create an Ad-hoc build (.ipa file) using the exact same Archive.
4. Upload the Ad-hoc build to Testflight. It should automatically detect the DYSM for this.
5. Once you're live on the App Store, and if the app crashes, you'll see it's symbolicated crash report on Testflight (under that particular build of the app).

So make sure you use the same archive, same build number, etc. and you'll be good to go.

Answer 2

I would highly recommend you to use Bugsense https://www.bugsense.com/ to get the crash logs . Its free version is good enough for most app. If you are willing to pay, with a few simple steps, it can help you to symbolize the crash logs (that are hard to understand) to become readable.