Bitbar has announced an open beta for its Testdroid Cloud service, a very clever suite of tools that allows developers to test their Android applications for compatibility on over 100 different devices. If you’re a budding developer, you might want to give this a look. The service allows for fully automated testing of your applications and  gives you complete test results with screenshots, detailed logs and application performance information on a clear and easy to use web interface.
HELSINKI, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ —
Bitbar announces that already over 1000 users are benefiting from its patent-pending cloud-based Android app testing suite,Testdroid. This end-to-end solution provides the first fully automated, scalable testing platform for any Android application developer, from one-man game developers to large corporations developing a number of apps. Testing taking up to 50% of any development project costs and time, Testdroid provides significant cost savings and time to market benefits by automating the whole testing process, from recoding of test cases to actual running of tests and validation of results.
“We know that Testing Android applications for device compatibility on real devices is currently a major pain but we are still amazed of the high demand for our service,” says Marko Kaasila, CEO of Bitbar. “With over 60 000 tests run within the first 3 months are a strong proof that this kind of service is desperately needed to take the pain away.“
The company also announces it has raised a round of seed funding from 5 prominent angel investors and Finnvera Venture Capital, a leading Scandinavian early stage investor. The funds will be used for establishing Testdroid as a market leading solution for ensuring device compatibility of Android applications. Bitbar is expanding operations and accelerating product commercialization during year 2012 in Asia, North-America and Europe. Bitbar has currently operations in Silicon Valley,Finland and Poland.
Testdroid Cloud
Testdroid Cloud is an online service with over 100 real Android devices for fully automated device compatibility testing of Android applications. For instant device compatibility check users can just upload their applications and the system will automatically run an InstaTest – a basic set of acceptance tests on each device. For more complex use case based testing developers can create automated tests with Testdroid Recorder and run them on all devices at Testdroid Cloud where complete test results with screenshots, detailed logs and application performance information are available on clear and easy to use web interface. Testdroid Cloud is currently in open beta and you can sign up to Testdroid Cloud at http://cloud.testdroid.com.
Source: PR NewsWire
