Is there a way to retrieve information about new app builds from TestFlight?

Question

I am using TestFlight to distribute test versions of my app to a private group of people. As I am making a lot of updates these days I wonder if some of my testers will get sick of the large amount of update emails they receive.

So I thought it would be a better approach to let the app check for updates when started and than showing a small notification that there is a new version out and to only notify the testers about important updates by mail.

So my question is: Is there a way to retrieve information about new builds by RSS or some other channel?

Thanks.

Answer 1

The TestFlight iOS SDK already supports this for beta versions if you have the SDK integrated into your app:

Beta In App Updates

If a user is using a beta version of your app, you are setting the UDID, a new beta version is available, and that user has permission to install it; an in app popup will ask them if they would like to install the update. If they tap "Install", the new version is installed from inside the app.

NB: For this to work, you must increment your build version before uploading. Otherwise the new and old builds will have the same version number and we won't know if the user needs to update or is already using the new version.

To turn this off set this option before calling takeOff:

[TestFlight setOptions:@{ TFOptionDisableInAppUpdates : @YES }];