FakeReachability
Dev tools
ios testing
SHOW HN2011
16points
13comments
#583of 1,097 in 2011
Top 54%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.
Idea: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Useful for development testing
From 1 comment
I can definitely see this come in handy, nice stuff :)
ka010 on HN
Objections
Turning wifi on and off is not a real pain point
From 1 comment
Is turning on and off wifi really that big of a pain point?
awolf on HN
Requests
Fail already-live NSURLConnections, which is hard to test
From 1 comment
It would be much more useful if it failed NSURLConnections that are already live—that's the failure case that's difficult to test.
ryanpetrich on HN
Support for simulating 3G or slow connections
From 1 comment
Wasn't there something that could simulate a 3G connection? Or was that not for iOS?
conradev on HN
Questions
Does it simulate a 3G connection?
From 1 comment
Wasn't there something that could simulate a 3G connection? Or was that not for iOS?
conradev on HN
Alternatives named
Network Conditioner in Xcode developer tools
From 1 comment
there are a few tools that can do that, like the Network Conditioner that comes with the developer tools or something like the Charles Proxy, but the special purpose of this…
derwildemomo on HN
Charles Proxy
From 1 comment
there are a few tools that can do that, like the Network Conditioner that comes with the developer tools or something like the Charles Proxy, but the special purpose of this…
derwildemomo on HN
Wifi sharing with Network Link Conditioner-style tools
From 1 comment
If you have wired connection, you can setup wifi sharing and turn it on and off. This way you can simulate slow connection as well. (Using http://mschrag.github.com/)
barumrho on HN
Toggling Mac wifi while using iOS simulator
From 1 comment
I just use the iOS simulator and switch on and off my Mac's wifi.
awolf on HN