Testing on Android Devices

[Andrew Le]

Hi all,

I'm currently working on a mobile web project that requires compatibility across iOS and a few Android devices. As an Apple fan-boy I've got all the iOS devices I need to test with but none of these Android ones. Does anyone have any tips or advice as to how I can procure the following devices for 1-2 weeks for testing? I'd prefer not to have to buy all of these phones and working out of the Verizon stores for a few hours a day might not go so well.

Android Models:

1. Samsung Galaxy S3
2. Google Nexus 4
3. Motorola Razr i

Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Best,

//Andrew Le

[Andrew Le]

Thanks everyone for all the great suggestions. Unfortunately, one of the issues with using emulators for this project is that it's a browser-based game written in JS using canvas and I need to be able to assess and debug performance/frame rate issues for the given hardware. The provided ADT emulator has been fine for working through rendering issues so far, but I fear this last leg will need to go to real hardware as performance in the emulator is miserable.

Thanks again,

//A

On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Tony Spore <tsp...@saassoft.com> wrote:

Hey Andrew, 

Have you looked into something like - Sauce labs or browserstack.com ? Instead of buying a bunch of phones? 

https://saucelabs.com/

http://www.browserstack.com/mobile-browser-emulator

-Thanks,
Tony Spore
CEO
SaasSoft LLC
(805) 253-1277
saassoft.com

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[Mark Evans]

Hey Andrew,

I have a Samsung Galaxy S2.  If that would work for you, you can borrow it for few weeks.

-Mark

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[Andrew Le]

That's very generous of you Mark, thank you. I may take you up on that offer during the first week of March and will be happy to buy you a beer for the trouble. :-)

Thanks,

//A

[Mark Evans]

Just let me know. It's just chilling on my desk.;) 

Kind regards,

Mark Evans

VP Engineering NetPlenish