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General Category => General Computing/Macintosh => Topic started by: elagache on June 23, 2014, 10:07:27 PM

Title: Anybody using some sort of iOS "Activity Monitor?"
Post by: elagache on June 23, 2014, 10:07:27 PM

Dear WeatherCat iOS fans,

I confess  :-[. . . . . not only am I a "sekret" agent (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/spy_smiley.jpg), . . . . I'm a double agent!! . . . (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/spy_smiley.jpg) . (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/spy_smiley.jpg)

I've been beta testing WeatherCat for Mac 2.0 and the upcoming WeatherCat-iPad application.  On the Mac there are all sorts of useful diagnostic tools to help a developer isolate problems.  Alas, I sure couldn't spot anything nearly as useful for iOS.  I've found programs that provide general system information like these:

• System Activity Monitor - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/system-activity-monitor/id306192663?mt=8 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/system-activity-monitor/id306192663?mt=8)
• System Status - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/system-status-activity-monitor/id401457165?mt=8 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/system-status-activity-monitor/id401457165?mt=8)
• SysStats Monitor - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sysstats-monitor/id333260467?mt=8 (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sysstats-monitor/id333260467?mt=8)

There is also a web article on some of the free iOS system monitor tools on the Mac Observer website:

http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/3-free-ios-system-monitors (http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/3-free-ios-system-monitors)

As far as I can tell.  Apple only provides powerful diagnostic tools that run in the Mac development environment for iOS.  There isn't anything like Activity Monitor that actually runs on iOS so that a Beta tester could help a developer troubleshoot problems.

Does anybody use these sort of tools?  If so, any favorites?  Are the paid versions worth it?

Curious minds want to know!! (http://www.canebas.org/Weather/LWC_forum/Custom_emoticons/thinking_idea.gif)

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

Title: Re: Anybody using some sort of iOS "Activity Monitor?"
Post by: Blicj11 on June 23, 2014, 10:47:44 PM

Great questions! As usual for me, I don't have any answers, but like Eduoard, I have been testing the pre-release versions of the WeatherCat iPad app. This monitoring tool, if it exists, would be quite helpful.