If you haven’t already started Windows Phone Application Testing with Build it Beta then I’d encourage you to check it out and start using it to deploy test builds of your Windows Phone applications and gather feedback from users.
If you’re already using Build it Beta then you hopefully realise how easy it is to push out new builds of your application by either emailing them, or simply double-clicking the XAP file and using our Windows 8 application.One thing you may not have found is that you can create feedback items directly from within the application you’re testing. After launching the application your testing, swipe down from near to the top of the screen. After a second or so (as we capture a screenshot of the current screen) you’ll see the feedback form:
The feedback form allows you to enter basic feedback information (bug, new feature etc) as well as attaching information about the navigation history (see navigation tab) and a screenshot (see screenshot tab). The feedback will be associated with this particular version of the application in Build it Beta.
This morning we’ve improved the feedback form to include a storage tab – this iterates through all files and folders currently in Isolated Storage and lists them. Folders are marked in bold and you can tap on a file to launch it for viewing (this is really only useful for known files types: xml, png, doc etc).
We’d love feedback on whether this is something that’s useful.