Hi all, I’ve been working on a music recommendation service that pairs with navidrome (think of it as a personal pandora).
I’ve also built an iOS app for it that I am trying to beta test. Even to use TestFlight, you still need to go through Apple’s approval process.
The reviewers are requiring access to a working server to test it, demo videos aren’t being accepted.
I really don’t want to have to set up an external host, as 1) authentication is a bit limited 2) you need a large music collection and I’m not comfortable opening that up on the internet.
Has anyone dealt with something similar?
For the money angle, something like a Digital Ocean droplet would be appropriate here. They are $4/mo and you don’t even need to run the thing all the time, just when you need an app version approved.