Apps not launching in iOS simulator - is the UILaunchStoryboardName mandatory... ?

Solar2D iOS
#1

Hello,

more or less as in the title, I’ve just tried to run a couple of apps in the iOS simulator, and no way:

  • if commanded from the Corona simulator build -> open in XCode iOS simulator, the process never ends

  • if I select “show in finder” and then manually copy the app to the simulator, I get it in the (simulated) device, but it does not work.

I just get a quick image of the … looks as the icon … and then nothing. In the system log I can read:

… Program specified by service does not contain one of the requested architectures: …

That does not look like the issue, though, as the Corona simulator build log show compiling for i386, x86_64, and then universal binary.

I have purchased the splash screen plugin. Only suspicious message I’m getting is about the “iphone.plist.UILaunchStoryboardName or … UILaunchImages” being needed.

Is this the case? May that be the cause of the failure to launch?

What if I ignore the splash screen altogether?

(in an actual device they work fine, btw, at least with iOS 9.3)

2017.3130 Corona Simulator, just updated XCode.

Thanks, quite needed of help.

#2

You will with 100% certainty have to have UI launch images, either via the static method or the storyboard method (recommended).  Apple will reject you without it.

However, this should not prevent you starting up in the Xcode simulator.  I have seen it take a very long time to start up the Xcode simulator from the Corona simulator. It basically has to boot up a whole iPhone OS. You might want to try and start it in Xcode, then have Corona build and install to it.

Rob

#3

Hi Rob,

thanks for the reply. I’ll follow your advice re. the launch images once the app can progress to the next step!

Working now, so a summary of what I’ve done just in case it’s useful for someone else:

a ) updated to the latest daily build (2017-3155)

b ) removed every trace of my apps in the apple iOS simulator

c ) launch the iOS simulator from XCODE.

d ) Corona, Build for iOS, iOS SDK 10.3, to run in an iPhone 5 / iOS 10.3. (I’m selecting live build as I think this shouldn’t matter)

As said, working now. Same code, not sure what was going wrong earlier, but its working now.

Thanks as always for your support.

#4

You will with 100% certainty have to have UI launch images, either via the static method or the storyboard method (recommended).  Apple will reject you without it.

However, this should not prevent you starting up in the Xcode simulator.  I have seen it take a very long time to start up the Xcode simulator from the Corona simulator. It basically has to boot up a whole iPhone OS. You might want to try and start it in Xcode, then have Corona build and install to it.

Rob

#5

Hi Rob,

thanks for the reply. I’ll follow your advice re. the launch images once the app can progress to the next step!

Working now, so a summary of what I’ve done just in case it’s useful for someone else:

a ) updated to the latest daily build (2017-3155)

b ) removed every trace of my apps in the apple iOS simulator

c ) launch the iOS simulator from XCODE.

d ) Corona, Build for iOS, iOS SDK 10.3, to run in an iPhone 5 / iOS 10.3. (I’m selecting live build as I think this shouldn’t matter)

As said, working now. Same code, not sure what was going wrong earlier, but its working now.

Thanks as always for your support.