Bonjour needed for Live Server on windows?

[endorphinum]

Hi, my last post went missing after i hit ENTER.

First of all, thanks for the Corona SDK. i am coming from Construct 2 and so far i realy like how quick and easy it is not only to develop but also to build a game!

I just found out about the Corona Live Server (CLS).

Whenever i add my project folder to the CLS window an alert pops up saying:

“Unable to publish server! Please, install iTunes then try again…”

So my question is: do i need to install the whole iTunes package just for the live server,

though i am working under Win10 ?

Thanks in advance for your help and greetings from this corner of the planet,

Carlos

[rob]

Hi Carlos and welcome to the forums. First posts are held in a moderation queue until they are approved. Your future posts will go live immediately.

You will need to install iTunes.  It uses Bonjour, but the standalone version doesn’t include everything we need.

Rob

[endorphinum]

Thanks a lot Rob,

i have read that the first quote will be checked, but it was my fault as i have entered two or three times the tab key and then enter

Thanks also for the info about Bonjour, but what do you mean with “…but the standalone version doesn’t include everything we need” ?

Do you refer to iTunes with “standalone version”  or the Corona SDK ?

I was hoping that i could download only the Bonjour “app” but now read somewhere that this is not enough.

So i will have to install iTunes

Thanks again and have a nice weekend!

Carlos

[endorphinum]

@rob

Hi Carlos and welcome to the forums. First posts are held in a moderation queue until they are approved. Your future posts will go live immediately.

You will need to install iTunes.  It uses Bonjour, but the standalone version doesn’t include everything we need.

Rob

Rob, me again.

I installed iTunes and restarted my pc.

When i start the Corona Live Server manually, no errors pop up.

Even if i build my app now, it continous to show up the warning.

Question: could it be because i created the game before itunes was installed?

It sounds weird, but i just thought that maybe somewhere in one of my config files is the info that itunes is not installed.

So i opend my project, saved and built it.

Error still pops ups.

The Corona SDK console only shows this warning at building process:

“The signer certificate has expired”

Greetings and thanks!

[rob]

“The signer certificate has expired” is an unrelated warning that shouldn’t have any impact on this.  The timing of installing iTunes shouldn’t matter.  

Your live build server is not really connected to your code. In other words, things you put in your code doesn’t need to know anything about iTunes. The live build server needs to talk to Bonjour, which is installed by iTunes.  

Can you be a little more clear on what this “error” is. At one point you say the error still pops up, and another you say there are no errors. And I’m not sure what the error actually is.

So the more context you can provide the more help we can be.

Rob

[endorphinum]

Thanks Rob.

Ok, so i installed iTunes on my Win10 machine.

But i still get the same alert saying that i need to install iTunes - though it is installed.

I started iTunes as i thought that “it might need to be running to activate the bonjour script to communicate with the Corona Live Server”.

But the alert within the Corona Live Server still appears.

The only apps running in the background of Windows are

• iPod Service

• iTunesHelper

What i meant with my last post is that i though that something might be written into the “Corona Live Server config file” that is generated when i check the “Live” button at the build step.

Thanks so much for your help, i keep on trying to see what might be wrong.

[vlads]

Thank you! Issue seems to be with that iTunes 12.7 does not include Bonjour anymore for some reason. Best I can suggest to get it working right now is to download older version of iTunes, and install it, like this one https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1816?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

After that, you can upgrade to 12.7, if you want to. Live Server should still work.

We will work on more adequate solution meanwhile

[rob]

Hi Carlos and welcome to the forums. First posts are held in a moderation queue until they are approved. Your future posts will go live immediately.

You will need to install iTunes.  It uses Bonjour, but the standalone version doesn’t include everything we need.

Rob

[endorphinum]

Thanks a lot Rob,

i have read that the first quote will be checked, but it was my fault as i have entered two or three times the tab key and then enter

Thanks also for the info about Bonjour, but what do you mean with “…but the standalone version doesn’t include everything we need” ?

Do you refer to iTunes with “standalone version”  or the Corona SDK ?

I was hoping that i could download only the Bonjour “app” but now read somewhere that this is not enough.

So i will have to install iTunes

Thanks again and have a nice weekend!

Carlos

[endorphinum]

@rob

Hi Carlos and welcome to the forums. First posts are held in a moderation queue until they are approved. Your future posts will go live immediately.

You will need to install iTunes.  It uses Bonjour, but the standalone version doesn’t include everything we need.

Rob

Rob, me again.

I installed iTunes and restarted my pc.

When i start the Corona Live Server manually, no errors pop up.

Even if i build my app now, it continous to show up the warning.

Question: could it be because i created the game before itunes was installed?

It sounds weird, but i just thought that maybe somewhere in one of my config files is the info that itunes is not installed.

So i opend my project, saved and built it.

Error still pops ups.

The Corona SDK console only shows this warning at building process:

“The signer certificate has expired”

Greetings and thanks!

[rob]

“The signer certificate has expired” is an unrelated warning that shouldn’t have any impact on this.  The timing of installing iTunes shouldn’t matter.  

Your live build server is not really connected to your code. In other words, things you put in your code doesn’t need to know anything about iTunes. The live build server needs to talk to Bonjour, which is installed by iTunes.  

Can you be a little more clear on what this “error” is. At one point you say the error still pops up, and another you say there are no errors. And I’m not sure what the error actually is.

So the more context you can provide the more help we can be.

Rob

[endorphinum]

Thanks Rob.

Ok, so i installed iTunes on my Win10 machine.

But i still get the same alert saying that i need to install iTunes - though it is installed.

I started iTunes as i thought that “it might need to be running to activate the bonjour script to communicate with the Corona Live Server”.

But the alert within the Corona Live Server still appears.

The only apps running in the background of Windows are

• iPod Service

• iTunesHelper

What i meant with my last post is that i though that something might be written into the “Corona Live Server config file” that is generated when i check the “Live” button at the build step.

Thanks so much for your help, i keep on trying to see what might be wrong.

[vlads]

Thank you! Issue seems to be with that iTunes 12.7 does not include Bonjour anymore for some reason. Best I can suggest to get it working right now is to download older version of iTunes, and install it, like this one https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1816?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

After that, you can upgrade to 12.7, if you want to. Live Server should still work.

We will work on more adequate solution meanwhile