FYI: Possible issue with "Dropbox"

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

As Corona Subscribers are we allowed to send out “beta” versions to our own personal testers?

I have gotten all the UDIDs for all the devices that I have within my network of users, and created the appropriate “Provisioning Profile” (I have checked this three times).

When I build using the Code Signing Identity: iPhone Distribution: XXXX it builds just fine and creates two files one XX.app & XX.zip.

The .app files works just fine and I can install it on my local personal device (iPad). The .zip file however is causing the issues. I was assuming I could just email this .zip file to whomever was in the Provisioning Profile; but this file is not working. We keep getting the following error every time we expand the .zip file:

**Via iTunes:

“The app “XXXXX” was not installed on the iPad, because its resources have been modified.”

Via iPhone Configuration Utility:

“A signed resource has been added, modified, or deleted.”**

I am also unable to “ZIP” the .app file because that creates the same error message. And unless I am missing something we can’t email the .app file directly because it is seen as a “folder”.

Can someone please advise, Thank You!
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#2

As Corona Subscribers are we allowed to send out “beta” versions to our own personal testers?

Of course. If we couldn’t that would really really suck.

The two files you described I noticed last time I did an ad hoc build, so that must be a new thing in the latest version of Corona. I don’t know what it’s for though, so I just threw away the zip file. Unless there is a clear reason for that file, Ansca should really just get rid of that.

As far as your problems zipping and then expanding the app however I do that all the time and it works fine. In fact you have to zip the file while preparing an ipa for certain kinds of distribution.*

How exactly are you zipping the file? The correct method is simply right-click the file and choose Compress.

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#3

@jhocking

Thanks for your thoughts.

I am right clicking the main .app file on my MacBook and creating the zip file. Now this .app file worked just fine; until I “unzip” the exact same file I just zipped. Then when I try to sync this “unzipped” copy it will NOT load. I get the errors mentioned in the original post.

Now I have seen mention of this ipa file you brought up. Do we need to create on of them in order to email the app to one of our team members for testing prior to App Store upload? And if so; how is this accomplished? Are we too upload to Apple for our Team “Ad Hoc” Distribution?

**UPDATE:

I have since done a few other tests with both my MacBook and my Win 7 box. I am not able to create a valid zip file with either machine using the .app file created with the last two stable builds of Corona. ( .268 & .484 ) When use my MacBook it just hangs in the “zip” process; Win 7 finishes but then states the file is invalid. To make sure “zip” is working I zipped up a folder with over 1GB of photos in it on both machines, w/ success. Can someone please attempt to zip up a current build of one of their apps please. This issue is really making me pull my hair out; I need this fixed so I can move on to testing and more coding.

Please review.
Thanks.**
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#4

i just tried it on a mac - i created a brand new app file

right clicked on the app file, then under the menu, i clicked compress “sample.app” … .it worked.

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#5

Carlos,

Ok thanks for your test.

With that you gave me an idea to build a different app. I built Jon Beebe Ghosts Vs. Monsters; and the darn thing worked perfectly. ??? Might you or someone be able to point me in the right direction regarding what I may be missing; it should not be this darn difficult.

Thanks to everyone for ALL your support.

Rob.

**Additional Question:

I have all my resource files; ie images & sounds in sub-directories within my project folder. Could this be creating my issue? I thought we were allowed to develop this way? My app builds and installs perfectly on my own device…

Thanks**

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#6

ok - i will have an answer when i come back from lunch

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#7

Well… not sure how to say this, but nonetheless I believe I have solved the issue I was having. I must apologize for causing such a ordeal here in the forum.

However, as an FYI.

I believe that I am not the only one that uses Dropbox within the Corona Community. Now I cannot be absolutely certain about this but I think a “Hidden” file was created at some point after I had deleted a file I was no longer using. This hidden file was named ._beep.caf , once I removed this file from my project folder the zip file created in a matter of a second. I was able to expand the zip and install directly to my device.

I will now see about creating and sending out a copy to one of my team members to see if I can achieve success. I will post a short update with results.

Again sorry to cause such a stir.

Thanks
Rob

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#8

ha !

glad to hear it worked
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#9

I believe that I am not the only one that uses Dropbox within the Corona Community. Now I cannot be absolutely certain about this but I think a “Hidden” file was created at some point after I had deleted a file I was no longer using. This hidden file was named ._beep.caf, once I removed this file from my project folder the zip file created in a matter of a second. I was able to expand the zip and install directly to my device.

huh I use Dropbox and have never encountered any build problem, I wonder what happened?

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#10

@jjocking We don’t leave any “junk” files. The mac always create a hidden file[s]. It is a mac resource fork issue from the old finder days. The hidden file on a Mac starts with a . (dot) - when the file is “placed from a mac folder” to a windows folder or shared in a smb file system is when it is most visible. this is nothing new. is as old as finder 1.0 days.

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#11

So to increase my knowledge base; was the “bad” file left there by my MacBook then?

I do have a windows network; I run Notepad++ on my Win 7 box; and have the Simulator running on my Mac. All the files are synced via Dropbox instantly; so when I save the file within Notepad++ it syncs and automatically relaunches the Simulator on the Mac running Corona. 99.9% of the time the process is perfect.

Thanks for all the support Carlos & jhocking; much appreciated!!

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#12

I know about the hidden files OSX sprinkles around, that’s not what I meant. I meant more like giant autobackups. I don’t remember the exact thread, but the conversation was one person lamenting about the giant size of their build and then someone else pointing out that they had to clean up the trash in their project directory.

Given that I don’t have any such issues with my own project (if Corona were doing it, I would expect to have the same issues) it may have had to do with version control ballooning the size of the project directory, but I don’t recall exactly. I’ll probably search for that thread a little later.

So to increase my knowledge base; was the “bad” file left there by my MacBook then?

Nah, the hidden files left by OSX are just tiny scraps of metadata, like the thumbnails index Windows puts in directories that have pictures. Your bad file looks like a corrupted audio file, so I would guess that was left behind when you were doing some sound editing and the program crashed. [import]uid: 12108 topic_id: 9561 reply_id: 35279[/import]