Help/Advice needed for publishing app on apple store.

Solar2D iOS
#1

Hello all, I don’t want to sound daft, but I’ve reached a wall I can’t seem to be able to traverse with publishing my app on apple store.

The app is done (minus apple requests for changes or what no), I’ve got everything set up in the developer center, and my app page is showing the “waiting for upload” icon/colored tick thingy, and now I’m supposed to upload what apple is calling “the binary files” of my app.

I’ve downloaded “Application Loaded” from the apple site, I’ve signed in, it got the details of the app from my developer account, all is well, but for the life of me I can’t seem to understand what and where are these “binary files”… I was sure this was the .app folder/file the Corona SDK compile for me, but of course that is not so, so where are they? how can I find these files, and if I can’t, how do I produce them?

If you have a link to a page that would explain this process and whats need to be done, please publish it here, I wold love to read and understand more about this, and if you don’t have one of these, an explanation of what I’m supposed to do to upload my app and start the horrible horrible job of getting it to apple’s standards and published in the end.

To make things simpler, this is a free app, suitable for all ages, no sex nor violence, 4+ rating, in app purchases, internet connection required only once really for first registration and then it can be used in off or on line mode, no weird or unusual permissions are needed from the client. Simple as that.

Thanks!

Yuval Lahav.

#2

Hi Yuval,

When you build it in Corona, you’ll need to use a Distribution Profile (which you’ll have previously set up in the Provisioning Portal in the iOS Dev Center).  When you use a Distribution Profile, Corona will generate not just the app folder, but also a zip file containing the binary.  It’s this zip file that you need to upload using Application Loader.

  • Andrew
#3

Well, I did set up the profile, and I do use it to compile, but I don’t know where that zip file is, is it in side the folder, some folder I’m not aware of?

#4

You have the opportunity to set the location to where the files should go before you press “Build”. (Ie the “Save to folder” textbox)

Does not Corona say “Show in finder” when the build process is done? 

#5

Yeah, found my problem, I was publishing with the developer certificate, not with the distribution certificate, did I ever tell you how much I love the way apple manage to make things super complicated but make it sound like its super simple since the design is so “intuitive”??

Now I have my zip file and I’m uploading it now, hope this works without a hitch.

#6

Glad to report that after a small error (missing 120x120 icon which I didn’t know we need, which created for some reason a list of errors including something structure related… but it vanished as soon as I’ve updated it with the new icon) and my app is waiting for review, I hope that part goes well also.

Thanks again for the help jensto, I’ll probably try you again when I’ll need to upload the Android version :slight_smile:

#7

Hi Yuval,

When you build it in Corona, you’ll need to use a Distribution Profile (which you’ll have previously set up in the Provisioning Portal in the iOS Dev Center).  When you use a Distribution Profile, Corona will generate not just the app folder, but also a zip file containing the binary.  It’s this zip file that you need to upload using Application Loader.

  • Andrew
#8

Well, I did set up the profile, and I do use it to compile, but I don’t know where that zip file is, is it in side the folder, some folder I’m not aware of?

#9

You have the opportunity to set the location to where the files should go before you press “Build”. (Ie the “Save to folder” textbox)

Does not Corona say “Show in finder” when the build process is done? 

#10

Yeah, found my problem, I was publishing with the developer certificate, not with the distribution certificate, did I ever tell you how much I love the way apple manage to make things super complicated but make it sound like its super simple since the design is so “intuitive”??

Now I have my zip file and I’m uploading it now, hope this works without a hitch.

#11

Glad to report that after a small error (missing 120x120 icon which I didn’t know we need, which created for some reason a list of errors including something structure related… but it vanished as soon as I’ve updated it with the new icon) and my app is waiting for review, I hope that part goes well also.

Thanks again for the help jensto, I’ll probably try you again when I’ll need to upload the Android version :slight_smile: