I want my app to be compatible with the 1G iPads so it has to run on iOS5.1
When I hit Build in Corona it only shows iOS6.1 (and 7 beta) but not 5.1.
How can I build my app so it will run on 5.1?
Thanks
Marco
An app built with iOS6.1SDK should run on iOS5.1 device. Have you tried it? I have a 1G iPad, and I have not had any trouble running test builds on it.
I haven’t tried the iOS7.0 beta, though.
Naomi
Hi Naomi,
Yes I have tried. The app runs fine in the Corona and the Xcode simulators and on my iPhone5 for example.
On my iPad 1G (iOS 5.1.1) it won’t start. The screen blinks and returns to the springboard.
I have downloaded an earlier version of Corona (that doesn’t offer the option to choose your iOS SDK when building) and that runs fine! Except that the new widgets weren’t done at that point so I had to program my own slider :-).
I was just wondering if it is possible to specifically build for 5.1.1. So just as I can now choose iOS 6.1 and 7 (beta), why not also 5.1.1? It is installed in Xcode and Xcode seems to recognize it.
Marco
It should be able to run on 5.1 still. If its not, then there should be messages in the console log. What are they?
Well, it seems something else was going on. Something that did not trigger any errors on my iPhone5, but did on the iPad 1G.
I retried the build in one of the latest Daily Build of Corona using the iOS6.1 DSK and it ran without a problem.
Still strange, but it seems to work now.
Thanks for your help!
I have seen that before when the app fail to start on the device.Most of the time it was because I had try to upload an app on top of the same on the device. Sometimes it was because the app had an issue.
Mo
An app built with iOS6.1SDK should run on iOS5.1 device. Have you tried it? I have a 1G iPad, and I have not had any trouble running test builds on it.
I haven’t tried the iOS7.0 beta, though.
Naomi
Hi Naomi,
Yes I have tried. The app runs fine in the Corona and the Xcode simulators and on my iPhone5 for example.
On my iPad 1G (iOS 5.1.1) it won’t start. The screen blinks and returns to the springboard.
I have downloaded an earlier version of Corona (that doesn’t offer the option to choose your iOS SDK when building) and that runs fine! Except that the new widgets weren’t done at that point so I had to program my own slider :-).
I was just wondering if it is possible to specifically build for 5.1.1. So just as I can now choose iOS 6.1 and 7 (beta), why not also 5.1.1? It is installed in Xcode and Xcode seems to recognize it.
Marco
It should be able to run on 5.1 still. If its not, then there should be messages in the console log. What are they?
Well, it seems something else was going on. Something that did not trigger any errors on my iPhone5, but did on the iPad 1G.
I retried the build in one of the latest Daily Build of Corona using the iOS6.1 DSK and it ran without a problem.
Still strange, but it seems to work now.
Thanks for your help!
I have seen that before when the app fail to start on the device.Most of the time it was because I had try to upload an app on top of the same on the device. Sometimes it was because the app had an issue.
Mo