[Resolved] Final Steps On AdHoc Loading

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

I have followed Peaches’ steps for IOS testing on device. Got certificate thru keychain, and all the steps on the IOS Provisioning Portal, and other then a few things that appear to have changed on the Provisional Portal steps, I was able (I think) to get everything set up there!

However, the very last steps, require me to download my Provisioning Profile to my Mac. It says to double click and it will open Xcode … which I do have installed on my Mac, but have not used it for the Corona app I coded. I used TextWrangler. I could not get the Xcode to work( it is the newest version, and I heard others were having issue with that, so I elected to use TextWrangler for my text editor).

Can I avoid Xcode, or is that required for these last steps? If I download the provisioning profile, instead of double clicking it, can I get TextWrangler to work with it somehow?

Also, the first app I am going to test, is just a shell of what the app will eventually be… once I test it a bit, each time I add and make changes to the app, will I need to access Apples site and do all this provisioning each time?

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#2

in x-code there is a window called Organizer, just drag and drop those file there (for specific device).

Tom [import]uid: 111283 topic_id: 26235 reply_id: 106373[/import]

#3

Thanks Tom,

I have not been able to get the newest version of Xcode to work. Had it open to it’s intro screen and unchecked ‘show always’, so the into screen would not show, but now Xcode won’t open…

And I have seen very poor reviews on this new version 4.3 Xcode. As it seems to be a lot of issues with it… my question is, do I have to use Xcode to get all this stuff done. Can I totally avoid using Xcode and instead complete the ‘provisioal’ process to load/test my app on my iPad, using another text editor like TextWrangler???

Do you know a way to either load an older version of xCode or steps to allow me to uninstall Xcode 4.3 and reinstall it??

I get back to the app store and it shows ‘installed’ for Xcode 4.3, and I linked to what I thought was suppose to be Xcode 3, but it just reverted me back to Xcode 4.3, still marked installed, and I cannot re-download 4.3 and can’t seem to get to Xcode 3. How do I get app store to remove the installed status?

Thanks!!

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#4

i am not using x-code as an IDE, just some other IDE for Corona like Cider / CPM.

x-code is used just to setup provisional files for devices and with 4.3.X on board I have no problems with it at all, due to fact I am not using it :wink:

Tom [import]uid: 111283 topic_id: 26235 reply_id: 106387[/import]

#5

Tom, or anyone (Peach!)

That worked well. I was able to follow the rest of steps of Peach’s instructions. And did build and got successful build, app is ready to load to device or something like that.

I cannot open Xcode by the normal click on it, the only way it opened was by following Peache’s instructions to double click the ‘provisioning file’ that I download from provisional portal. That works and opens the Xcode automatically (apparently directly to the organizer window). But that is the only way I could get Xcode open.

But, I must have missed something, because in Xcode the top of the screen reads ‘Organizer - Devices’ (the screen that opens automatically when I double clicked the provisional file), the only device in the left side panel is my mac, my iPad does not show there… so I cannot follow these final instructions from Peach :
" Select your device on the left and then choose “Use For Development”. (You will have to enter your Apple developer login details and then wait a minute while Xcode sets everything up, then proceed.)"
I went back to apple developer provisional portal site and on Devices link on left side panel my iPad ‘does’ show there.

Why does it not show in my Xcode? Any ideas? Have things changed since Peach created that tutorial back in Jan/Feb of this year?

Thanks for any help possible. [import]uid: 148857 topic_id: 26235 reply_id: 106411[/import]

#6

Anyone have any thoughts on how I can get Xcode to recognize my iPad as a device so I can use it for testing???

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#7

Update… the iPad device now is showing, and I have been able to copy the app to the iPad for testing. But it shows black screen when selected. I figure I may have a ‘case’ wrong on one of the image files. That is my guess. But I will work that out in my code.

However, I thought I would test loading a smaller-simple app I created using the ‘game’ template. I then built the app and just named it 'tileGame when I built it. I then dragged then app to the iPad device in the Xcode window… and just named the game ‘basic game’. It copied over fine, but when touching the icon, just flashes screen for 1 sec and fails to do anything

The Xcode window, just under the ‘software version window’ 5.1 (9B176)
reads : Xcode cannot find the software image to install this version

I then tried the original app I had loaded to the iPad to test(the one showing black screen) and it seemed to copy over to the iPad, but this time when touching the icon, instead of going to a blank screen, it just flashed for a sec and did nothing.

Not sure what has happened between the first test load, and the next 2. Can one advise, who may have experienced similar issues.

Thanks

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#8

OK so the problem is you installed on iPad, it worked, you changed nothing but the name of the app and then rebuilt, reinstalled and got a black screen? (Just making sure I have it right before I try to advise you.) [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 26235 reply_id: 106689[/import]

#9

Peach. Finally worked thru all the kinks, got it to work. Seems to be fine now. Thanks for the follow up.

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#10

Great, am happy to hear you got it sorted out - will mark as resolved but please bump if you have any more adhoc issues :slight_smile:
Peach [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 26235 reply_id: 106853[/import]