"it is a manual step and requires a mac & xcode9" What the heck do Adobe think they are doing? Why doesn't AIR just build a correctly packaged app?!?
No sign from their docs this will be temporary. Another project that let non-Apple owners write for Mac is killed off. But this is probably not the place to moan. On 4 January 2018 20:16:18 GMT+00:00, Greg Dove <greg.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >'I wonder how adobe plans to get around the asset catalog requirement. >Do >you suppose they create an asset catalog during the build' > >At the moment that is not the case - see the section titled 'iOS SDK >Upgrade' in the air28 release notes. I don't know if this will change >or >not. but for now it is a manual step and requires a mac & xcode9 (my >main >dev setup is windows, but I had to get a small mac for dealing with the >occasional mac-only build requirements or differences). > > > > > > >On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 9:07 AM, Linqto <e...@linqto.com> wrote: > >> Hey Greg that’s perfect. Thanks for the info. I wonder how adobe >plans to >> get around the asset catalog requirement. Do you suppose they create >an >> asset catalog during the build? >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Jan 4, 2018, at 11:35 AM, Greg Dove <greg.d...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Erik, >> > >> > iOS SDK version is 'bundled' with Air SDK, but there is a way to >specify >> an >> > external location for iOS SDK to point to a different external sdk >> version >> > when packaging. >> > >> > AIR 28 sdk will be the first one that has iOS11 by default and will >> > therefore have the new requirements. >> > You can read about that here: >> > https://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashruntimes/ >> shared/air28_flashplayer28_releasenotes.pdf >> > >> > One way I check things is to look at the builds themselves. >> > An ipa file is basically a zip archive (apk is similar for >android). >> > If you open it in an archive utility and either extract or directly >open >> > the file Info.plist (inside the main Payload folder) in a text >editor you >> > can usually find some helpful info., >> > Here is an extract of what I found for an AIR 27 build: >> > >> > <key>DTPlatformName</key> >> > <string>iphoneos</string> >> > <key>DTSDKName</key> >> > <string>iphoneos10.1</string> >> > <key>DTPlatformVersion</key> >> > <string>10.1</string> >> > <key>DTXcode</key> >> > <string>0810</string> >> > <key>DTXcodeBuild</key> >> > <string>8B62</string> >> > >> > This seems clear to me that Air 27 is using iOS 10.1 >> > >> > >> > Hope that is helpful... >> > Greg >> > >> >> On Fri, Jan 5, 2018 at 7:42 AM, Erik J. Thomas <e...@linqto.com> >wrote: >> >> >> >> Or perhaps iOS SDK is packaged with the Flex SDK? If so, what >version? I >> >> can't find anything on the web that explains how an iOS app is >compiled >> >> using FlexSDK or AIRSDK. I understand there is the runtime >component >> but I >> >> do not configure my project to use an external XCode iOS SDK to >build (I >> >> use IntelliJ and that's configurable) so if I don't, then it must >be >> >> getting compiled with an iOS SDK that's bundled somehow with Flex >or >> AIR. >> >> >> >> I am very weak in my understanding of this issue. None of the >release >> >> notes I can find on AIR and Flex SDK releases mention the iOS SDK >but >> they >> >> do mention macOS SDK for desktop AIR apps. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> Erik >> >> >> >> On Jan 4, 2018, at 10:25 AM, Erik J. Thomas <e...@linqto.com> >wrote: >> >> >> >> Apple recently started enforcing the use of an asset catalog for >app >> icons >> >> if the app was compiled using iOS 11 SDK. If the icons are not >inside an >> >> asset catalog that's compiled into the binary itself iTC will >refuse >> your >> >> build with this message: >> >> >> >> "Apps built with iOS 11 or later SDK must supply app icons in an >asset >> >> catalog and must also provide a value for this Info.plist key. For >more >> >> information see >http://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/current/#/dev10510b1f7 >> < >> >> http://help.apple.com/xcode/mac/current/#/dev10510b1f7>." >> >> >> >> I suppose this might be a question for the Flex developer mailing >list, >> >> but I'm assuming AIR 27 is still bundling the iOS 10 SDK? Because >if it >> >> bundled iOS 11 SDK my AIR apps would fail to load into iTunes >Connect. >> >> >> >> We also build native apps and as of the past few weeks, Apple has >> started >> >> rejecting apps that don't use app catalogs for app icons. I expect >the >> Flex >> >> community will run into this same issue if/when AIR SDK starts >including >> >> iOS 11 SDK. >> >> >> >> Does anyone know what version of iOS SDK that AIR 27 uses to build >the >> IPA? >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> Erik >> >> >> >> >> >> > >______________________________________________________________________ >This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud >service. >For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com >______________________________________________________________________ -- Tom Chiverton Sent from my phone. Please excuse my brevity.
