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   amjadyahya
   

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   amjadyahya

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   Hi everybody,

   I'm posting this question here because probably I will not get any answers on Adobe forums.

   I have recently learned that Apple changed its policy regarding deployment on iOS devices, they no longer require a dev. certificate and provisioning profile unless the developer want to submit to app store. But, as I understand, this is only available using XCode 7, so how can we -Air developers- take advantage of that using Flash Builder? AFAIK, Flash Builder will not generate an ipa unless I specify a certificate and a provisioning profile.

   Does this mean we have to wait for a new version of Flash Builder, or it can be solved with a new version of AIR SDK?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   wolfofpavlov
   

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   wolfofpavlov

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   Well unfortunately it doesn't look like Adobe is ever planning on building a new version of Flash Builder, see this thread I started a while ago: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1696129

   I really don't think this could be something solved with a new version of AIR SDK because there would be to be ui changes in FB.

   Maybe we can hope IntelJ or FlashDevelop does something for it.

   Can you share where you learned of Apple's policy change?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   mistergreen
   

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   mistergreen

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   You can probably build the .ipa and use the command line to run it on a device. That's all FB does behind the scene.

   Here's the new Xcode 7 feature for free testing
   https://developer.apple.com/library/watchos/documentation/DeveloperTools/Conceptual/WhatsNewXcode/Articles/xcode_7_0.html

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   Jeff
   

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   Jeff

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   From reading some of the Apple docs, it looks like once you sign in to XCode 7 with your Apple ID, Apple will end up automatically generating a free provisioning profile that gets used with a project and target, so it isn't clear whether you might need to use Xcode 7 at least once to set this up, and if Apple ends up generating an automatic provisioning profile unique to each app bundle ID (and not some reusable wildcard provisioning profile), it might not even be possible to just post-command line set the profile after making an .ipa only with FB (though maybe someone will figure out a way).

   Secondly, it is important to realize that if you go the AppleID provisioning route without a paid Apple Developer Program account, you are limited to certain APIs.

   Check this table and make note of the third column restrictions: iOS (Apple ID)
   https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/SupportedCapabilities/SupportedCapabilities.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012582-CH38-SW1

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   mistergreen
   

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   mistergreen

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   @Jeff
   Yeah, it only makes sense since without provisionings, you're (device) basically anonymous so you can't take advantage of things like game center or push notifications.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   mistergreen
   

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   mistergreen

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   This might give you partial info on building with the command line
   https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/technotes/tn2339/_index.html

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   amjadyahya
   

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   amjadyahya

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   Yeah, the free Apple ID is not exactly a catch. The restrictions that comes with it renders the whole process useless, at least for non-xcode developers. But on the bright side.. Apple has moved half a step in the right direction .. lets hope they will go the whole nine yards.

   @mistergreen, AFAIK, from FB you can't generate a release build without both the certificate and the prov. profile. And what about Windows?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   mistergreen
   

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   mistergreen

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   What about doing a custom build from fb. Point to xcode7 iPhone sdk platform. And add a custom parameter of your Apple ID. I'm not sure the exact name of Apple ID though.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   amjadyahya
   

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   amjadyahya

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   I'm not sure how to do that on Windows, but let's say I did and after that I tried to export a release build .. FB won't ask me for a certificate and prov. profile?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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    mistergreen
    

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    mistergreen

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    I tried to build a quick app on Xcode 7 but I can't use a free account since I have a developer account. I have to still go through the provisional process.

    You manage the account in Xcode 7/preference/accounts. I guess FB won't have access to that.

    ps. The free account code sign is for debugging only. Release build, you'll need proper provisions.

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    caseyryan
    

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    caseyryan

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    Has anybody tried to build for iOS using FlashDevelop? I mean without apple developer's certificate

    Posted 2 years ago #
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    bluntcoder
    

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    bluntcoder

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    Bumping this thread. Very curious about this using FlashDevelop.

    Posted 2 years ago #

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