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AIR 29+ can not debug app on iOS. App is never installed on the device

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May 23, 2018
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When I try to debug iOS app with Flash Builder 4.7 and with AIR 29 or 30 Beta the app is not installed on the device. Compilation is completed and I get the message that I need to open the app but app is never installed on devices. I tried manually to install app by going to bin-debug folder and trying to install ipa from there but it says that app ipa is corrupted or not compatible with iOS 11.

Is anyone able to debug app on iOS with AIR 29 or AIR 30 Beta?

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Correct answer chaky

This is now solved and is working properly with latest AIR SDK 31.

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honeybearkumamon

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The issue is still present with latest AIR SDK 30beta & 29.0.0.122.

OS: Windows7

IDE: FlashBuilder 4.7 (64bit)

TestingDevice:

iPhone5(iOS8.4.1)

iPhoneSE(iOS10.3)

iPhone6 plus(iOS11.3.1)

iPhone7(iOS11.3)

iPhoneX (iOS11.3.1)

iPadAir2(iOS11.3.1)

iPadMini4(iOS11.3.1)

[AIR 28.0.0.127]

debug cert + debug profile = OK

adhoc&dist cert + adhoc profile = OK

[AIR 29.0.0.112]

debug cert + debug profile = OK

adhoc&dist + adhoc profile = OK

[AIR 29.0.0.122] (AppStore Rejection HiddenAPI FIX)

debug cert + debug profile = Fail

adhoc&dist + adhoc profile = Fail

[AIR 30.0.0.93 Beta]

debug cert + debug profile = Fail

adhoc&dist + adhoc profile = Fail

[AIR 30.0.0.103 Beta]

debug cert + debug profile = Fail

adhoc&dist + adhoc profile = Fail

This is obviously a ploblem of SDK. not certificate.....

Colin Holgate

Inspiring

I'm sure that it's the SDK that has introduced the problem, and the bug report will help solve that. But I am able to do debug testing with AIR 30.0..0.103.

I just confirmed that I could, and I also tested with Distribution Ad Hoc. Developer certification and profile definitely worked, and Distribution Ad Hoc definitely failed to install the app. Console showed:

dataStdErr:

Installation Error: ApplicationVerificationFailed.

I also tried distribution and with target as ipa-debug. Still failed to install.

So, for me at least, only developer certificate and profile works with AIR 30.

BTW, if I use AIR 26, distribution ad hoc works, and I can debug ok.

I'll add a note to the bug report, so that they don't get sidetracked too much blaming FB or IntelliJ.

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zoultrex

Participant

Hi Colin, do you mind explaining how you managed to debug the device plugged on your machine running FB? Just to be clear, I need to put breakpoints on FB and run the app on the device, did you manage to accomplish that?

Colin Holgate

Inspiring

I can debug with AIR 29 or 30, but did have a combination where the app didn't install. For me it was because I was using an Enterprise Ad Hoc certificate. I changed to a non-Enterprise developer profile, and then debugging worked well.

If you're trying Enterprise too, I think the difficulty may be that you have to go into Settings, General, Profiles & Device Management, to give the installed app permission to run. So, Flash Builder trying to do that automatically is likely to fail.

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chakyAuthor

Inspiring

Hi Colin,

I did not use Enterprise, just a regular development certificate. On which system are you?

Colin Holgate

Inspiring

Some future version of macOS. Also, I use Animate, but that still shares ADT in common with FB. Any failure to install the app from FB is likely to happen with the same conditions from Animate, and it certainly was failing for me.

Something else that may have failed for me was doing a debug build with a non-Enterprise AD Hoc certificate. I either found that had the same problem, or I skipped trying that, can't remember.

Are you using Development or Distribution certificates and profiles?