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OMA2k
Inspiring
September 12, 2013
Question

AIR 3.8: error when compiling as "ipa-debug-interpreter": PackageExtractionFailed

  • September 12, 2013
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I'm experiencing an error in AIR 3.8 which doesn't happen in AIR 3.7 or 3.6

If compiling an IPA with AIR 3.8 in "ipa-debug-interpreter" mode then I get this message when installing in the test device:

Installation Error: PackageExtractionFailed

This doesn't happen in older versions of AIR (3.6, 3.7), and it also does not happen in non-debug modes in AIR 3.8.

These are the lines I use (Windows):

adt -package -target ipa-debug-interpreter -listen 7936 -provisioning-profile profile.mobileprovision -storetype pkcs12 -keystore cert\ios\ios_dev.p12 -storepass mypassword application.ipa application-app.xml -C . application.swf icons\application_512.png icons\application_114.png icons\application_72.png icons\application_57.png icons\application_48.png icons\application_29.png Default-Landscape.png -extdir ..\ane

adt -installApp -platform ios -package application.ipa

Then I get the "Installation Error: PackageExtractionFailed" message. From what I can gather, this is an iTunes related error message. I'm not using iTunes directly, but I know "adt" uses iTunes to install IPAs into iOS devices.

Since this problem doesn't happen when compiling with older versions of AIR, it must be something AIR 3.8 introduces in the IPAs that makes iTunes complain.

Is there any fix for this?

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igor_rik
Participant
September 18, 2013

I have the same problem...all previous versions are ok but version 3.8 is not possible to setup on iPad via debug mode. Release is ok. Any ideas?

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Adobe Employee
sakjain1
Adobe Employee
September 13, 2013

Hello,

I have tried and successfully able to install the ipa(compiled with ipa-debug-interpreter target) using AIR 3.8 SDK.

Could you please tell iTunes version installed on your system?Also, please give a try with the latest AIR 3.9 SDK available at http://labs.adobe.com.

And let us know if you still face the same problem.

Thanks,

Sakshi

Adobe AIR Team

chris.campbell
chris.campbell
Legend
September 13, 2013

I've alerted the iOS team to this post.  Would you also mind opening a bug report at bugbase.adobe.com?

Thanks,

Chris

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OMA2kAuthor
Inspiring
September 19, 2013

Well, I've now tried with the beta version AIR 3.9.0.880 in the new IOS 7, and this problem is still happening, unfortunately.

My app compiled with -ipa-test-interpreter installs fine but with -ipa-debug-interpreter it doesn't install at all.

The IPA is generated successfully but iTunes refuses to install it.

I've filed a bug here. If you're experiencing the same problem, please leave a vote here:

https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3635356

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makc3d
Inspiring
October 16, 2013

What do you mean by "iTunes refuses to install it"? AIR does the install itself since 3.5 or so: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/air/build/WS901d38e593cd1bac1e63e3d128fc240122-7ffa.html

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