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Participating Frequently
August 15, 2013
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Build AS3 AIR project on Linux for Android and iOS?

  • August 15, 2013
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We're about to use a build server for taking some work out of our hands (testing, building etc). The build server is running on Linux and therefore we would like to know if we can build the AS3 (AIR) sourcecode on the Linux environment. We usely create apps for Android and iOS.

Can anyone give some more information on this? Is it true that the ADT doesn't run on Linux?

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Jeff__Ward
Inspiring
August 15, 2013

It's not officially supported, but yes you can develop AIR apps on Linux using Wine.  I've written a blog post detailing the ins and outs:

http://jcward.com/Adobe+AIR+Mobile+Development+On+Linux

Hope this helps!

Best,

-Jeff

Participating Frequently
August 16, 2013

Thanks! This is loocking awesome!

We'll give it a shot!

Jeff__Ward
Inspiring
August 28, 2013

FYI, I updated my blog post.  I found a program called ideviceinstaller (available in the Ubuntu repos ala apt-get install ideviceinstaller or from the website) that allows installation of .ipa files onto iOS devices from Linux.

Previously that was the only development iteration step that required a Windows VM.  Now in my workflow, a VM is no longer required for iOS development.  (Obviously a Mac is still required to upload to the app store at the end.)

Also, a bonus, here's a quick command to view UUID's authorized by the provisioning file inside an .ipa file:

> unzip -c Main.ipa *.mobileprovision | strings | egrep -i string\>[0-9a-f]\{40\}

<string>d9c2fee807324a18baf5a544ffa2c80f23d3****</string>

<string>f634a0a95bc2327f6a26cb39cf18a01918cf****</string>

<string>651e4284467d328e37c18988c981179b5909****</string>

<string>c11d7eef800632d072da067d9b993624f25b****</string>

<string>72d85ab26cd525a328d3a71e3fe416c61fd6****</string>