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Frédéric C.
Inspiring
January 25, 2018
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Can't install app on iPhone Simulator

  • January 25, 2018
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Hi,

I want to test my app on the iPhone simulator, but I'm facing an error.

Some info first:

Mac OS High Sierra 10.13.1

Xcode 9.1

Air SDK 28.0.0.125

I made a VERY simple hello world app, to be sure errors don't come from any ANE. So the app just displays an "Hello world" on a blank screen.

First, I compile the app with the following command:

adt -package -target ipa-test-interpreter-simulator -keystore keys/CertificatsDev.p12 -storetype pkcs12 -storepass XXXXX -provisioning-profile "keys/test.mobileprovision" application.ipa application-simulator.xml test.swf Assets Assets.car icons/iOS Default@2x~iphone.png Default-568h@2x~iphone.png Default-375w-667h@2x~iphone.png Default-414w-736h@3x~iphone.png -platformsdk /Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk

The app compiles without any problem. Then I try to install the app with:

adt -installApp -platform ios -platformsdk /Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk -device ios-simulator -package application.ipa

And here, I get the following error:

Unknown or unsupported SDK version: /Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk

2018-01-25 16:39:24.260 isb[9841:87706] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '*** -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithObjects:forKeys:count:]: attempt to insert nil object from objects[1]'

*** First throw call stack:

(

    0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff4e4c453b __exceptionPreprocess + 171

    1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff74ed9942 objc_exception_throw + 48

    2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff4e5047fc _CFThrowFormattedException + 194

    3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff4e3cbd61 -[__NSPlaceholderDictionary initWithObjects:forKeys:count:] + 321

    4   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff4e3cbbeb +[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObjects:forKeys:count:] + 59

    5   isb                                 0x000000010202c6de -[iPhoneSimulator listSDKs] + 623

    6   isb                                 0x000000010202e21b -[iPhoneSimulator parseArgumentsStartingIndex:NumArg:ArgArray:] + 1768

    7   isb                                 0x000000010202e5b3 -[iPhoneSimulator runWithArgc:argv:] + 866

    8   isb                                 0x000000010202ea31 main + 108

    9   libdyld.dylib                       0x00007fff75ac6145 start + 1

    10  ???                                 0x0000000000000006 0x0 + 6

)

libc++abi.dylib: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

/var/folders/r2/c4t39k0s6v38v8g6cb2_mkdc0000gn/T/cmd3201524376007614146.tmp: line 1:  9841 Abort trap: 6           "/AdobeAIRSDK/lib/aot/bin/isb/isb" "-install" "-apppath" "/var/folders/r2/c4t39k0s6v38v8g6cb2_mkdc0000gn/T/5879e46c-7bea-40c3-9b91-acd75bdaa4d3/Payload/OracleCards.app" "-sdkpath" "/Applications/Xcode9.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator.sdk"

I tried to also extract the SDK from the Xcode app, but the error is the same. Could you please help me solve this error? Thank you!

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Correct answer Frédéric C.

FYI, renaming the "Xcode9.app" to simply "Xcode.app" fixed the issue.

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Frédéric C.
Frédéric C.AuthorCorrect answer
Inspiring
January 29, 2018

FYI, renaming the "Xcode9.app" to simply "Xcode.app" fixed the issue.