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August 14, 2015
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IOS Publish Setting, manually changing the application descriptor file?

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I am publishing an IOS app with some ANEs.

The ANEs need some changes made to the application descriptor file but when publishing for IOS, there is no Permission tab with a "manually adjust" option

Any ideas how to edit the IOS descriptor file?

Thanks

Pete

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Correct answer kheftel

Yup, like Colin said, there's an <InfoAdditions> block you can add to your app descriptor xml (flash builder should generate one for you in your app descriptor xml and then you can just modify it).  Anything in there will be added to the info.plist in the resulting iOS app.  There's also a corresponding block for Android.

So, for instance, if I want my app to to be a universal app (targets both iphone and ipad), I would normally add this to info.plist, using Apple's UIDeviceFamily key:

<key>UIDeviceFamily</key>


<array>


  <string>1</string>


  <string>2</string>


</array>

To do the same thing in AIR, I add the following, inside the main application tag:

<iPhone>


  <InfoAdditions><![CDATA[


  <key>UIDeviceFamily</key>


  <array>


    <string>1</string>


    <string>2</string>


  </array>


  ]]></InfoAdditions>


</iPhone>

This way, you can directly add anything to the resulting IPA's info.plist file you want, and add any permissions/settings that Apple allows.

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Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
August 14, 2015

It's just an XML file, you can edit it with any text editor. ANEs that need custom changes in the XML need to have that done in a text editor, even if it's an Android app.

kheftel
kheftelCorrect answer
Inspiring
August 14, 2015

Yup, like Colin said, there's an <InfoAdditions> block you can add to your app descriptor xml (flash builder should generate one for you in your app descriptor xml and then you can just modify it).  Anything in there will be added to the info.plist in the resulting iOS app.  There's also a corresponding block for Android.

So, for instance, if I want my app to to be a universal app (targets both iphone and ipad), I would normally add this to info.plist, using Apple's UIDeviceFamily key:

<key>UIDeviceFamily</key>


<array>


  <string>1</string>


  <string>2</string>


</array>

To do the same thing in AIR, I add the following, inside the main application tag:

<iPhone>


  <InfoAdditions><![CDATA[


  <key>UIDeviceFamily</key>


  <array>


    <string>1</string>


    <string>2</string>


  </array>


  ]]></InfoAdditions>


</iPhone>

This way, you can directly add anything to the resulting IPA's info.plist file you want, and add any permissions/settings that Apple allows.

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
August 14, 2015

Those examples are ones that the publishing settings will do for you. You only have to edit the XML for custom attributes, the fact that you're editing it doesn't mean you have to do all of the things that Flash Pro will do for you.

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