iPhone 6 simulator - ipa install error - Xcode 6

For those are having problems with iPhone6 plus making a scale of the content, you have to put new launch image sizes 750 x 1334 and 1242 x 2208 for portrait.

I always used just putting default launch images on the main src folder as: Defaul-Portrait.png etc .. but for some reason for these new iPhone6 images it's not working. I put as Defaul-Portrait@3x.png and Default-736@3x.png and not worked. So I had to specify in the descriptor in iPhone tag and it worked:

<key>UILaunchImages</key>

  <array>

      <dict>

          <key>UILaunchImageMinimumOSVersion</key>

          <string>8.0</string>

          <key>UILaunchImageName</key>

          <string>Default-667h</string>

          <key>UILaunchImageOrientation</key>

          <string>Portrait</string>

          <key>UILaunchImageSize</key>

          <string>{375, 667}</string>

      </dict>

      <dict>

          <key>UILaunchImageMinimumOSVersion</key>

          <string>8.0</string>

          <key>UILaunchImageName</key>

          <string>Default-736h</string>

          <key>UILaunchImageOrientation</key>

          <string>Portrait</string>

          <key>UILaunchImageSize</key>

          <string>{414, 736}</string>

      </dict>

  </array>

The problem is that iphone5 images stopped to work, probably because now I have to specify all the images in the descriptor. Anyone knows why is not working just pasting the images in the main src folder? I'm using wrong name?

Adobe + updates = hard time

Something still not quite right here , been using Air 15.0.0.274 and Xcode 6.0.1 .

The usual method of installing via ADT on the command line would be  :-

./AIR15.0/bin/adt -installApp -platform ios -platformsdk /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneSimulator8.0.sdk -device ios-simulator -package MyApp.ipa  

The above method appears to install without error, however nothing appears within any of the simulators..

The only way i've found to test, is to manual install the .app files and view that way..

Does anyone know of a newer syntax for installing with iPhoneSimulator8.0.sdk via  ADT command line ?

Also, when testing for iPhone 6 plus , I'm getting reduced resolution and blurry images, this sim should be displaying

at 1080 * 1920 (1242 * 2208) but only gives 828 * 1472 - exactly two thirds resolution even with Default-414w-736h@3x.png as the launch image.

Latest AIR 15 beta SDK got rid of this error and allowed me to test in the simulator. To test on iOS 8, I had to move all of my old SDKs out of /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs. If I had any older SDKs in there, Flash Builder would re-launch the simulator using them.

Additionally, I can't test using any device other than the iPhone 5, whose simulator doesn't fit on my screen. Flash Builder will always launch to that device regardless of what settings I choose in the Debug Config window. Switching devices in the simulator itself doesn't work since the app installs seem to be device specific and Flash Builder ignores what is currently open and launches to the iPhone 5, rebooting the simulator.

Any ideas on how to fix that?

For me it worked using Flash Builder 4.7 with last AIR 15 beta 15.0.0.258 and Xcode 6.0.1. It works perfectly even debugging!

But if you use last Xcode 6.1 GM beta won't works. You should set the environment variable to use the device version that you want, just run this command in your terminal:

launchctl setenv AIR_IOS_SIMULATOR_DEVICE "iPhone 6 Plus"

I hope it helps

Thanks jochends for the in-depth explanation! You made a couple of points that allowed me to find an easier way to do a manual install. I used the ios-sim tool at https://github.com/phonegap/ios-sim that can be installed via homebrew (thanks to this discussion).

Here is what I did for anyone else that wants to test on the iPhone 6.

1. Build the ipa file for the simulator with Flash (it crashes but the ipa will be intact)

2. Rename it to .zip and unzip the content to find the .app file

3. Use the ios-sim launch command with the command line option "--devicetypeid com.apple.CoreSimulator.SimDeviceType.iPhone-6".

Hopefully that helps! Unfortunately I was able to crash the simulator and kept getting a push notification request dialog, which I did not experience on an actual device running iOS 8. Lets hope it is just a problem with the simulator!

Same problem here, Flash crashes with any simulator, also those fom Xcode 5, even without spaces in the path name.

I was able to install my apps manually in the iPhone 6+ simulator though. They ran as expected, a scaled-up version of the iPhone 5 resolution. Unfortunately it doesn't seem possible to use the native resolution of those devices, as Flash doesn't add the required launch images correctly (iOS 8 seems to handle this differently). So we'll have to wait for Adobe to properly support the new devices anyway...

We are also experiencing this issue. Any updates on a fix?

Xcode 6 only comes with the iOS 8 simulator. You can go into Preferences, Downloads, and get the iOS 7.0 and 7.1 simulators, but I don't see any option for iOS 6. If you want to do iOS 6 simulator testing keep Xcode 5.1.1 installed.

Still, there seems to be a problem with testing to the Xcode 6 simulators, even if you download the 7.1 version. It crashes Flash if there's a space in the filename (like, I had my Xcode 6 named as "Xcode 6GM"), and fails to install apps if there isn't a space in the name. Also, since installing Xcode 6 I can't test to the 7.1 simulator in Xcode 5.1.1.

I'll report that.