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ArmandN
Inspiring
January 18, 2014
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Is AIR4 compatible with iPad1?

  • January 18, 2014
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I can't seem to be able to install my app compiled with AIR4 on iPad1 (iOS 5). It works on iPad3 (iOS7).

I have both devices with provisioning profiles but when I try to install with iTunes, I get a not helpful error "MyApp failed to install"

Last time I compiled and tested on iPad1 was with AIR3.7

Is this a known issue?

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Correct answer Colin Holgate

See here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/air/tech-specs.html

The requirements for iOS has been increased to 6.1.

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AsterLUXman
Inspiring
January 20, 2014

Hi Armand,

For what it's worth, I haven't had issues so far installing and running one of my AIR 4.0 apps onto an iPad1 with iOS 5.1.1, confirming what Pahup is saying.

Notes:

  • Installing the *.ipa via iTunes worked for me, as well as doing it via the command line ( adt -installApp -platform ios -package yourApp.ipa ).  So, I am not sure why you couldn't install your app.

  • Another detail for compatibility's sake, if you are using Stage3D: the max texture size on older iOS devices is 1024 ( 2048 doesn't seem to work on iPad1, as far as I could tell ).

Cheers.

Leafcutter
Leafcutter
Inspiring
January 22, 2014

How does this affect existing apps on the app store that you want to update?  If you compile an update with AIR 4 will the application loader not allow you to upload or does it understand that it is an update for a subset of devices?  Does this mean we have to keep two versions of AIR available - one for updating existing apps and one for creating new apps with?

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
January 22, 2014

Have you tried those builds with the current version of AIR 4, or the next version (the one that is built for iOS 7)?

Colin Holgate
Colin HolgateCorrect answer
Inspiring
January 18, 2014

See here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/air/tech-specs.html

The requirements for iOS has been increased to 6.1.

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FingersCrossed
Inspiring
January 19, 2014

Interesting that iPhone3GS seems to be excluded from the iOS devices list too. I was trying to work out the best way of excluding that device (as performance is not perfect on that device for an app I'm currently working on).

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
January 19, 2014

Yes, that’s a shame in a way. Apps generally are ok on 3gs, and updates using AIR 4.0 will no longer work on 3gs, because I think it is limited to iOS 6.0.4.

I’ll explain that to my colleagues and clients!

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