iOS packaging ipa-debug fails

[Guest]

Hi,

I follow the nice tutorial http://va.lent.in/blog/2011/03/25/air2-6-app-for-ios/. For simple apps the build script is working fine.

But when I try to build an application with the debug target (ipa-debug) with an additional SWC, the build fails after a while.

The exception occurs not in the ant output, instead a window is popping up:

Title: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library

Content: Runtime Error! Program: C:\WINDOWS\system32\java.exe

The build process is allocating about 1.8 GB of memory. I try it on different machines (6 GB memory, Win7).

Does anyone know how to solve the problem?

Kind regards,

Bernd

[sanika_Kulshreshtha]

Hi Bernd,

Is this a flex application? What is the size of the swf that you are trying to package?

We do have a few known packaging bugs with AIR 2.6 that are specific to Windows. You could give it a try on a Mac if you have one.

Also, try packaging with -Xmx1024m or -Xmx768m switch.

-Sanika

[Guest]

Hi Sanika,

yes it is a Flex application (4.5.0). The SWF file size is about 1.5 MB.

I do not have access to an Mac.

Where do I need to specify the -Xmx1024m switch?

I tried it directly as an ANT argument, mxmlc argument and ADT argument, but it does not work. The argument is rejected by all three applications.

Bernd

[Guest]

Hi Sanika,

I managed to use the -Xmx switch for java and tried serveral values, but it didnt help.

Any other idea?

Maybe its a problem with Flex 4.5.0? It seems that Flash Builder 4.5 does not offically support iOS deployment, only Android. Maybe I need to wait for 4.5.1!?

Cheers,

Bernd

[sanika_Kulshreshtha]

Hi Bernd,

There are some known issues with packaging large flex applications on Windows with AIR 2.6. Unfortunately, I don't have any workaround to offer. Are you able to build ipa-test target? If the application performs well with ipa-test target, you could publish that?

We are working on the fix for the next AIR version. Could you mail the swf to me at mailto:sanika@adobe.com ? This would really help us verify the fix.

Thanks,

Sanika

[Guest]

Hi Sanika,

yes I'm able to build it with ipa-test. The problem is that my app is freezing when I try to instantiate a class which is part of an third party SWC file.

So I want to debug the it directy on the iPhone. I will send you the SWF file.

Cheers,

Bernd

[Colin Holgate]

Do you have the swc set to Merge, or RSL?

[Guest]

This are my compiler arguments:

     -output=${app.builddir}/${app.rootfile}

     -source-path+=${app.rootdir}/src

     -static-link-runtime-shared-libraries=true

     -compiler.include-libraries+=libs

where my libraries are located in libs.

Do I need to set another option to include the SWC to the SWF file?

Bernd

[Colin Holgate]

I'm spoiled by being able to use Flash for my compiling! It takes care of things like that. But from the look of it, try setting the runtime-shared-libraries to false.

[Guest]

Setting runtime-shared-libraries to false does also not work.

[sanika_Kulshreshtha]

Hi Bernd,

Thanks for sending the swf. You are hitting a bug in AIR 2.6. It should be fixed in the next AIR version.

Thanks,

Sanika

[Guest]

Hi Sanika,

is this bug only occuring on Windows? Maybe I can package it on a Mac?!

When will the next AIR version be released? Because we will have a release of our app next month.

Cheers,

Bernd