Upgrade an iOS app made in Flash CS5 to Flash CS5.5

Report · Jun 27, 2011

Hi, I developed an App and I published it on the Apple App Store about a month ago, when I was still using Adobe Flash CS5.

Now I bought the latest version of Adobe Flash, the CS5.5 and I want to upgrade my exiting app with the Retina Display support.

The problem is that when I try to upload my IPA into Application Loader, it gives me a strange error... it says that I can't upgrade my app because I'm using an higher mininumOSVersion......in fact Flash CS5 has got a 3.0/3.2 minum and the CS5.5 4.0/4.2........How can I change them and upgrade my app???

Please, help me it's for an important company...

bye and thanks

Brandon

Report · Jun 27, 2011

Brandon,

I had exactly the same problem. I had to go back to CS5 and do the update. There was no way I could find to do the update in 5.5. I even tried publishing to standard resolution instead of high resolution, but still had the same problem.

I suggest resubmitting as a new app published in 5.5 or go back to CS5 and work on updates from there.

Sincerely,

Jim

Report · Jun 27, 2011

Thank you Preacher for your reply... It's so strange... and It's a problem, because from the initial version on the app I had a lot of modifies and now the same project on the CS5 is so slooow.... are you sure that there is no way to fix this Adobe's bug?

Maybe a java script or something else like this?

Report · Jun 27, 2011

Try by changing the C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS5\AIR 2.6 to your older SDK and republish it. But I'm not sure with that. Give it a try.

Report · Jun 27, 2011

It can be an idea... but changing the SDKs, but the GPU acceleration will be the same of Flash CS5.5 ?

Report · Jun 27, 2011

Never! It will works according to the SDK release

Report · Jun 27, 2011

Here is my understanding of the updating rules for iOS apps. Once you publish an app targeting a specific OS, any further update to that app must target that OS. Since Flash CS5.5 only targets 2.6 and later, which has a dependency on iOS 4 or later, you are as you discovered stuck. I think you solution is to create a new version, "My Awesome App HD" and then publish via CS5.5 to get the performance and Retina support you want.

Chris Griffith

Report · Jun 27, 2011

Yes Chrish, you're right... for my opinion too, the solution is to create a new version of the app, or maybe delete the current version and replace it with a new one called for example "myApp HD". The problem is that is not a personal opinion... is the company that is working with me that takes these decisions. They want to see THAT APP upgraded with the retina display.

Thank you all

Brandon