Building Gideros Player

TokyoDan

I'm trying to install the Gideros iPad Player. I'm running Snow Leopard, XCode 4.2 (with iOS SDK 5.0). But my iPad is running iOS 5.1. Now I can build the Gideros iPad Player. But the newest version of iOS Deployment Target that I can select is '5.0'.

The when I try to Run the project in Xcode I get the following message:
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"Xcode cannot run using the selected device."
"No provisioned iOS devices are available with a compatible iOS version. Connect an iOS device with a recent enough version of iOS to run your application or choose an iOS simulator as the destination."
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Is this because iOS Deployment Target is 5.0 and my actual iPad device is running iOS 5.1?

Caroline

@TokyoDan
You are probably running into this:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9614918/xcode-4-2-snow-leopard-and-ios-5-1

You need to upgrade to Lion or downgrade the iPad firmware .

Javi

Hi TokyoDan, yes, you need to install SDK 5.1.
Download Xcode for Lion (4.3.2), mount the dmg, show package contents and copy the 5.1 SDK in /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport.
In the link that Caroline posted you have a description.
I use Xcode 4.2 in Snow Leopard with 5.1 SDK without any problem using this method.
(If you need it, you can also copy the 5.1 simulator).

techdojo

I upgraded to Lion to get round that issue as well.
Annoying, but at least when I upgrade my OS with Apple it only cost's £20 not the stupid amount that Microsoft charge!

TokyoDan

Caroline and Javi. That worked and I'm still on Snow Leopard (I really don't want to upgrade to Lion as Mountain Lion is just around the corner).

I'm about to start porting my game from Ansca Corona to Gideros so I'm getting used to Gideros now. I'm leaving Corona for many reasons, the main one is my subscription runs out this month.

It's hard to get this kind of excellent help on the Ansca forum. Thanks a lot.

MikeHart

I am sure you did the right choice.

atilim

@TokyoDan I'm glad

@Javi Also I'm also using your method but unfortunately you may not use retina display on iPad 3 with Xcode 4.2. There is some interesting info here: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/128346-Enabling-HD-on-iPad3

Javi

Hi Atilim, the requirement for iPad 3 is to compile with latest iOS SDK 5.1, so I really can't see where is the problem...

BTW, in Gideros, what is the best way to build universal apps including iPad 3?

atilim

@Javi After you build and deploy with iOS SDK 5.1 and Xcode 4.2, iPad 3 returns [UIScreen mainScreen].scale as 1.0 and therefore you cannot use retina display. You need to use Xcode >= 4.3.1 to get correct value of [UIScreen mainScreen].scale as 2.0 on iPad 3.

To build a universal app, export your project as iPhone or iPad (doesn't matter) and select universal from Xcode.