Difficulty Deploying to iOS (DEF-1672) (SOLVED)

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#1

As running the game via the Defold app wasn’t giving me the right resolution, I wanted to check how it looks with a normal ipa. But I just can’t seem to get it to work.

I have a developer account.
I have a provisioning profile (it is a wildcard one for all development com.[my signifier].*)
I have set the bundle identifier in game.project as com.[my signifier].[app name]
This account and provisioning profile successfully built the dmengine app.

So I:
Choose Project->Bundle->iOS Application
Leave “Release Mode” unchecked
Choose my “Code Signing Identity”. I only have one option.
Choose the wildcard provisioning profile

The app then builds, leaving me with an ipa and app file.

So I then go into Xcode and choose Window->Devices
I click the + to add an app and double click my ipa file in the file requester.

I get the error:
"[ipa filename] cannot be installed on [my device name]. [ipa filename] does not contain an application bundle."

Does anyone have any idea? Do I need to create an info.plist and select it in game.project? If so, what does it need to contain?

#2

I usually just drag the ipa into iTunes and have it install through there. You do not need an info.plist. One is generated for you.

#3

I’ll try that tomorrow. This device has never actually been synced with the development Mac so I was reluctant to try that, but it looks like it may be the best option.

#4

I can also suggest using the “ios-deploy” tool: https://github.com/phonegap/ios-deploy

It allows you to deploy a bundle easily:
$ ios-deploy --bundle mybundle.ipa

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#5

Cheers, I’ll have a look into that.

Cannot install ipa to iOS device (SOLVED)
#6

+1 for ios-deploy! It’s a very handy command line tool.

#7

I got the same error when trying to deploy an IPA created by Defold through XCode->Devices.
When trying to install the .app instead of the .ipa, I got this: “CFBundleExecutable” specifies a file that is not executable
After setting the executable bit for the exe file, like:

> cd PetRescueVS.app
> chmod +x PetRescueVS

I could then install it properly. So this issue can probably be solved if Defold enforces the file flag.

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#8

I have added a new ticket for this issue: DEF-1672

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#9

I’ve got same error: https://forum.defold.com/t/cannot-install-ipa-to-ios-device/1743

#10

This will be solved in the release later today. Correct me if I’m wrong here @jakob.pogulis.

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#11

Yeah, this should be fixed in 1.2.80 :slight_smile:

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#12

Executable bit set on bundle in Defold 1.2.93: Defold 1.2.93 has been released

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