Further to part 1 of this tutorial, there are a couple of things, which if you are not aware of them, can cause problems with running your Codea App in the runtime.
The runtime expects your version variable to be a string. So if you set a version number in Codea using something like saveProjectInfo("Version", version), where version is a number then you will get an error when you try to compile your project.
The solution is to either delete this line in your code or to modify a line in the runtime objective C code. If you want to take the second option then in the CodifyAppDelegate class go to the - (NSString) versionForProjectAtPath:(NSString)path method and change the line:
NSString* version = [infoPlist objectForKey:@"Version"];
To:
NSString* version = [[infoPlist objectForKey:@"Version"] description];
If you are using a float to represent your version (e.g. 1.4) then it is likely that within the info.plist file (which is found in the Project.codea folder) that this wont be the number you are expecting (e.g. you get 1.39999999999234 instead of 1.4). This is due to the size of the memory allocated to store numbers in Codea. Anyway, just edit this in your pList file in Xcode back to what it should be. Note that there are two info.plist files, one for your App (found in classes -> Supporting Files) and one for your Codea project.
Another trick for young players is that the function orientationChanged(newOrientation) is called before the setup() function in Main. So if you use global variables which are defined in setup() in the orientationChanged() function you will get a runtime error because they haven't been defined yet.
If you are in this situation, the solution is a three step process:
In Main, add the following line before anything else:
setupHasRun = false -- Other global stuff
Then in your setup() function, once your setup is done set the variable to true:
function setup() -- setup stuff setupHasRun = true end
Finally in the orientationChanged() function:
function orientationChanged(newOrientation) if setupHasRun then -- Your existing orientation code end end
And that should sort out the problem. Thanks very much to Simeon from Two Lives Left for tracking this solution down.
Before submitting your App to iTunes, there are a few things that you will probably want to change in the runtime. We will look at the simple things in this tutorial, a subsequent tutorial will explore how to add things like iAds and Game Centre support.
The runtime comes with some default icons and launch images. The easiest way to replace these with your own is to use Xcode.
Note that you should take into account whether you will be showing the status bar when creating your launch images. Xcode will warn you if the dimensions of your selected images are incorrect. You can hide the status bar by setting the "Status bar is initially hidden" to YES in the info.plist file for your App (found in classes -> Supporting Files).
For this next step we are assuming that you already have set up a paid developer account with Apple. The good news is that the App provisioning and certification process has gotten much easier than it was, but it is still a bit tricky so we will step you through the correct order in which things need to happen.
Back at the iOS Dev Centre we now want to prepare our App for upload to Apple for review. We do this by using the link below the Provisioning Portal called iTunes Connect. Click on this now. You will probably be asked to sign in again at this stage.
In Xcode, we need to associate our App with the bundle ID that we set up in iTunes Connect.
Well done if you made it to this point. Believe it or not, Apple have actually streamlined and automated a number of steps in this process which used to be much more cryptic (especially for your first attempt at it).
If you want, you can go back into iTunes connect and validate that your App status has changed to orange and "Waiting for Review". In fact, we would recommend that you do this. There have been instances where people have uploaded their binary but for some reason it never moves on to "Waiting for Review." If this happens you can try rejecting the binary and re-uploading it. It will take about a week for the App to work its way up the review queue. Watch this space for updates...
http://codeatuts.blogspot.in/2012/08/tutorial-13-submitting-to-app-store.html
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