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What's the point of the provisioning process Apple makes you complete in order to test your apps on an iOS device?

Today I walked to through the process of getting my iOS device connected to my computer and running my app. To do that, I had to... Obtain a developer certificate Assign the device to my team Obtain my app ID and create a provisioning profile While I understand the process and was able to successfully get my device connected, I don'...

Safari Extension safari.application error

Hi, I'm making an extension for safari I created a context item with command = showNote In debugger I get the follwing error TypeError: Result of expression 'safari.application' [undefined] is not an object on line 8(the last line) are there any things you need to include or call before this works? main.js function showNote(event){...

Mac developer vs iPhone developer, the other way

Whats the difference between Mac Developer and iPhone Developer membership? Here we have a similar question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2635191/dc-mac-developer-vs-iphone-developer Now I ask the other way: if you sign up as an iPhone developer, what would you be missing from a Mac developer account? ...

Flash and AIR technologies on apple's computers

Hi, i saw couples of weeks ago some notes in adobe AIR website that they said adobe AIR will not be supported on Apple's devices like mac-book-pro, and am working on an application that will be made using adobe AIR and flash technologies and i have to make sure that it will works on apples computers ?? it's really important and i will...

Which is the better option? Develop software for OVI stores (or) Andorid (or) Apple stores?

Which is the better option? Develop software for OVI stores (or) Andorid (or) Apple stores? Which is the future of mobile application development? Qt for Meego/Symbian and hosting in OVI store? or Developing application for android or Developing application for iPhone? I wish to know the best platform to learn to pursue my career as a i...

What exactly is apple looking for when they ask for an in-app purchase screenshot?

Do they want the purchased content in action or the store interface? what if i have a bunch of products that are very similar can I just use a single screenshot for all of them? Any help would be appreciated. Nick ...

Install AdHoc profil + app on iPhone error (other devices work)

Hy. I've got an iPhone app (Base SDK 3.1) and the fitting AdHoc profile. I was able to install the profile and the app on multiple devices, but on one device I can't get it installed. When I look at the device with xCode's organizer or the iPhone Config utility, no provisioning profiles are installed. I checked the UDID from the devic...

iPhone in-App purchase to send greeting cards?

I am creating an iPhone app to design an Electronic Greeting Card. I offer to send real post cards to the recipients if the iPhone user purchases an e-Stamp using in-App purchases of the App. I hear that Apple does not allow physical good. Will my app be able to use iTunes in-App payments system since I am selling only e-Stamps within ...

Flash CS5 and the App Store TOS

Has Apple been known to recently reject apps that were created in Flash CS5? Also, If I submit an app that violates the TOS, am I risking my Paid Developer status, or just having my app rejected? ...

Is it possible to add one apple help book to another apple help book

I'm working on a product with a plugin architecture and I wanted a way to inject a help book from a plugin into the help book for the main application. Example: Lets say I have an application called FooShare that allows a user to share videos. Different plugins let the user share to different places like YouTube or Twitvid. I want the u...

Is it possible to share an Apple Developer Program license between programmers?

A couple of friends and I are working on a project for our final thesis that will run in the Iphone, and we're looking at the prospect of purchasing an Apple Developer Program License. I'd like to know if we could purchase a license between the three of us, and still be able to deploy to the iphone individually. That is, each of us wo...

MPMoviePlayerController, slow/crashes on iPod Touch

I am building an application with iPhone SDK 3.1.3. All I am trying to do is play a 2 Minute(11MB Filesize video) and loop it. I have code that works find on the simulator, iPhone 3G & iPhone 3GS, but not on an iPod TOuch 8GB. When I run the code on the iPod Touch, it gets to the line: movPlayer = [[MPMoviePlayerController alloc] init...

iPhone - Rejected for not using HTTP Live Streaming protocol

My first application got rejected for not using the HTTP Live Streaming Protocol. Ok, now I have done some reading, and apparently I need to re-encode with Apples 'HTTP Live Streaming Tools' my videos into various files so it can be streamed. So am I correct, that I don't have to change anything in my binary/code to refresh my app or is...

The release of Xcode 4

I'm a paid up iPhone developer. I've really enjoyed the WWDC iTunesU videos and am eagerly awaiting Xcode 4. My question is simple. When do you think Xcode 4 beta will be released to non-WWDC attending developers? I've been scouring the 'net for days and can't find any decent suggestions at all. ...

Downloading iPhone SDK now that iOS is out

I need to develop a simple iPhone application, but the only Mac I have access to is running Leopard. This is no problem, I don't need to make an iOS 4 application, iPhone 3.2 will suffice. I problem is the SDK download has been removed form Apple's website. I cant find it anywhere! Is there anything I can do??? I really don't want to u...

How do I set the time and date using AppleScript (or any other type of script) at start up?

I need to set the date and time on my Mac (Intel, Snow Leopard) to a specific date and time each time it boots. Does anyone know how I can accomplish this using AppleScript or something else? ...

Using grand central dispatch in Linux

Is this possible, since Apple has open sourced the code (libdispatch?) I'm bit confused as to how one can make use of this. Is this like a library with an API that any application can make use of, or a OS feature built into Mac OS X? Can application built "for" Macs and iPhone (with iOS 4) alone make use of this library? I assume one ha...

HTTP Live Streaming using Apple mediastreamsegmenter

Hello All I would like to implement HTTP live streaming for iPhone/iPad. I am following the apple standards and tools for same. As of now my video source is one giving me live video from rtsp://123.123.123.123:554/mpeg4 (sample IP). but as HTTP live streaming and mediastreamsegmenter required to pass source over UDP network so i have t...

Unable to configure my App ID in iPhone developer portal

Hi all!! Iam able to create a new apple ID from the provisioning portal from manage tab. But it always shows the app ID as unavailable for Push notification service. Action is to view the details. When i click on that it says, ""Note: Only explicit App IDs can be used to access the Apple Push Notification service. Please use an existin...

iPhone - Certificate Signing Request not showing in Distribution Profile

Hi all, We're trying to get our app ready for distribution on the app store. We provisioned it for a single device which works well so we know its not the code. We create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) and upload it as instructed (we followed lots of videos and done a lot of reading) but when we hit submit to upload our CSR the pag...