My app is live on App Store. If I want to change metadata (title, keywords..), do I need to upload new .ipa file?
Depend what specific data you want to change.
If you need more information check this Apple Documentation
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I was wondering whether my app's sqlite database will be transfer over to desktop when user sync the app with iTunes or do I need to do some coding to ensure that it will be transferred?
Please advice. Many thanks.
You can transfer the content of your document directory's document folder contents by adding UIFileSharingEnabled key to your info.plist.
Please check the below image:
After adding this key to your info.plist, when you sync your iPad with iTunes the documents inside the document folder will be listed in iTunes as shown below:
This is a nice tutorial for starting the iTunes filesharing: How to integrate iTunes file sharing
We not only can backup our files on itunes but also in icloud....
this is how the app data is persisted along the the app updation ,ios upgradation....
As you long you put your data files in standard locations within the app's sandbox and you don't explicitly flag the file as a file that shouldn't be backed up, then the data files will be backed up to iCloud or iTunes (depending on how the user has setup device backups).
It depends on your file scheme, you can decide which information is necessary and should be backed up and which one should not because it can be easily recreated.
Look for the "Where You Should Put Your App’s Files" section
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/FileManagement/Conceptual/FileSystemProgrammingGUide/FileSystemOverview/FileSystemOverview.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010672-CH2-SW2
I'm writing a jailbroken app in iPhone, I'd like to add a updating mechanism for this app and it works like the updating via App Store.
I know that every icon on SpringBoard is a SBApplicationIcon object, while the icon with a progress bar for updating is SBDownloadingIcon object. My problem is that I can not find any method to convert.
If I understand correctly, you want to update apps like it does when via App Store with the Progress Bar on it.
Try using the itms-services (Wireless ad-hoc distribution). For that you need to create a simple plist file and the ipa and upload it to a server. It'll help you download the app in the same way App Store does.
I understand since it's for jailbroken filesystem, it's not on the App Store. That's why I'm saying, upload the two files (IPA and PLIST file) to a free web server space, you can get easily.
If you can build an ipa for the app, then follow the link I mentioned above.
If it's a .deb package, then it can't be done that way, AFAIK.
Hope this helps.
If you want to do this, you have to use a itms-services url. Since your code can't make itself writable, you will not be able to change the object from a SBApplicationIcon to a SBDownloadingIcon object (and back again to a SBApplicationIcon so that users can use the app).
It doesn't sound like this is possible, but I will ask anyway.
In my app, I store a lot of images and plists in the documents directory.
I would like to implement a PDF reader in the app that allows users to load their PDFs into the app via iTunes. I do not want the user to be able to see/access the contents of the documents directory since they could cause the app to perform unexpectedly if they messed with these files.
Is this possible, or is it possible to place my plists and images somewhere else?
You'll need to be registered with Apple to see this, but this page should give you the information you need.
You'll need to add a UIFileSharingEnabled key to Info.plist. This will give the user access to the Documents directory of the app, and let them remove or add files.
This tutorial gives an example of how to set up PDF support in an iPad app.
I'm building an application that search and recognizes any iPhone apps that user has in his/her computer. I would like to know a way to "extract" the id of the application from the .ipa file.
I was trying to do the recognition using only the App File Name, but I discovered that the File Name is not the name of the app in Apple Store.
Live Poker 6K Free by Zynga != Live Poker 3.7.ipa
The id i'm talking about is the app id, like in,
http://itunes.apple.com/app/live-poker-6k-free-by-zynga/id354901953?mt=8
the id is 354901953.
Does any body has a clue how can I manage to find this information?
An IPA is just a ZIP archive. When you unzip it you'll find an iTunesMetadata.plist or Info.plist which should contain all info you need.
If the app is not distributed via iTunes, i.e. it is an enterprise distribution or ad-hoc, you can find the bundle seed ID in the embedded.mobileprovision file. It's a binary, but you can read it in the terminal with
cat embedded.mobileprovision
You should see a line that says <BUNDLE SEED ID>.com.yourcompanyname.*
That App ID is generated whenever you create the app in iTunes Connect (even before you upload the binary) and exists separately from your app bundle. I'm guessing the iTunesMetadata.plist file is only modified by iTunes Connect after you've submitted your binary
It's impossible to extract app id from any .ipa/.app file.
I am working on releasing an app that will greatly benefit from using the in app purchase model. The app is a sort of book viewer, and the content I would like to make available for purchase will be more books in various languages. Each book is stored in sqlite format, in separate .db files. Now, the way that my developer has set it all up is that he added a line onto the bottom of the info.plist file called databases. Inside that database section, I can type in 'es' as the key, and for the value the name of the spanish database, and it populates in a uitableview in spanish, using NSLocale. So it is very easy to setup and implement different databases, which is great, but now I am confused about how I can implement my in app purchase model. Sorry about the long winded intro, here is my question: Is it possible to have an in app purchase add a line to my info.plist file? Or if not, is it possible to have the purchase reveal a new and updated plist file altogether that I would have already setup correctly? Any help here would be appreciated. Thanks
You can not edit you're info.plist file dynamically. When you submit your app to The App Store, your app bundle, which includes info.plist, can't change because the signature created when you compile you app is based on the bundle.
You can have an in-app purchase do whatever you want. You could have the data already stored in the app and just unlock it with an in-app purchase, or you can have the app download the new data in plist format or any other format you want. Services like ilime and Urban Airship make this really easy for you.