I have a Windows Store App that, of course, runs fine on my dev machine.
After creating the package to side load for testing, I installed it on another (desktop) machine. Using the instructions for side-loading contained on pages 25 and 26 of Brundritt's free ebook "Location Intelligence for Windows Store Apps", my app seems to install just fine, except that the app is not added to the Windows 8.1 start screen at the end, as expected.
Nevertheless, I can find the app via the Search functionality - I type the name, it shows up in the "found" list (with its logo), but when I try to run it, the splash screen simply "flashes" and then the app disappears. It icon is indeed parked on the taskbar, and every time I click it, the splash screen flashes, but that's all.
This is a Windows 8.1 app that contains a Bing Map, SQLite (and sqlite-net), as well as ExifLib.
It does show up in Task Manager's "App History" tab.
How can I rectify this problem, or at least determine what the problem might be?
UPDATE
This may (or may not be) significant: the version of the app I sideloaded was built in debug mode. Do I need to build in release mode for this to work?
Also: After building in release mode (for the first time) on the dev machine, it no longer finds the SQLite data that had formerly existed. Does changing from debug to release change the path to the database or something?
Does this help? http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vcblog/archive/2012/09/28/10354327.aspx It appears that the app needs to be built in release mode to work properly.
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I created a new macOS project in Xcode 11.4 where the language is Swift and user interface is SwiftUI. Without making any changes to the code in the project, the app will disappear from the dock by performing the following steps:
launch the Mac app by running the Xcode project
close the main window of the Mac app
select another running app such as Safari
the original Mac app disappears from the dock with no way to access it
This behavior does not happen if the window of the Mac app is open. I can select other running apps then go back to the original Mac app with no problems.
This behavior is known as Automatic Termination. I find it a misfeature, but Apple considers it a feature.
Your app may not have actually quit. It may just appear to have quit. "Launching" it again will just make it reappear in the Dock. It's also possible that some apps which look like they're still running have actually been terminated by the system. In theory, if you try to switch to them, they will be launched and told to restore their previous state to maintain the illusion that they were running all along. In practice, apps (even Apple's) rarely properly restore things to exactly how they were.
The process list in Activity Monitor is a true reflection for what is and is not actually running. Look there to determine if your app has really been terminated.
A developer is supposed to have to opt-in to Automatic Termination because it requires explicit coding of state restoration. However, Xcode's app project/target templates have it enabled by default. You can remove the NSSupportsAutomaticTermination key from your Info.plist to disable it.
Likewise, you'll presumably want to disable Sudden Termination, too, if you're not prepared to support it. You would remove the NSSupportsSuddenTermination key.
I have followed the steps given in http://developer.samsung.com/tv/develop/legacy-platform-library/art00121/index, and the application appears on the Smart Hub on the TV. However, when I make some changes in the application, and package it again selecting "Update the packaged files on the server", do a "Apps Sync" and run the application, the updates are not reflected.
I have tried changing the application name and version in config.xml. Only the application name changes in smart hub, but the application when opened is what was installed the first time on the TV.
If a new project is made and the same steps are followed, the new application appears on the smart hub, but an update to it has the same problem.
Am I missing something while packaging the same application for a second time?
Not sure if this is useful but I believe the device seems to cache the files. I had the same issue today and was quite frustrating.
I managed to find two solutions:
1) shut down the device and re-launch again (connect to server and the Apps Sync)
2) when you export the app in the IDE, make sure you name the package name differently + title & description need to be different too.
By doing this, Apps Sync will add another app (so you'll have two of the same app, but just click on the last one that appears in the apps list - hope that makes sense). If you want to remove the apps, simply access the widgetlist.xml which will be in the root of your server and then remove the apps references from there.
I hope that helps.
Anyone having problems deploying Enterprise apps on iPhone/iPads running the released version of iOS 5 using the OTA ("over the air") methodology?
During the installation process, we get the alert box: "the app could not be installed at this time". Tapping the Retry button does nothing. In some cases, repeated tapping of the Retry button eventually results in a gray, empty launch icon being left on the home screen. No app installed. No other errors.
Anyone else seeing this or have a resolution?
The below description is a bit involved, but please bear with me as it may help others who run into the situation. I will post the resolution if get a resolution from Apple. So far, no joy there.
Our app refuses to install OTA on iOS 5. This same app WILL install on iPhone/iPad devices running iOS 4.x.x AND the same app will install on iOS 5 devices physically connected to a desktop machine using the iTunes app.
The Apple Developer forums under the IOS 5 Beta category complained about the problem but no indication of resolution as of last week just before the official release of iOS 5.
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Using mobile safari originally installed with original iOS version 4.x.x.
System hardware and operating system configuration
iPad 2, iPhone 4 or any iPhone device running iOS 5 RELEASED version.
Browser and version
Mobile safari that is installed with iOS 4 on ipad2. Don't know if mobile safari upgrades with ios 5 upgrade.
Using a corporate wifi network. Yes, we are behind a firewall and use a proxy server. Since iOS4 devices install without problems, I don't think installation being blocked by the proxy or firewall.
Enterprise app built with Xcode 4 and ios5 sdk provided with it. Built to be backward compatible with iOS 4.0.
Distribution provisioning profile is correct as we have been using it for several weeks.
This app installs properly on iOS 4 devices both over the air and via iTunes application method.
This app installs properly on ios5 devices through the physical connection with iTunes application on the Mac desktop.
Steps to reproduce:
User types in the URL in mobile safari on iPhone/iPad running ios5.
The resulting webpage shows the download app link.
User taps on the link and is asked if they want to install the app.
User taps the yes, install button.
App proceeds to install.
A gray launch icon shows up on the home screen with the progress bar empty at the bottom of the icon.
Message below the icon indicates "loading".
Seconds later, user gets the "cannot download app at this time" error message as seen in screen shot attached.
Tapping the retry button results in the same action just described.
Tapping done results in the download stopping.
If you tap retry several times, user sometimes is left with the gray empty launch icon, which will not launch and cannot be deleted.
Note: In the apple developer forums, under the iOS 5 beta category, people are describing the exact same problem with no resolution.
Had the same problem, and was able to resolve it. However, the error noted is not specific to a single cause that handles every case... some detailed investigation needs to occur.
Your best bet is to connect the device to your Mac, and using the Organizer of xCode view the console logs while you are attempting to do a wireless deployment. There will be some useful information available -- please post the logs.
For my case -- the icon files were missing from the build, as a result of moving from xCode3 to xCode4 and also, the distribution plist was referencing an image that returned a 404. Both were logged in the console, but not very clearly.
Also, as a sanity check, manually verify the URL to your IPA file also.
I had this same problem and was sure everything was correct in my project; but restarting Xcode and doing a clean revealed my Enterprise scheme had somehow defaulted to the wrong provisioning profile.
Re-selecting the correct profile and re-archiving the app fixed the issue for me, I'm able to install an enterprise app on both iOS4 and 5.
I wanted to chime in after fighting this for a few hours. It is iOS 5 specific.
We had an htaccess password protection on the directory. Removing this allowed the app to finally download. So if you have htaccess, perhaps you can point the user to a parent directory that is password protected, then navigate to the subdirectory containing the app that isn't password protected. This is a temporary solution, apple needs to fix this.
Another thing to consider is the URL you specified in your over-the-air Application.plist file. I received the same error message ("-application- could not be installed at this time") because the URL I specified was too unspecific. Rather than writing "directory/directory/application.ipa", I had written "directory/directory/". You must include your application in the complete URL of the plist file's configuration.
If you didn't do this, don't fret! You don't have to rebuild the entire thing from step one, you can open your .plist file in any standard text editor and simply change the URL.
We had the same thing.
Our mistake was to point to a wrong 512.png icon in the manifest.
Which was no problem on iOS4 but turned out to stop iOS5 into a "...at this time" alert.
Wanted to chime in on my experience.
In my case, we were changing the address where the IPA file was hosted. Although I updated the PLIST file with the proper URL to the IPA file, iOS was still going after the old URL almost as if it cached the PLIST data. Creating a copy of the PLIST file and renaming it resolved the issue (data within the file remained unchanged)
I met the same problem today. The app can be installed in ios4, but failed in ios5 with "** could not be installed at this time" alert.
According to patricksan's suggestion, I download iPhone Configuration Utility 3.5 for Mac OS X, and try to catch the log while install the app through OTA.
The log helped me finally, one sentence of the log says entitlement 'get-task-allow' has value not permitted by a provisioning profile. It remind me that if the code signing identity in build settings of Project and Targets are correct, after checking them in Xcode, I found the code signing identity are not correct one, they should be iPhone distribution:.... other than iPhone developer:..... After correcting them, and re-Archiving the ipa file, it can be installed in iOS 5 now.
Check your Info.plist for Required device capabilities property. I recommend to delete completely this property if you haven't any restrictions on use.
I am developing a blackberry application and I'm trying to get to devices to communicate. I am trying out the SocketDemo app and it shed light into the socket process (which is no different from any other platform so far).
Only problem is I can't test the app since I can't get the app into two different emulators. How do I accomplish this?
If you do not need to hook the second simulator into the debugger (for breakpoint setting, etc), then getting your application to run simultaneously on two simulators can be done fairly easily.
Build your application, and run it from the JDE; standard procedure.
Then, outside the JDE, start another simulator (it cannot be the same one), and, when that's up and running, choose FILE->LOAD JAVA APPLICATION from the second simulator's window menu. Select the .COD of the application you just built. The application will then be installed onto the second simulator, and will either start automatically, or you can start it by clicking on its icon (depending on how your project is set up).
With two simulators on the same machine, with applications that need to communicate through the network, it may be needed to change the ports in the .BAT file that launches the second simulator, before starting it -- otherwise, the second simulator may not be able to bind to the same ports on the machine.
Indeed, with some simulator models, you will not be able to do this unless the second simulator is from a different simulator package (different directory), because the process grabs a lock when it runs.
If you are using a built-in simulator package that only contains one simulator, you can download a second simulator, ideally a different model, from RIM's developer site: http://www.blackberry.com/developers/downloads/simulators/
Have you tried installing different JDE's and trying to run emulators from them?
I have a bat file that I am using to try and register Mobilink with the Mobile Device Center on Vista. (I am using version 11 of Mobilink)
Script:
mlasinst -k ./ -v ./
I have copied mlasinst as well as mlasdev.dll and mlasdesk.dll to the same folder and am running the above command to get the sychronization process to run.(I have tested the above script on Windows XP and it works). When I try to copy the same files to a Windows Vista machine, I run the script and restart the computer. I then follow the directions from Sybase's website namely I
"From the Windows Mobile Device Center window, click Mobile Device Settings and then click Change Content Settings.
Select MobiLink Clients and click Save to activate the provider.
To see a list of registered applications, click Change Content Settings, click MobiLink Clients, and then click Sync Settings. "
Everything works on Vista except for when I click on "Sync Settings" when I click on it I get an error saying that there are no settings to administer.
My question is how do you get Mobilink to work with Vista and its Mobile Device Center? I have read all of the documentation I can find but to no avail.
Juen 23rd Comment
For those following at home, as a result of this post, our QA Department was able to reproduce this problem with the Windows Mobile Device Center on Vista when using a Windows Mobile 6 device, and we're looking into it. Everything seems to work fine with a Windows Mobile 5 device, which we used for our initial testing.
June 19th Comment
I really wanted to leave a comment, since this isn't really an answer, but my repuation wasn't high enough to do so. Oh well, I'll post a poor answer and watch my reputation go down. It's the price I'm willing to pay. :)
Our QA group tests mlasinst with Windows Mobile Device Center, but you're obviously doing something different, or more likely your machine setup is slightly different. To get to the bottom of this, we'd likely need to look into what registry settings are changed as a result of mlasinst running, but before I spend too much time figuring out what's going on here (including figuring out what the proper questions to ask are), I should point out that I would recommend synchronizing using TCPIP or HTTP instead of using ActiveSync, if only to simplify the instalation process and to cut out an additional layer or communication between the ML Client and Server. I also see from a post that you made at news://forums.sybase.com/sybase.public.sqlanywhere.mobilink that you've been playing with synchronization using the .NET version of the dbmlsync API and synchronizing using TCPIP. I did respond to your posting on the newsgroup to explain what I believe is happening in your application.
Are you still interested in figuring out the issues with ActiveSync and WMDC, or are you happy with the solution you've implemented using the dbmlsync API and using TCPIP?