Previously when I selected "debug iPhone" in monodevelop it used to deploy as well as launch the application on the iPhone when I started the debugging.
It still deploys, but no longer launches the application on the iphone and I need to do that manually otherwise Monodevelop keeps saying "Waiting for debugger to connect"
Additional info: I am using an iPhone cable to do the debugging. It stopped working after I upgraded to mountain lion / Xcode 4.4
It should be working. OTOH the matrix of every possible cases is quite large (and both Mountain Lion and Xcode 4.4 are very recent).
The best thing is to fill a bug report and, beside OSX and Xcode versions, include:
the iOS version used on the device;
the MonoTouch version;
the MonoDevelop version.
For the last two (and also the precise builds of OSX and Xcode) you can get them easily from inside MonoDevelop by doing About MonoDevelop, selecting the Version Information tab and copy/paste this data in the bug report.
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According to the documentation should be able to choose which iOS version the simulator should run, however only the latest 4.3.2 is listed under "Hardware/Version".
The helps says:
"To set the iOS release used in the simulation environment, choose Hardware > Version, and choose the version you want to test on."
I don't want to support 3.x (although it would be nice) but at least I want to simulate my app on 4.2, 4.1 and 4.0.
What's going on? Why aren't they listed?
UPDATE:
I'm on Lion so I cannot install an earlier version of Xcode. Before my Upgrade I could test different versions easily.
the problem is that you have no other Simulator SDK installed which can be used. As #dorada has mentioned you have to install an older Xcode which in fact doesn't work because you're using Lion. I haven't tried it with Lion but principally it should work like before with Snow Leopard.
I'm referencing to my other answer how to get an older Xcode (don't know if it's still working)
After you have an older Xcode version, mount the image an navigate with terminal to that volume. There should be a hidden folder Packages. open that folder with open . and locate the two .pkg files you need (e.g. iPhoneSDK4_0.pkg and iPhoneSimulatorSDK4_0.pkg) and install both.
They will appear in your root directory and you have to move them to your Developer dir (don't simply overwrite, it will delete all other SDKs. go to the last different folder it should be iPhoneSimulator4.0.sdk\ and copy that one)
DONE (and at that point I have verified it: it works on my Lion. I used the dvd image which I have started backup'ing since 3.2.1)
Although iPortable has the correct answer I decided to post a step-by-step guide which is easer to follow:
Download Xcode 3.1
Mount the dmg file
In Finder menu select "Go\Go to folder" and enter "/Volumes/Xcode and iOS SDK/Packages"
Install the simulators you need (Double click)
Copy the simulation folders from /Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/ to /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneSimulator.platform/Developer/SDKs/
If your have some SDK missing Install the missing SDK from "/Volumes/Xcode and iOS SDK/Packages" and copy subfolders from /Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/ to /Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/ (for me they were all there from 3.1 to 4.3)
you may download the older ios sdk / xcode from . https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action
(i found this answer in another stack overflow topic actually, but now i can not seem to find that question!)
Open Xcode and in the menu at the top left, where you select what device to run on, click "More Simulators..."
The download section of Xcode preferences will open,
Click the "Components" tab.
You will see a list of simulators that can be installed, click install on version you need.
The simulator will need to restart to install.
To run the newly installed version of the simulator just select it from the run menu in Xcode.
You actually have to install previous simulator versions, they aren't there on a new install.
Maybe you can search and download them somewhere? - we keep them on a shared drive at the office.
After installing the Xcode 4.2 for Snow Leopard, I noticed there was a choice for iPad 3.2 Simulator, but using it just brings up some alerts that say "iOS Simulator could not find the SDK. The SDK may need to be reinstalled." and another alert that says "Simulated application quit. Click Relaunch to try again." with Quit, Switch SDK, and Relaunch buttons.
I can successfully use iPhone 4.0 Simulator, iPhone 4.1 Simulator, iPad 4.2 Simulator, etc up to iPad/iPhone 5.0 Simulator, but really would like to have iPad 3.2 Simulator and iPhone 3.1.3 Simulator and earlier down to 3.0 if possible.
Our apps generally run all the way back to 3.0 and we occasionally receive bug reports from earlier iOS users, and would love to be able to debug these issues more effectively.
I tried the technique summarized by Tibidabo and although I am able to copy the simulator folders as mentioned, and though they show up as choices in Xcode, I cannot get them to actually run as simulators and I get the same problem alerts mentioned above.
What are other developers doing to support debugging of older iOS versions?
Go to Project Settings -> Summary an change Deployment Target.
Simple question, I want to know if anyone has had any weird or annoying problems with developing iphone apps in Xcode after upgrading to Lion. I remember having issues when Snow Leopard first launched. Are there any early adopter penalties here?
A big one for me: no more PowerPC emulation via Rosetta in 10.7 - important to think about if you need to do testing for legacy PowerPC code.
Fortunately you can still use Xcode 3.2.6 though if you don't want or need to use Xcode 4.1 - if Xcode 3.2.6 is installed prior to upgrading t Lion then it should still work, alternatively there are instructions available for installed Xcode 3.2.6 when Lion is already installed.
I just had the problem, that I had to upgrade to Xcode 4.1 because lower versions of Xcode don't work on Lion. ;-)
You have to download the latest Xcode 4.1 to do development on Lion. 4.0.x won't work.
You also have to learn how to scroll down pages like a flight simulator (you can turn it off). If you got used to the neat gestures in Snow Leopard, then get ready to completely start over again with new ones (no going back on Lion). Three finger web page navigation doesn't work, 4 finger application switching doesn't work, and a new "explosion" gesture is used for desktop and mission control.
The only thing i have noticed so far is that if you run Xcode in fullscreen mode, simulator can't be on same screen... And yes, you have to download new Xcode 4.1 from appstore... Everything else is pretty much amazing :-D
When you try to install Xcode 3.2.6 on Lion, Xcode toolset is greyed out and marked as skip. There is a simpler way to install it then those once described above. Here is the steps:
Mount the developer tools dmg
Open Terminal and run these two commands:
export COMMAND_LINE_INSTALL=1
open "/Volumes/Xcode and iOS SDK/Xcode and iOS SDK.mpkg"
Enjoy.
Be prepared for the new Xcode to remove the /Developer directory as a part of its cleanup process. This will wipe out QT in the process since it's installed there as well.
So if you want to keep QT intact you should skip Xcode's cleanup step or install a fresh QT afterwards.
So as of this writing, the newest version of Xcode is 3.2.5 (though the GM seed of Xcode 4 was just released, still not ready to make that jump). I know Apple graciously decided to stop allowing developers the ability to test their apps in simulator for any OS below 4.* with the past few releases of Xcode.
I know I need at least Xcode 3.2.2 to test legacy OS versions of the iPhone in the simulator (3.*).
I install Xcode 3.2.2 in a folder on the same level of the current 3.2.5 version. After the install, I opened my project that has no issues in the newest version of Xcode.
I go to the project settings and check the Base SDK value. Under that tab there is no option for the iPhone OS. All it allows me are Current Mac OS and Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.
I check the current Target Tab and see the same issue. No iPhone OS options.
The PDF that comes with the xcode322_2148_developerdvd.dmg file (downloaded from Apple's repository http://connect.apple.com/) talks about the iPhone and iPad platforms, so I know this is a new enough version.
What is it that I am missing?
Edit:
After looking through what was installed on my system with xcode322_2148_developerdvd.dmg, it appears that Apple left out all of the necessary files for the iPhone portion of Xcode. Guess it's off to Google to find an old, complete version of Xcode. Unless someone here has a good virus free location they are willing to suggest :)
I just updated to iPhone SDK 4 and am trying to debug on my device with 3.1.3 installed. Before the update, I compiled with Base and Active SDK set to 3.1.3 and all was well. After the update, I'm limited to SDKs 4.0 and 3.2--setting the base to 4.0 and iPhone OS Deployment Target to iPhone OS 3.1.3, I'm able to build and install on my 3.1.3 device, but receive the following error:
Error from Debugger: mi_cmd_stack_list_frames: Not enough frames in stack
I'm not using anything specific to the newer SDK, as I haven't touched a bit of code, just updated the SDK/XCode. So what am I doing incorrectly? The application runs as expected on an iOS4-installed device. Are there changes to pre-existing API's that need to be weakly linked perhaps? Thanks for all help.
Have you tried removing the app completely from your dev device, doing a build -> clean all targets, and then build again to your device?
I found this answer on macforums. If it's correct, then you probably have a memory corruption problem in your app that is confusing the debugger. Perhaps over-releasing something somewhere.
This probably isn't related to the SDK you are compiling with. It's possible you had this problem in your app all along but it just didn't show up until things moved around with the new Xcode, SDK, etc.
EDIT - I just ran into this problem myself trying to update an older app of mine to 4.0. It would run fine in the simulator and would install and run on the device except it wouldn't run in the debugger on the device. Anyway, I finally decided it was the .xcodeproj file that was corrupt or bad in some way and created a new project, copied over my source files to the new project and now it all works again. It's a pain but it only took about 20 mins to duplicate all my settings and I spent a couple hours trying to get the debugger to work.
Myself (and probably many others) are concerned about "will I still be able to compile/install apps for v3.1.3 of the iPhone OS?"
And what version of xCode does it become IMPOSSIBLE to ever write v3.1.3 apps again?
(Without installing a second copy of an older version of xCode.)
I've read the mile-long document that Apple wrote on the subject... but it sure would be simpler to understand if they just LISTED the various versions of each... instead of writing long paragraphs.
If you have:
Mac OS version 10.x.x x
xCode version x.x.x
SDK version(s) x.x.x
you can produce apps for iPhone OS x.x.x through x.x.x?
I'm having a problem getting my MacBook set up to build iPhone apps in xCode. The iPhone Simulator locks up and shows the "spinning circle" busy icon.
I've tried everything I can think of, including
resetting the simulator
tried all of the different hardware options
tried the two debug build choices in xCode.
uninstalling the SDK and completely reinstalling
I downloaded the SDK today - "xcode_3.2.2_and_iphone_sdk_3.2_final"
I'm just upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard (10.6.3). I've run all the software updates. xCode version says 3.2.2 (1650)
If it matters, my MacBook is 3-4 years old, 13 inch, dual 2.16 ghz intel cores, 2 gig RAM. I've never had a single problem with it.
I would be so grateful if anyone can help me
thanks so much,
if you have access to the 4.0 one, then try that, if not, then I would install a previous sdk version in a different folder (or rename your current developer folder or delete it, then install the previous version under /Developer) and run that one instead
I just finished installing the 4.0 SDK. I made a new windows-based iPhone app (HelloWorld) and tried a build/run (Simulator-4.0 | Debug)
Same exact behavior... The simulator appears and the rainbow spinning progress wheel just keeps going and going
I took a sample from the process ("not responding...") but it's pretty big and I don't see any way to attach it to this question.
thanks again