I am creating a lite version of my app, and used Chris Fletcher's blog here as a guide to setting up an Xcode project for multiple apps. I have everything working great except for the icon file.
Here is an overview of what I have:
2 info.plist files (One for each version of the application)
In my paid info.plist, I reference the icon "IconPaid" for the Icon entry. In my Xcode project, I have added IconPaid.png and IconPaid#2x.png.
In my lite info.pist, I reference the icon "IconFree" for the Icon entry. In my Xcode project, I have added IconFree.png and IconFree#2x.png.
When I go to build both apps, my lite app shows up with the paid icon. I took a look at the package contents of my lite app, and sure enough the IconPaid files were included but not the IconFree files. I took it a step further, and printed out the value for the CFBundleIconFile in my app, and it correctly shows up as "IconFree".
So my question - Where else is the icon file referenced in a Xcode project besides the plist file? I thought that was the only place...
It sounds like your free target is copying the paid version of the icon instead of the free version. Look under Targets/Project-Name/Copy Bundle Resources and check that the free version is copying the correct icon file.
I'm not sure why the IconPaid.png is showing in the free app (assuming your build settings of your free target are referencing the proper info.plist). You may want to clean all targets and delete your intermediate build files too, and delete the old version from your simulator or device.
When you update Xcode to 3.2.4, your previously working Xcode iOS project gives you the message "Base SDK Missing". Something like this:
What gives? How to fix?
The Problem
iOS SDK 4.0 is gone in this release, replaced by iOS SDK 4.1. Details in "The Explanation" below. (NB: this repeats some information in my previous Q/A regarding 3.2.3).
The Fix
To fix this specific problem, you need to reset the Base SDK for your target(s), etc. You can either do that for the entire project (most folks), or for each target and/or configuration which applies. Rarely, you might need to do both.
Edit Project Settings
Load your project
From the menu, select Project > Edit Project Settings...
Click the "Build" tab.
Under "Configurations" select "All Configurations".
Go to the Change Base SDK section below.
Edit Specific Target/Configuration Settings
Load your project
From the menu, select Project > Active Target > "YourTarget"
From the menu, select Project > Edit Active Target "YourTarget"
Click the "Build" tab.
Under "Configurations" select "All Configurations", or the Configuration you want.
Go to the Change Base SDK section below.
Change Base SDK
Under Architecture > Base SDK, choose one of the available device
options: iOS Device 3.2 or iOS Device 4.1. If you are iPhone-only, 4.1 is the way to go.
If you want to target previous iOS versions, then in that same
window, under Deployment > iPhone OS Deployment Target, select the
lowest version you want to support. Note that support for 2.x versions
through the app store is deprecated.
The Explanation
iOS SDK 4.0 is gone in this release, replaced by iOS SDK 4.1. This is very similar with what happened with the 3.2.3 upgrade, which I covered in detail here. You can still use 3.2.4 to target iOS versions down to 3.0, but AFAIK, you must compile against the 4.1 SDK with Xcode 3.2.4. If this statement confuses you, study the following sentence closely:
The iOS SDK you compile against -- the "Base SDK" -- does not downward limit what iOS versions you can support.
In fact, there are two different settings, cf. Change Base SDK above. If you remain confused, take heart, and read my detailed post on the previous switchover, which is itself chockablock with links to good stuff.
I ran into the same problems for 3.2.5 and followed the same instructions. It didn't work for me, but I noticed that new projects would work properly. When I grepped ShareKit.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj, I noticed that there were still stray references to iphoneos4.0 in the file for SDKROOT param even after changing it in xcode. Manually editing this file and changing all references of SDKROOT to iphoneos fixed the problem. Hope that helps someone.
For all older projects, select the main window, select Option-Cmd-E, choose build and "latest ios...".
Close the build window.
In the main window, option-click the dropdown for Base SDK and you should see the latest build available.
It's still a pita, but it's easier than navigating, closing windows, etc....
If anyone knows a better method, I'd be happy to hear it...
I have created a new version of iPhone app. I wanted to change the icon, so:
I added the icons in different sized to the Resources folder of my Project in XCode:
I specified the icon files in the info.plist file:
in iTunes Connect I added new version of my app and replace the old icon with the new one. The new icon is now visible when I log in to iTunes Connect.
The effects:
I can see the new icon when I run my app on simulator.
I can see the new icon when I visit AppStore with iTunes on my Mac.
I can see the OLD icon when I visit AppStore on my iPhone.
I can see the OLD icon on my iPhone after upgrading my app to the new version.
Any ideas why the old icon is still visible in some of the places?
kind regards,
Jakub
Use "Build > Clean all Targets" and then build and run. Xcode doesn't always see that images have been updated, and leaves them out of incremental builds. Cleaning before building makes Xcode build the app file from scratch, and will pick up any images it's failing to get.
Why it's inconsistent is that different build types (simulator vs device) are different build targets, and got built with different versions of your images. Not unusual.
The one thing that this WON'T address is the old icon on the iPhone's app store app. You might need to update your app store submission with fresh images.
I download a sample of UICatalog and run it.When I compile it ,it shows the failed message:There is no SDK with the name or path "iphoneos4.0".I find the "Base SDK" of UICatalog's Targets is iphone Device 4.0(missing).How can I solve this question and run it.
Thank you!
Select the root level of the project, in "Groups & Files". It's blue. Then hit command-I to get its Info.
Pick "Build" from the segmented controller at the top of the info window. In the first section of that panel you'll see Base SDK as one of the first few lines of options. Select the latest version of the SDK you find in there, and close the window to save your options.
Build-and-run the project, and you should be good to go.
EDIT, because I see from the comments that people are finding this answer who have a slightly different question than the OP's, so here's one other thing to try. It could also be you have "iOS Device" selected as your build target. If so, and if what you really want is for it to launch into the simulator, select "Simulator" instead.
After loading the project into XCode..
Under Groups and Files
right click on UICatalog<-(or your demo project name) and select Get Info
in Base SDK select IOS Simulator 4.1
Close and save info pane
expand Targets exposing UICatalog<-(or demo project name)
right click on UICatalog and select Get Info
in Base SDK select IOS Simulator 4.1
Combo box in UICatalog project pane (upper left corner) should switch to "Device - 4.1 | Debug" instead of "No Base SDK"
if you Build and Run at this point you might get another error. If so, open the UICatalog combo and switch from Device to Simulator
The "official link" mentioned above states…
"Note: Targets can override build settings defined at the Project level. "
..but should probably read "will" instead of "can"
Ok, I've solved it.
In Groups & Files go to Targets and select your target.
Press Ctrl+I (or open the info in some other way)
Set the Base SDK of your target
(The Base SDK should also be set at the project)
Steve nailed it. This is an Xcode bug. I loaded the NavBar sample and Xcode didn't even offer the simulator as an option, and it complained about the missing SDK even though it was set correctly in the project and wasn't set at all on the target.
Do what Steve said:
"The only way I could resolve it (in fact, the only way I could get the option of running in the simulator at all) was to change from debug to release and back. The dropdown still shows Base SDK Missing but if you click it, the simulator options are there and it builds."
My problem was that in the sample code another xcodeproj was embedded. So I looked after that file with Finder, opened it with Xcode and than the same as Dan said: Project -> Edit Project Settings -> Under "Architectures" set Base SDK to "iPhone Simulator x.x" (the latest one you have installed)
I had the same issue with another Apple sample app. The only way I could resolve it (in fact, the only way I could get the option of running in the simulator at all) was to change from debug to release and back. The dropdown still shows Base SDK Missing but if you click it, the simulator options are there and it builds.
I think that's a bug.
Many answers here, none seem to be complete enough about this, and it's all a mess. But they are all helpful. Here, I just want to compile all helpful pieces in one answer. Thanks to Larry (who have almost everything compiled into steps already), Steve, Dan Ray, dkk, geowar and lqf.
This picture from apple is a little decieving and outdated (talking about iOS SDK 4.0 and we're currently at 4.1) but it does show where you should change the project settings. Just select iPhone Simulator 4.0 if it was previously on iPhone Device 4.0.
Other than that, they say "Targets can override build settings defined at the Project level". So, yeah, also go ahead, open Targets and set all of their Base SDK back to default by pressing delete on it. If they were bolded, they'll become regular indicating a default value, which should be iPhone Simulator 4.0 if you did the first step right.
Just realize there are many places where Base SDK can be wrong:
Under Project Info
Under Target Info
Under different configurations for both Project and Target
And that under Target it should be set to default, which is value from Project.
There's still something about the overview combo sometimes having and sometimes not having more than 1 option such as "Device" and "Simulator" that I just couldn't understand yet, but this is another potential configuration place for Base SDK being wrong.
You have to make sure that you change to the "iPhone Simulator" under the project settings in the appropriate configuration (i.e. if you are building a debug build you have to change to the simulator under the debug configuration).
For some reason I was getting this error when I did change the simulator but realized that I was doing a debug build but changed to the simulator under the release configuration and not the debug configuration.
dkk's answer is what made things work for me. I had to change the Base SDK on the target and not just the project. Perhaps you have to do both.
I got a similar error after upgrading my iPhone to iOS4.2.1(8C148a). The situation is as following.
I was using Xcode 3.2.4, but it does not support iOS4.2.1. So I downloaded Xcode_3.2.5_and_ios-sdk_4.2_final.dmg which is 3.78GB requiring 9.53GB to install. Then I ran my ap with Xcode 3.2.5. That is where I got the above error message.
Now it is ok. I solve this based on Geowar's answer:
For the official answer:
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa2010/qa1701.html
Please be noted that if you have done as Geowar said and the message is still there. Try to close Xcode 3.2.5 and restart it. That is how it works for me.
Another thing is that if you have just upgraded to iOS4.2.1 like me. When you try to load the a/p from Xcode 3.2.5 the first time. Xcode 3.2.5 may still give you "No provision iOS device connected". Please try to go to organizer and click on your iPhone under DEVICES on the left bar. Wait for a while to let Xcode in sync with your iPhone with iOS4.2.1. Then it will work. At least it work for me.
Jesse
Ok, so I struggled through this too. Based on some of the answers above and from the apple development forum, I was able to figure out what worked for me.
In XCODE, if you notice that the pull down at the top left of the window says "BASE SDK MISSING", you are going to get this error "There is no SDK with the name or path “iphoneos4.0”". To fix the problem:
double click on Group & Files in the upper part of the left pane of xcode. This will open a window
go to the Build tab of the new window
click on the row that says "BaseSDK" and select "Latest iOS (currently set to iOS 3.2)
The Configurations pull down near the top should now say "All Configurations". If not, set it.
close the window.
Now if you try to build, you will get a different error, something like: Code Sign error: The identity 'iPhone Developer: x Xxxxx' doesn't match any identity in any profile ...
So, now what you need to do in xcode is to click on the pull down in the upper left corner (the pull down that had the original BASE SDK MISSING indication, but probably has something different now), and make sure that both "Simulator" and "Debug" are checked as options in the pull-down.
now you should be good to go.
I just went Project -> Edit Project Settings -> Build -> then change the Base SDK to iPhone 4 simulator or I'm assuming whichever SDK you want to use.
I never had to specify the build for a given target, although my program was created on a mac that was already configured to use the iPhone 4.0 simulator.. so perhaps the targets were set for the simulator SDK and the project itself wasn't? Either way... just glad it works.
I was having the same problem and what I did to solve it was:
Go to Menu Project
Go to Set Active SdK
Select the option SIMULATOR instead of DEVICE
Build and Run and the ERROR has gonne!
I hope it works for you guys... =)
I just had a situation where I changed the Base SDK to 4.2 on my project after updating to Xcode 3.2.5, but I kept on getting the "There is no SDK..." error. I finally opened the project file (MyProject.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj) in a text editor and looked around. There was no mention of 4.0 anywhere, only 4.2. BUT when I then saved that file, it all started working in Xcode. Perhaps some permission on the file or something else. Have no idea really, but it worked.
I got this error when one of my configurations still referenced an old (iOS) SDK. Note that the error shouldn't have come up when I tried to build a totally different configuration (with correct Base SDK setting), so this smells like an XCode bug to me.
People suggesting that you don't set the base SDK in at target-level have probably never created projects which contain targets for different platforms all in one project file (in my case Mac and iOS targets, so setting the base SDK once in the project file is nonsense advice).
Ok.
So I got my first app approved by Apple, it goes on sale this week. With that out the door, I wanted to create a Lite version of the app.
I did a branch in SVN, and created a new working directory.
Original app is Trak4, Lite version is obviously Trak4 Lite
I noticed that when I build, the .app file that Xcode creates is still Trak4.app even though in the plist file, I've changed the Executable name to Trak4Lite, the project was renamed to Trak4Lite, etc.
In Products it says the Product is Trak4 Lite, but at the build step it's generating Trak4.app.
What am I missing? Why is the executable name wrong?
I'm running OS3.0 GM. I'm not running Snow Leopard yet.
Keith
For free versions of my apps, I create a second target in the same project, rather than creating a branch. After you duplicate the target, you just need to change the Product Name setting for that target. I also create a new Info.plist, and point to that in the target settings.
You need to change the Product Name (PRODUCT_NAME) in your target's Build Settings, and you might want to point to a different Info.plist also.
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I always get tripped up by that. I've used Rename Xcode Project to help me out.