Currently I am using Xcode 3 and iOS SDK 4.2 on Snow Leopard. I am planning to download and install Xcode 4 and iOS SDK 4.3.
I would like to know if Xcode 4 and iOS SDK 4.3 are compatible with Snow Leopard.
Yes..You will have separate .dmg available for download when you visit iOS developer center X-Code download link.
Please do note that the X-Code 4.2 will have iOS 5 simulator and library only. If you want lower version simulator and library with X-Code just goto X.Code->Prefrences-> Downloads Tab. In downloads tab you'll have two tabs:
1) Components - Here you will have option to download iOS 4.3 simulator(~600 Mb), iOS 4.0-4.1(~670 MB) Device debugging support, iOS 3.0-3.2.2(686.3 MB) Device debugging support.
2) Documentation- Yoy will have option to download iOS 5.0,XCode 4.2 Developer libaray,Mac OSX 10.7 Core Library.
Install the components which ever you need and there you go..
Hope that helps.
There's a specific version of Xcode 4.2 (and likely earlier versions) that can be used on Snow Leopard. That's the version I use on my iMac. Note that you can use 4.2 w/iOS5 SDK and still deploy on older devices (and even download the 4.3 simulator) in case you cannot find Xcode 4.
However you cannot use (download) the one from the AppStore which is Lion-specific. To find the Snow Leopard specific version log into Apple's developers portal and you'll see separate links for SL and Lion.
Yes, it's compatible. Download the XCode 4.2 .dmg from the iOS dev program portal, which includes the iOS 5.0 SDK.
http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/download.action?path=/Developer_Tools/xcode_4.2_with_ios_5_sdk/xcode_4.2_and_ios_5_sdk_for_snow_leopard.dmg
Yes, but only if you have the correct download from Apple.
There are currently 2 separate dmg downloads for the SDK and Xcode installer from the enrolled Developer web site, one for Lion and one for Snow Leopard. The download for Lion is only compatible with Lion. The download for Snow Leopard is only compatible with Snow Leopard. The installer from the App store might be for Lion only, so you may have to sign up for the developer program to get the other installer.
Apple usually removes (or hides) downloads for previous versions of the SDK, so if you didn't download the correct installer dmg (with the SDK for iOS 4.x) for the Mac OS of interest in time, you won't have a compatible installer.
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I'm pretty new to coding for iOS and i have a question about setting up my development components.
I have MacBook Air with 10.5.8 Leopard on it. So we question is: will I have no problems writing apps having iPhone SDK 3.1.3 with XCode 3.1.4 for Leopard (10.5.7)? Will the created app work on all iphone versions? There is a possibility to upgrade to mountain lion and use newest xcode, but is it worth it ? Considering that I firstly have to upgrade to snow leopard and then to mountain lion.
Thank you for your answers in advance.
If you want to send them to the app Store, the apps have to be compiled with the latest iOS (right now iOS6), so you can't compile them with xcode 3.1.4.
You need lion to download xcode 4.5 that includes the iOS 6 sdk
It looks like the configuration of your MAC Machine is not compatible for latest Mountain Lion OS. Even if it supports Lion OS, that itself will be a great deal.
Anyways, Using leopard, you can develop applications only upto iOS ver 3.2. So you would not be able to submit your applications to App Store untill you compile it with latest SDK.
For this you need atleast Lion OS (Better if you upgrade your hardware compatible with Mountain Lion). So that you can install latest XCode (Currently Ver 4.5). It will allow you to develop fully featured iOS application with latest features as well as upload them to Apple App Store.
Hope it helps. Let me know if anything else required.
Got the developer certificate to test app on iphone entered device identifier, connected iphone as a device in the organizer it shows yellow light. In software version it shows 5.1 as installed on iphone device. It displays that it does not match any of the versions of iOS supported for development with this installation of the iOS SDK. Please restore the device to a version of the OS listed below
Xcode Supported iOS Versions
Latest
5.0 (9A334)
4.3 (8F190)
4.3
4.2
4.1
4.0.2
4.0.1
4.0
Eventhough got latest version but still i restored iphone but still got yellow light not changing to green any idea how to fix this issue.
Thanks for help.
If you are using xcode 4.2 and base SDK 5.0 than you can't test the app on your phone which has an OS version 5.1.
The general rule is that if you want your XCODE to detect the device for testing, the OS version on your phone should always be less than or equal to the base SDK (latest) supported by your XCODE.(And so should be the targeted OS version for the app)
Base SDK 5.1 is supported by XCODE 4.3 which only works on LION-X.
Hoping this helps.
It sounds like you don't have Mac OS X Lion.
Apple no longer supports Snow Leopard as a development OS. iOS 5.0 was the final version released on Snow Leopard.
It sounds like your iPhone has been updated to v5.1. If you update your OS to Lion, you'll be allowed to install v5.1 of the iOS software from apple's developer website, and continue developing and testing your apps like normal. Sorry to say though, this is impossible with Snow Leopard, which is why your organizer says "Please revert your iPhone iOS to v5.0, because that's the only thing I can support"
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ios 5.1 with xcode 4.2 for iOS development
I updated my iPhone to iOS 5.1.
My operating system is Snow Leopard.
Now I need the sdk 5.1 to develop, with xcode 4.2.
Where can I download it?
Any suggest?
Solution:
Downgrade to ios5.0 or update to Lion
To get Xcode 4.2 on Snow Leopard to run code on a device running 5.1 you can do this:
If you have another Mac running Lion + XCode 4.3.1 you can copy the files from:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/5.1 (9B176)
to the equivalent place on your SL Mac: probably
/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport
and also copy version.plist from the Lion machine in the iPhoneOS.platform folder to the SL machine.
Re-start XCode on the SL machine and re-connect the devices and it seems happy enough.
[Edit: If you don't have access to a machine with Lion+4.3.1 you can get the files out of the 4.3.1 DMG which can be downloaded from Apple here: http://adcdownload.apple.com/Developer_Tools/xcode_4.3.1_for_lion/xcode_4.3.1_for_lion.dmg
then mount the DMG, Show Package Contents on the XCode icon and drill down to
/Volumes/Xcode/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport to
find the files mentioned above.]
In steps:
Stop XCode on SL machine
Disconnect your iphone
Mount the Xcode 4.3.1 image (.dmg that you can download from Apple dev site)
Show package contentes of the Xcode 4.3.1
copy XCode/Xcode/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/5.1 (9B176)
to <HD>/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport
copy XCode/Xcode/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/version.plist
to <HD>/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/
Start Xcode
connect your iphone and it should work.
You can't.
You need to update to Mac OS 10.7 Lion in order to get the latest version of Xcode with the 5.1 SDK.
The last installable version of Xcode on Snow Leopard will be 4.2. Apple really wants developers to keep up to date on everything, whether MacOS or iOS.
If you want to stay on Snow Leopard, download the iOS 5.0.1 firmware of your device on this link : http://www.iphonefirmware.com/firmwares-download.
And do a manual restore on iTunes.
I did it today (March 8, 2012) on my iPad 2 and it works, Apple still seems to sign this iOS version.I guess not for a long time, so do it quickly.
iOS 5.1 is only avalaible in xCode 4.3.1, and its only avalaible in Lion, sorry.
YOu can try changing the version of your mac and faking it to install 4.3.1, but I cannot assure you its going to work...
How can I test multiple iOS versions in the Simulator? I can only seem to test iOS 4.1. I would like to be able to test 3.x versions in the simulator as well.
Cocoa with Love has a good post on how to do this
To allow simulation in 3.1.3, you must
install an old version of Xcode. If
you are a registered iPhone developer,
you can download Xcode 3.1.4 for
Leopard with iPhone SDK 3.1.3 or Xcode
3.1.4 for Snow Leopard with iPhone SDK 3.1.3. Be careful to install these in a different location to your Xcode
3.2.3 with iOS3.2/iOS4 (either select a different hard disk or rename your
existing /Developer directory before
you install).
In the "hardware" menu are options to change the device and the version.
You can install several version of SDK in different path.
To download an older SDK :
http://iphonesdkdev.blogspot.com/2010/04/old-versions-of-iphone-sdk.html
I downloaded iPhone SDK 3.1 with Xcode 3.2 for Snow Leopard from Apple, but when I go to install it, it says it's installing iPhone SDK 3.0.
How can I find iPhone SDK 3.1? I can't get any apps on my phone until I upgrade my SDK because my iPhone is on 3.1.
In the Organizer it says the OS installed on my phone is 3.1 (7C114) and the XCode supported iPhone OS versions are 3.0 (7A341) and the older ones.
I've downloaded the package from Apple twice now, but both times the package only indicates it is installing iPhone 3.0.
Is there a way to find the 3.1SDK separately?
Thank you,
Elisabeth
You need to download the 3.1 sdk from the iphone apple developer connection
The xcode 3.2 download DOES NOT include the iphone 3.1 sdk
Ah, I figured it out. In the install package it lists the 3.1SDK only as "iphone SDK". Since I already have 3.0 and 2.1 installed, I'm deselecting those and installing only the 3.1SDK.