As the the Question asks,
I currently sport xcode 3.2.3 with iOS 4.0.1 but I want to test on my iPhone which is stuck on 4.0.2
Thus I cannot do so until the SDK for 4.0.2 is accessible from xcode.
Where can I download a patch update from 4.0.1 to 4.0.2 because the iPhone members page seems to only link me to the package including xcode 3.2.3 with iOS4.0.2 SDK
I don't want to download the whole thing because it's > 2.5 gigs and my New Zealand internet Connection is shizenhouzen.
I can't restore to a previous version, because for some reason I only have a previous back up of the iPhone on my now defunct windows PC.
I'm afraid you have to download the entire SDK - Apple do not provide 'patches' (4.0.1 to 4.02, for example) AFAIK, and I'd be nervous about downloading anything that claims it is a patch.
It's a common grumble, twitter is a fun place when apple push these .1 SDK updates out :)
You do have to download the whole thing to upgrade. It really sucks. :-(
I wish I could remember to download the SDK before upgrading my devices.
You can still build adhoc releases of your app and install them using itunes if you're in a real bind - it's just the debugger, console viewing and automatic installation of builds that won't work at all.
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I wanted to understand the things involved in iPhone app submission in terms of software requirements (not the steps to submit it on Apple iTunes Connect)
When we download the IOS SDK, is XCode included in that ? If yes, what are the latest versions and approx size of them?
When we develop the app and are ready to submit (say as of today), is it necassary to have a particluar (or rather the latest) version of IOS SDK or XCode installed on our system ?
Are there any specific OS X requirements (I mean if Snow Leopard and above is fine) ?
Everything is detailed on the iOS Dev Center (you may need to log in to have the details):
When you download Xcode (or more precisely the "Developer Tools" package), it includes Xcode and a lot of other tools (Instruments, gcc, gdb, llvm, lldb, the iOS Simulator, ...) and also the latest version of the MacOS and iOS SDKs too.
The version and size are mentionned on the download page too (version of Xcode, of the iOS SDK, of the Mac SDK,... everything). Right now (oct. '11) it is Xcode 4.2, iOS 5.0 SDK and OSX 10.7 SDK. Everything come in one package (1.65Go for the latest version as of today) except the documentation, which is downloaded automatically by Xcode itself (unless disabled) in the background.
For the requirements, it is also described in the iOS Dev Center: Xcode4 is available for both Snow Leopard (on the iOS Dev Center) and Lion (via the Mac AppStore) right now.
When you submit your app, you normally should always submit it using the latest SDK (1). [EDIT after #progrmr comment] except of course for beta versions of the SDK. Alsways submit with the latest "release"/public SDK version]
Note that using the latest SDK does not mean that you need to stop supporting and testing for previous iOS versions. You can use the iOS 5.0 SDK and publish an app that is running on iOS4.x for example (and of course it is better if it still works on iOS5.x too); ascendant compatibility is generally guaranteed, unless specified for specific methods (see the "SDK Compatibility Programming Guide" in the Apple Doc for more info).
(1) It is generally accepted if you submit with the SDK version just before the latest if it is not too old, Apple let you some time to migrate, but this is generally just a transition phase. It is advised and a good practice to migrate to the latest SDK when it is available -- or not too late after that.
XCode 4.2 is about 1.8gb, and that doesn't include documentation - when you first load XCode it tries to download something like 2-2.5gb of docs in the background. You have to both cancel the download and the auto update check to avoid that (but auto updating docs is cool).
I don't recall any requirement to use the latest and greatest, you can still download XCode 3 with iOS SDK 4.3 from the archives. But I can't say for sure, I always run the latest (I find upgrading to new XCode releases is generally a good idea).
XCode is available for Snow Leopard once you buy the $99/yr iOS developer subscription, the mac app store has it but only for Lion. The advantage of the MAS version is you can play with the SDK and making basic apps for free, just not run code on your iOS device.
I upgraded my iPhone to the latest OS (4.3.1) yesterday, and noticed there is no corresponding XCode 3.x release, only a 4.x release (4.0.1).
Since upgrading I am getting warnings when I try to install apps on the device using my development certificates (Application failed codesign verification).
Not sure if the OS upgrade on the Phone and the error message are related, so I'm just asking the question if anyone else had this happening?
And are we supposed to use XCode 4.0.1 when we develop for the 4.3.1 iOS release or can we use a 3.x version as well?
The Xcode version number isn't important, but the SDK version number is. You can get the latest SDK with either Xcode 3.2.6 or Xcode 4.0.1 at the time that I'm writing this.
You can still download the XCode 3.2.6, it goes with the SDK 4.3, and it is free to download.
You can try with XCode 4 as well, but you have to either to have an iPhone or Mac Developer account (99$/year) or you need to buy it from the AppStore
It still works, however of you first attach your iPhone to Xcode it will ask you to download the debugging symbols off the phone. Answer Yes to this question and you are ready to go.
However there is one more thing: usually Apple makes restrictions about the SDK you should use when submitting apps to the store. So if you want to submit an app it could be that you have to use the most recent SDK.
Deploying an application directly from XCode 3.2.6 on a device where iOS 4.3.1 has just been installed won't work.
First, you need to open XCode's Organizer window and ask to collect information from the device. Then it will work fine.
I've just installed iPhone SDK 4.0 and it appears that the previous version of SDK has vanished from my system.
I was looking for any links to download the previous version of iPhone SDK to download, but I cannot find anything.
Any ideas where I could download it?
Any new submission or update to appstore must be on IOS 4. The older IPhone sdk's are no more available for download at http://developer.apple.com/. If you think that you still need old version (for example: to run some old example), then try searching for xcode in the torrent sites. You can find there almost any version (at own risk!)
I downloaded a pre-release version of the iPhone SDK and tried to update one of my existing apps using a binary I built with it. Obviously you are not supposed to do this but I had forgotten about the warning when I installed the pre-release SDK. Anyway - I have two questions:
Can I simply set the base SDK to an earlier version in the build settings and get around this problem?
If not, then what should I do?
You need to download the release version of Xcode with the release iPhone SDK. You can't use the SDK downloaded from the iPad beta version for any release products.
Just go to http://developer.apple.com/iphone/index.action and click on iPhone SDK 3.1 and download it. Then build your app bundle with that and submit it to Apple.
Before you download a pre-release version of the SDK from developer.apple.com, there are several prominent warnings, one of which clearly states that pre-release versions of Xcode / iPhone SDK can NOT be used to build production binaries. So the answer to 1. is an emphatic no.
As far as I can tell, the only option to be able to build production binaries that iTunes Connect will accept is to delete the pre-release version of Xcode / iPhone SDK and re-install the older stable version.
If you upgraded using the beta download (as opposed to installing on a fresh box that has never seen SDK or Xcode), set the base SDK to a released version of the OS. Compile a Distribution build, submit to the app store. The old SDK is still there, so that will get used. All of the prominent warnings I have seen state the the SDK cannot be used, without mention of Xcode.
Before anyone scoffs, note that I submitted an app on March 13 using the version of Xcode (3.2.2) included in Beta 4, setting Base SDK to 3.1. It was approved on the 15th. I've also done this during the 3.0 beta for 2.x apps.
EDIT: on the other hand, acceptance apparently isn't always guaranteed (note that this person had also submitted an app that did get accepted): The binary you uploaded was invalid. A pre-release beta version of the SDK was used to build the application
I have downloaded the latest iphone SDK which support developing for the ipad 3.2 and iphone 3.1.2
However 2 days ago the firmware 3.1.3 has been released by apple so my question is how to make my SDK to support this new firmware without re-downloading the whole SDK which is more than 2 gigs?
Thanks
You can install them to different paths. I recommend installing the 3.1.3 SDK to /Developer and the 3.2 SDK to /Developer (Prerelease). Then, launch whichever version of Xcode you want to use.
Maybe you can simply symlink the 3.1.2 SDK to 3.1.3? I think that was advised in the past when a minor update came out.
Unfortunately, it is the additional tools, not the SDK that take up a large chunk of the 2.5GB+ download size. The official response is there are no SDK only downloads. So you're kind of stuck with the download.
If you're looking to try make 2 SDKs available to you at once, well that's a different question.