We integrated crashlytics in on of our apps and are using fabric beta to distribute the app to testers.
On iOS I remember that there was in the past an alert on startup if somebody installed an old version of an app. Currently this alert does not appear anymore.
Is this feature still available? I couldn't see any documentation about it.
Mike from Fabric here and yes the functionality still exists. The check for a new version of your app happens every two hours. If you update and install a new version of the app before the check completes, then there won't be an update notification. Also, as mentioned here if you've explicitly installed an older version of the app from the Beta app that shows older versions, we won't prompt for an update. The most common cause of this though is updating your app and then installing it right away as you know the build finished.
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The Apple App Store rejected my app for an error that I'm having trouble reproducing (a button was unresponsive). I'm updating an existing app, and their suggestion to reproduce the issue is "For updates, install the new version as an update to the previous version, then follow the steps to reproduce the issue".
How do you install the app as an update to an existing version from Xcode? Is there a way to do this through ITunes or ITunes Conect?
Delete any version of the app from your device then install the current version from the App Store just like any user would.
Then use Xcode to install your development build of your update. This will overwrite the App Store version in a matter very similar to a user performing a normal update of an app. Then figure out why your updated app isn't working in this situation.
My testers have problem with an app I had uploaded to Fabric Beta. During normal testing they uninstall already installed app from their devices and they download new version from Fabric. In that case everything works fine. App will download and launch properly.
Problems begins when they want to test situation when future app's users update my app from AppStore. My testers want to check if updated app will not crash.
Test case is easy:
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Download app from AppStore.
Launch it.
Download new version from Fabric (new version should override old)
Launch it.
App should not crash.
Problem appears in (4), Fabric shows error "download problem detected". (Note that everything works if there is no old app on device.).
Fabric has problems with overriding apps?
Fabric (1.7.7)
iOS 11
iPhone 6s Plus
PS. This test is important. Crash will appears when I change database model without migration for example.
Paul from Fabric here. Did you uninstall the App Store version of your app first? Since iOS 9, Apple changed its policy to prevent apps from being installed over the existing App Store version by 3rd parties, so you need to delete the original app before installing the Beta version. For more information, see our docs here: https://docs.fabric.io/apple/beta/tester-experience.html.
And the other reason could be if any other app is installing or updating parallelly, Fabric will not be able to install. Just faced the issue :)
I have an app which works perfectly on the simulators. This app also worked perfectly on an iPhone* for a couple of months. After a few weeks of this app not being opened, the app crashes when I attempt to open it. It looks like its about to open but it quits.
If I double tap the Home button to display my cached apps I can see it there amongst the other cached apps and it looks fine, displaying on-screen elements and images(which are saved and retrieved from the filesystem) correctly. If I tap it, it again quits before running.
I was hoping to release this app asap as it is finished. I've searched the net for solutions but have not found any. I don't know what particular information may be needed to figure out the problem but please ask and I'll respond with it. I am relatively new to ios development.
*iPhone 5s running latest ios9 update
The latest version of Xcode is 7.3. You need to update your Xcode to the latest version to be able to upload to the latest version of iOS.
EDIT: I forgot to mention this earlier. The latest version of Xcode requires El Capitan (OS X 10.11).
EDIT 2: OP has now revealed that a provisioning profile is being used. These only last about a month. After they expire, the app is no longer trusted and will show the described behavior. This can only be solved by re-signing the code, which requires either a new provisioning profile or a Developer ID. In any case, after the code is re-signed, it has to be reinstalled, and installing onto the latest iOS requires the latest Xcode.
Sources coming soon.
OK, so I seem to be having some trouble finding the site where I found this information in the first place...
However, from the App Store:
Xcode 7.3.1 includes [...] SDKs for iOS 9.3 [...].
My App Store question doesn’t seem to be answered clearly in the official guidelines document so here you go.
My app is developed for iOS8, its deployment target is 8.1. We would like to have it reviewed around next week.
Now there is the iOS9 version coming up. Will I be able to upload our binary to itunesconnect without any change? Will we have to compile with a newer SDK to pass the review process? Will I need to install a new version of Xcode do be able to upload a binary?
We would like to submit the app as is, without touching anything. (same situation as if it had been release 3 weeks ago) Is that possible? Thanks
Will I be able to upload our binary to itunesconnect without any change?
Yes. Apple will not require that you build your app against the latest SDK. Will you have problems with folks running iOS 9? Maybe?
Will we have to compile with a newer SDK to pass the review process?
No.
Will I need to install a new version of Xcode do be able to upload a binary?
No.
We would like to submit the app as is, without touching anything. (same situation as if it had been release 3 weeks ago) Is that possible?
Yes.
Also, here's a great post about the difference between the Base SDK and the Deployment Target settings: What's the meaning of Base SDK, iOS deployment target, Target, and Project in xcode
I submitted a new version of my app to AppStore and it was approved a week ago.
However, I delete the app from the iPad, install it from AppStore and I get the old version installed. The "Install" button on AppStore turns to "Update" instead of "Launch" and then I get the new version installed.
Does anyone know what could be happen here? Why the new version is not installed in first place?
I tried with iOS 5 and iOS 6
TestFlight or a Ad-Hoc network is almost always the cause of this problem.
Also, when you back up via iCloud and sync back your apps they will not automatically update.
Revoke your app from Ad-Hoc and from TestFlight. It should update to the latest version.
This issue occurs only on obsolete iOS like iOS 5 or iOS 6. If one tries on latest iOS 7, one may not face this issue. I've tested & faced same issue under iOS 6, but I couldn't reproduce on iOS 7.