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Right here goes . . .
I have been working with Gamesalad on my Mac and have got to the stage where I want to test my work on an iPad.
I really have no clue about Xcode and ad-hoc builds and certificates and SDKs . . . . I don't even know what most of these words even mean.
What is the very first thing I need to do if I want to test my work on my iPad . . . ?
Thanks in advance for any help, all input much appreciated.Tynan.
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Publishing Tutorial & Info
My tutorial will teach you about them and how to make them and stuff...
Hope this helps,
Jack
Some Info Here on publishing as well. You'll need to understand all the certificate stuff before you can get the viewer or anything else on your phone. So Start by Studying up on that.
@Leonard I have no clue as to what a development provisioning profile or a distribution provisioning profile might be, who makes them, how much they cost, what colour they are and if they are best served with salad or chips !
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When I say what's the first thing I need to do I really do mean the very first thing ! Your tutorial asks me to log into a the IOS PROVISIONING PORTAL - but I have no IOS PROVISIONING PORTAL account or have no clue as to what it is or how to get one or which one to get or how much it costs . . . etc.
I really am that stupid when it comes to this stuff !!
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@tynan
If you have a developer account with apple (if not you can set one up here for $99/€70/£50 > http://www.developer.apple.com )
If you have set up or already have a developer account you can navigate to the iOS provisioning portal by clicking on "members" on the http://www.developer.apple.com main page.... From there you should be able to follow the steps to my tutorial.... In my tutorial EVERYTHING is UNDERLINED CAREFULLY and SPECIFICALLY iit is made extremely easy to follow, and every detail is mentioned so I would recommend using it.
I hope it helps,
Contact me on thermoapps@Gmail.com for more details
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All your help greatly appreciated.
I will start by registering with Apple as an app developer . . . . . . I will be back !
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Are you still looking for a car, place to hide and a gun with no fingerprints? Btw.... I think I have sourced them for you! :P
Incidentally the correct address to navigate your browser to is: http://developer.apple.com/ (rather than http://www.developer.apple.com/) - and the cost here in the UK is £59 (as of January 2012).
So, hopefully that is STEP 1 done. . . . I will be back once I am a developer.
I am now officially an Apple developer, I feel vaguely important, I might buy myself a new jumper, I was thinking of something with leather elbow patches, you know, something cool.
Anyhow STEP 1 is completed, I have my Apple developer membership and an iPad (albeit an older iPad 1) . . .
So with the aim of getting my GS projects onto my iPad for testing . . . . what's the next step . . . ?
(I know I am going to be directed to numerous, videos and blogs and tutorials all with their various takes on the best route and I genuinely appreciate all of them, but I like to understand each step in the process rather than work my way through a list, so I'd prefer to do this one step at a time !)
Be kind to me, remember I am stupid.
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This is your next step (if you have downloaded XCode - If not, you need to download XCode first - It's a pretty big file so will take a while):
Ace
Tell me about it, they came around to my place and made me dance for them, naked, it was humiliating, I felt ashamed, but strangely . . . . alive ?
This is your next step (if you have downloaded XCode - If not, you need to download XCode first - It's a pretty big file so will take a while)
Right, so next step is to install XCode . . . . . . I presume XCode is free, it's on the Apple website somewhere and I can run it on Snow Leopard (10.6.4) ?
Cheers Ace . . . . . . I already feel like a developer . . . . . I will be back
Log in to http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios and it'll be sat waiting for you in Downloads.
Ace
Only took me a few weeks . . . . right, what's next . . . . ?
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http://thermo-apps.com/gamesalad/apple-publishing/
Hehe! :P
Cheers Leonard, but like I was saying before I know nothing (zero!!!!) about this process, when it comes to this stuff I really am that stupid. 8-} I appreciate your 'guide' but it's all jargon to me !
How not to explain train use to an alien:
1) You need to go to a station and grab a ticket, should cost around $10.
2) Find the station you want to go to on the map and then find the quickest route from your own station.
3) Then find which platform services this route.
etc etc . . . .
How to better explain train use to an alien:
1) To use the train you must first go to the train 'station' this is where the train stops to allow people to climb on board.
2) But to use a train you need to get something called a 'ticket' - the ticket allows you on to the train.
3) To get a ticket you must exchange it for something called 'dollars' (you will need 10 'dollars' for one ticket).
4) Once you have your ticket you need to locate something called a 'map' - a 'map' allows you to see where the trains travel . . .
etc etc . . . .
(obviously in the interests of brevity I have made my hypothetical alien fluent in English ! 8-X )
(one step at a time . . . . and in English please !!
Just to tell you I'm typing a reply!
"If you have a developer account purchased you go to developer.apple.com and set up all the certs (follow my tutorial)"
Yup! I have a developer account . . . . . I will take a look at the 'certs' thing now, cheers! I will be back with more questions !!!!
Not got to the easy stage yet . . . first need to update iOS on my iPad . . . but before I do that I need to update iTunes . . . . but before I do that I need to update OSX to 10.6.8 . . . etc etc
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iOS 5.0.1
OSX 10.6.8
Apple Developer account
Xcode 4.2
iTunes 10.5.2
. . . so far so good.
Anyone know how I go about the certificates / profile thing . . . . ?
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http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/ToolsLanguages/Conceptual/Xcode4UserGuide/Devices/Devices.html
-CLICK- on blue bullet point about a page down "to provision a device automatically for development"....
sorry off to bed
I shall doubtlessly be back with more questions . . . 8-X
"Now watch the video Ace posted above from TShirtBooth, in there it shows you how and where to create the app id and certificates/profiles. Follow it step by step and you should be good to go "
That video gets no further than 22 seconds before it canters off into unknown territory (for me at least) : " . . . so you've downloaded the viewer . . . "
The what ? The viewer ? No I have not downloaded the viewer, in fact I have never heard of it, I don't know where to get or if I did I wouldn't know what to do with it . . . last time I checked I was being directed to a video about installing a "provision profile" (whatever that is)
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