iPhone Development Blog

Hi All,

The latest iPhone/iPad SDK (version 3.2 beta 4) has added some nice new features to the XCode system. The latest feature sees the implementation of the ‘Validation Application’ function within the XCode Organiser that will run all the tests that Apple run when reviewing your application. This will allow you to run any tests for bug fixes before you submit your application.

Along with this comes the ability to share applications by converting the project into a .ipa file. This will allow you send a version to another user and all they have to do is double click the .ipa file to install the app using iTunes. The other user does need to have their device ID added to your development profile that signs the app or it won’t install.

3.2 will also see the implementation of the Submit Application feature that will allow you to submit your app to the App store from inside XCode. Now doesn’t this makes things a whole lot easier, no longer will you need to package your binary files. All you need to do, is select ‘Build and Archive’ from the XCode menu and the apple will be bundled into the Organiser for you, from here you can even chose to resign the app with your deployment profile if you built it using your development one.

Some nice features added there, definately makes life easier for me.
What do you think XCode is currently missing or would make your life easier?

Feel free to leave a comment
Matt

Hi All,

Apple has just released their latest update to the iPhone OS and as you can guess by the version number, the changes are quite small

The latest updates fixes the following issues

• Improves accuracy of reported battery level on iPhone 3GS
• Resolves issue where third-party apps would not launch in some instances
• Fixes bug that may cause an app to crash when using the Japanese Kana keyboard

And that’s about it for now, with a minor update I wasn’t expecting anything too special. I’m mainly looking forward to version 4 or 3.2.
On the notes of 3.2, the iPhone SDK has just been updated to version 3.2. This new version adds support for the iPad, so unless you want to start developing for iPad, another update not worth rushing to get done.

Matt