anyone use iOS Project Builder for Windows

does anyone use this? i would assume that since united accepted it into its asset store that they would have tested it at least once to prove it actually works. anyone use this? don't want to spend the $$ if it fails to work.

 

It must be a magic tool, since the .exe is only 16 megabytes. And it must include iOS SDK + gcc/llvm toolchain for compiling, so if it works, then the compression ratio is amazing.
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/#/content/15522
EDIT:
It seems the project first release was during 2010
http://www.pmbaty.com/iosbuildenv/

 

Is there some reason to downplay this tool? Have you tested it?
I think it would be VERY nice to be able to do the iOS development in Windows...

There seems to be a free (test) version of the tools available in their web page,
so I'll have to give it a try.

 

Well, it sounds amazing and apparently there's also a demo version: http://www.pmbaty.com/iosbuildenv/

I'm also wondering if it's possible to link non-standard frameworks.

 

Anyone have any luck with the demo?

This plugin sounds most interesting to me as well.

 

Did anyone test it so far?

 

I am using it and it works really nice. You have to build the iOS project and then use iOS project builder app to build (and even automatically deploy) ipa file.

 

We are using it also for about a month:

One of the greatest programs ever! Totally worth the money, great support and about really much much faster compiling than with xcode on a mac.

 

For successful build you still need MAC, program requires SDK for build that need to be copied from MAC.
Also "deploy to device" crashes and doesn't work (

 

I purchased it recently and although I can't get it to work YET! The developer has been very responsive. It's a small package because you will need to carry over the SDK from a MAC. This is a one time deal and to protect this developer you will decide to do that not the program. I will update this as soon as I fix the error on windows 8.1.

 

I'm interested, but cannot find detailed instructions on how to use it. If it works, then it's worth buying.

 

Just want to put in my 2 cents to say that I bought this asset recently and it works really well.

I've used UCB for a long time but it's just very slow and my aged "early 2009" iMac is even slower.

With the OTA deployment feature, I can get a new build of my game running on an iPad in just a few minutes, instead of a few hours with UCB or my iMac.

Before I found this tool I was thinking I'd need to buy a new iMac or maybe build a Hackintosh.

No need for that now. This tool is awesome.

 

Indeed,. it's amazing.
Unity should license and integrate this software.

 

Hi all,..

I just want to ask if I can use this tool avoiding to buy a Mac altogether? I have an Ipad and my daughter uses it extensiveliy We are making a small game together and I want to deploy it to the Ipad mostly for fun... I can afford this program and the 99 USD to Apple for the Developer Account but I do not want to buy a Mac just for this...

I read that I need a Mac initially.... But would it be possible just to borrow my brothers Mac computer for this and then, when I have the setup right just use this...??? O r do I need to actually OWN the Mac that I use??

Jesper, Denmark

 

As long as you have occasional access to a Mac, you can use this asset. Your brother's Mac will be fine.

You need to use the Mac as part of the process for creating your p12 and mobileprovision files. Unity has a guide for doing that here: https://build.cloud.unity3d.com/support/guides/ios/

Then you need to use the Mac to run the script provided with this asset, which copies various SDK files to a USB stick.

Going forward, you only need access to the Mac when there is an XCode update (to recopy the files to USB) and when you renew your Apple dev account and need to recreate your p12 and mobileprovision files.

This asset has saved me many hours by letting my compile and deploy via my high end PC instead of my 2009 iMac or UCB.

I highly recommend it.

 

I am using this plugin all the time as well, and it's a true gem!
Granted, the setup requires a little bit of focus, and access to a Mac (no, the tool does not include SDKs by the way).
But I haven't touched my Mac since (literally) - except to wipe the dust off it's lid.

 

Anyone have any tips to speed up the build process? Find it EXTREMELY slow on Windows when targeting iOS.

 

Just want to add I am using this tool, support has been great. One problem I have been having though is the OTA deployment feature. I've disabled the firewall, but on my iPad Safari keeps timing out whenever I try and hit the published url that is generated.
So I still take the generated .api and publish using another OTA service diawi.com.
Works but still size limitations. Premium service will offer larger file sizes but AFAIK not available ..yet.

One thing I' need clarification on. If ANYBODY could provide feedback most appreciated.
Other than OTA support, there is a manual install option using iTunes on Windows. But the documentation doesn't go into enough detail. Has anyone gotten this to work? I've tried

-disconnecting my device
-selecting iPad Apps in iTunes
-dragging my .ipa on the desktop over to iTunes
-selecting File > Devices > Sync "foo" device...

but my .ipa doesn't install.

 

ok, got it to work. You don't do a Sync. Instead you manually drag the .ipa from the Library window in iTunes to the device in the left hand column. So a 2 step process. Funny I haven't stumbled across any simple description of this!

 

It works great and the OTA feature makes the workflow very fluent.

 

hi, i'm using vmware to do step on mac, but i have noti like that, so what am i missing or not, how many size of file sdk after all ? my usb was used is 4BG and file zip after all is 13MB, thank you for support !
http://i.imgur.com/EXIJWSH.png

 

@natsupy My zip was about 14MB and it becomes an 60MB SDK folder when you perform the step back on Windows. After the migration assistant you should have an SDK folder like this where you install the plugin:

You should also install the plugin in a non-admin area. I installed it in its default location, my users folder.

 

@guneyozsan i tried this sdk, and building file is ok, thank you for comfirm this! It's helpful!

 

Does this still work with the latest versions of Unity?

 

It does. And the support is awesome. It's updated regularly and the few times I've had a problem, the dev has always been helpful.

 

It does and every time i use it, a tear of joy rolls down my cheek because i didn't have to buy a mac.

 

when I try to compile on my windows machine it doesn’t allow me to enable 64bit which will not then let me upload to the asset store. I bought this because my old white mac book wont let me upgrade any more to the latest xcode and I wont waste a couple of grand buying a macbook pro. So I thought this would be a good solution, however it doesn’t allow me to select 64 bit. How do I enable that so I can upload to apple store?

 

This is an issue with how your project is configured in Unity. It's just two settings:

1. In Unity, Player Settings>Other Settings you must set the Scripting Backend to IL2CPP.
2. Then you will be able to change the Architecture to ARM64 or Universal.

Now you can build for iOS in Unity and iOS Project Builder will allow you to compile for 64bit.

I've included some screenshots below.

 

thanks

 

I'm having a problem, I hope someone can help me. I get to the very end of the build and I get this error -

Anyone else run into this? Thank you!

 

Hello

can anyone supply me with the SDK.zip ? I bought this asset and did not read that I would initially need a MAC for using it :O

Thanks very much!

 

Ok, I got the files by now..

New Question:
According to this article in the unity lern segment
https://unity3d.com/de/learn/tutori...-unity-game-ios-device-testing?playlist=17138
you should be able to test you iOS app without being an apple developer with a purchased plan. A free apple ID should be good enough.
I cannot see how I would this with this package.. Anyone knows how I could do that?

Thanks very much!

 

Hi, can someone provide the SDK.zip file please ?

 

Hi, I'm having real trouble running iOS Project Builder for Unity on mac. Getting permission denied on all files.

I'm not an expert on mac.

I've run it from root, admin acct, and also run from terminal "sudo chmod -N /" , "sudo chmod ugo+rw /", "sudo chflags nouchg", "sudo chflags norestricted". I am executing from Finder. I tried to exec sh /path/to/file but says it needs to execute from finder.

At the end of the script execution I get "iOS SDK not found. Please download and install Xcode from App store". Other times I run it permission was also denied on most files and got the iOS SDK in the usb but on execution in windows said it was incomplete and had to re-run in mac. I did install Xcode in each account I run iOS project builder from and created a test xcode project to confirm this.

On Mac pro Sierra 10.12.6, Xcode 9.2

Can someone please shed some light?

Thanks a lot for your help,

Sergio

 

Wish I could give you some advice on this. It works fine for me.

I don't have to do anything special. I just run the script from Finder. At some point it (sometimes) asks for credentials, but that's it.

I'm not a Mac expert either. I recently upgraded to Mojave and downloaded the latest Xcode from the app store. I re-ran the script (to get the latest SDK updates) just a few days ago. No issues.

If your Mac is too old to run Mojave, I recommend this free tool. He has a full demo video here. I've been using this tool for years to keep my ancient iMac on the latest macOS.

The few times I've had questions, I found that the developer of the iOS Project Builder asset was very responsive when I sent him an email. If no one here has any ideas, I suggest you try that.

 

Thanks a lot @schmosef I'll sure be checking it out , I've hit a dead end for now installing ios project builder for now, Cheers!

 

In case anyone had the same issues about permissions, I upgraded to Mojave (thanks @schmosef !) and the script execute to the end without errors in Mac. But then the second script fails in the PC despite the SDK folder was saved to USB (IOSBUILDENV_PATH nor the IOSUNITYBUILDER_PATH environment variables are set.), Im trying to figure that out.

Cheers, Sergio

 

I've never had problems running that script. Maybe you have a user permission issue.

Did you install the iOS Project Builder application to the default path in your user directory?

One of the reasons it installs to that path is to ensure UAC doesn't interfere and you don't need to run anything "as administrator".

The asset was updated recently. Make sure you are running the latest version with the latest scripts.

If you can't figure it out, email the developer of the asset.

 

Hi,
I am having trouble building a working IPA using IOS Project Builder when i use the following plugin
https://github.com/sanukin39/UniLocalNotification
I am using this for only local push notification.

When its building the IPA i get the following error

The IPA is created and its installed as well but it doesnt run.

But if i export the project to a Mac and build from xcode i have no issues.

Push notifications is disabled, but local push notification should work without it as it does when building from Xcode.


Can anyone help me so i dont have to keep going to my mac.

 

Hi Aseemy, I'm actually having the same problem (I think). Did anyone ever get back to you with a solution?

 

No.
But i changed the package i was using to this one : https://github.com/Agasper/unity-android-notifications
It did not have that issue and works for both android and IOS. This package is also very easy to use.
Good documentation by the author, really helped me.

 

Damn, I already paid for this. Thanks for the input.

 

I am not talking about IOS builder, i am still using ios-builder. I changed the notification package (both were free to use).
Tell me more about your problem with IOS-builder, maybe i can help.

 

popup in your final app telling that your builder is in demo mode. Im using iOS builder for windows from unity asset store.

 

@ankitvirgo23_unity,

I had this happen in one of my older projects after upgrading to a newer version of Unity.

I eventually fixed the issue by creating a new project and importing everything from the old project.

 

Hi,
My build is giving the following error
error: install_name_tool: for: romear.app\romear (for architecture arm64) option "-add_rpath @executable_path/Frameworks" would duplicate path, file already has LC_RPATH for: @executable_path/Frameworks

The app works in XCode on a mac but the build tool fails.

any ideas?

 

hi, my build is giving the following error:
iOS Project Builder for Unity\Toolchain\swiftc.exe"' is not recognized as an internal or external command
any help?

 

Hi I have a warning.

The provisioning profile you specified doesn't contain your certificate.
Please specify a provisioning profile that suits your signing identity.

Need help.

 

sounds like an issue in setting up your signing identity @numetdevelop. Following the steps in section "Setting up your signing identity" in the helpfile that comes with the iOS project builder worked for me.

 

Does anyone knows when iOS Builder will support XCode 11? Because new Unity features like ARFoundation 3.0 need it.
https://forum.unity.com/threads/arfoundation-v3-0.736148/page-3#post-5099276