Mac App Store

My "Age of Tribes" is 'ready for sale' as well! Great! Thanks to Unity and this thread.

 

Zen of Clover was approved and is now "Ready for Sale".

 

Blast and Solitaire were approved. But Chess was rejected for the following reason...

It was signed and packaged as the others, so we don't know what is wrong here.

 

Just a little heads up for other people with the 3.x beta

I had a little helper method in my game that basically added an OnDestroy method to monobehaviours (quite useful for cleaning stuff up by the way) by simply replacing all my Destroy calls with a static method that broadcasted an "OnDestroy" message.

public static void DestroyGameObject( GameObject go )
{
go.BroadcastMessage( "OnDestroy", SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver );
Object.Destroy( go );
}

However, I was having some issues where this would cause Unity to hang. It took me a while to figure out why, and as it turns out OnDestroy is now a Monobehaviour method itself. This is a good thing as far as I'm concerned, but it did cause me some headache with trying to figure out why my stuff wasn't working (OnDestroy getting called twice when it shouldn't have been).

 

@MantasP Sent you a PM reguarding Beta Build. Oh, and I forgot to ask, we are running Unity Pro and Unity iOS Advanced. Will this build work for that?

 

Mac store opened.....

 

I would love to know which Unity3D games are currently available. Is there a complete list of titles anywhere?
It's a shame there's no web version of the Mac App Store, like Steam or even iTunes.

 

This build (3.x beta) should not be used for building iPhone applications.

 

@MantasP Thanks, did you get a chance to read my PM?

 

Big thanks to Unity for getting us a beta version. We were able to get our iOS game Splode onto the app store for launch.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/splode/id412052457?mt=12

 

Thanks to Unity.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/words-scramble/id402472511?mt=12&ls=1

 

I'm quite curious as to how well your apps are doing on the app store.

 

Seems a bunch of us are doing rather OK. Smack Hockey is in the 60'ies in US top-100 + featured as staff favorite. So lets see tomorrow how that translates into $ :-D

 

Here are all the Unity3D games that I know of in the Mac App Store Top 100 and their current ranking in the US games chart (sorry if I missed anyone!):

11. Blush - FlashBang
18. StuntMANIA - Sector3 Games
30. Galactic Gunner - Ezone.com
40. Splode - Escalation Studios
43. Off-Road Velociraptor - FlashBang
51. Crane Wars - FlashBang
65. Smack Hockey - Full Control ApS
71. 4x4 Offroad Racing - Decane
72. Stuntman Bob - potatocows.com
73. Ragdoll Fun - Jake Haas

 

Wow very cool. Congrats guys!

 

Star Shipping was just rejected due to silly naming convention problems.
I've changed the info.plist - but now application loader refuses to upload my app under the claim that
"Your application must install to '/Applications'".
As far as i know, using
productbuild --component "Star Shipping Inc..app" "/Applications" --sign....
should have done that.
when i double click the .pkg file it indeed doesn't install it to my applicaions.
i don't think i did anyhing different than in previous submits. can anyone help me figure out what i'm doing wrong?

 

wow, that error was due to a space and a . in the executable or bundle name. now i'm getting a whole new error.
bad characther content for element XPath...

 

Yeah, the rankings are moving around a bit, which leads me to believe that the overall sales number are low enough that a few sales here and there can effect the top 50 ranks buy a few spots. I would *LOVE* to be proven wrong of course

Congrats to all devs that got their Unity games on the store for the opening day.

 

Our game, Light Quest, also made the Launch Day. It's pretty far down the list at 138 top grossing game in US. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/light-quest/id411509876?mt=12

 

Yeah - all the shifting around also makes me think that actual sales are not going to make us rich over night. But lets see in a few hours when stats arrive!!!

Grats none the less to everyone

/Thomas

 

Are you guys also experiencing the issue that Unity forgets to launch in fullscreen mode even though you set "Screenmanager Is Fullscreen mode" to 1? I am using the Mac App Store beta build and even if I use the Unity launcher and check "fullscreen mode" he forgets it on the next startup and I have to check it again. It's pretty much impossible to start the application in fullscreen mode, my current workaround is to check for "resolution == max resolution" and set fullscreen mode manually on every startup, but that's just an ugly workaround.

 

I ran into the same issue. I came up with the following fix:
Set the values of the screen manager manually via PlayerPrefs and then LOCK the PlayerPrefs file before quitting the app. That way you can write your own correct values and block unity from writing the wrong ones afterwards.
This code uses BundleID which is a string-value of the Apps Bundle Identifier (in my case com.dopanic.productxy). This is used to get the path to the plist-File in which the PlayerPrefs are stored.

Here's the code:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. string SettingsDataPath = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME") + "/Library/Preferences/" + BundleID + ".plist";
3. PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Screenmanager Is Fullscreen mode", Screen.fullScreen ? 1 : 0);
4. PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Screenmanager Resolution Height", Screen.height);
5. PlayerPrefs.SetInt("Screenmanager Resolution Width", Screen.width);
6. PlayerPrefs.SetInt("locked", 1); //just an additional value to distinguish unity-written settings from manual-written ones
7.  
8. try {
9.     System.IO.File.Open(SettingsDataPath, System.IO.FileMode.Open, System.IO.FileAccess.Read, System.IO.FileShare.None);
10. }
11. catch { }
12.  
13. Application.Quit();
14.  

Basically I call this in an OnApplicationQuit event (but I do some additional code magic to catch any CMD-Q-triggered Quit events, the code handling this is not included here).

This is one of the dirtiest workarounds I have ever done. But it does the trick.

 

Hmm.. I've got 3.2 beta crashes when trying to open any scene. Before this it's normally opened and builded on 3.0 version, but game was rejected by Apple:

Any thoughts?

 

Please submit a bug report with your repro attached to it.
Thanks!

 

Thanks for a quick reply - where can I do this?

 

Welcome to the forum, FINN!

You can launch the bug reporter from within Unity (menu: Help > Report A Bug).

 

Thanks, already submitted. It's very important for me now...

 

Please post you bug number to accelerate the things..

 

Hi, it seems my second app got "lucky". It got rejected because writing to "~/Library/Logs/Unity/Player.log". It seems I'm the only one with this issue? I'm still using Unity 2.6 for this game.

 

Case 388220

 

FINN - dont post links to the bugtracker. Only case numbers.

Else everyone will be able to see your history of all bugs, potentially see confidential info like usernames or passwords that you send in the bug report etc.

/Thomas

 

Thanks Thomas for heads up.. Link removed

 

Hello,

UnityPlayer fix (http://files.unity3d.com/jonas/UnityPlayer.zip) for Unity 2.6 users seems to be no longer available. Any hope to get the link repaired or is there new address for the file? Libmono dll link was still operational.
Thanks.

 

Fixed. Now it should be back on-line.

 

i have several apps ready to upload for the Macstore. I am on version 3.1. How could I get on the beta version?

 

There is another guy who did that the other day. I pm'd him letting him know his Unity Pro serial number was contained in one of his tickets. He hasn't read my pm yet.

 

I can haz link plx?

 

Thanks for the support with the beta build.

To help others with a few things:

Resources:
- you must follow this blog for guidelines: http://technology.blurst.com/unity-games-and-mac-app-store/
- you may also follow the official guidelines here: http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/mac/documents/submitting.html
- I myself did not have the "productbuild" command available, you have to download it here:
http://developer.apple.com/devcente.../ios_sdk_4.2__final/application_tools_1.1.dmg


I had to replace the .icns icon file built with Unity with a 512x512 PNG picture, opened on the Mac and saved as the new ICNS with the right size and format.

I had to remove all external files accesses, and include them all in the .app package, in the Resources folder.
It works.


But I had a day of nightmares, as I am still trying to upload the package to iTunes Connect.
I need help here.

The last problem I am stuck with is:
When adding the app with the Application Loader (step "verifying metadata", or so it seems), I have the error:

I wonder what this line 6 column 66 refers to.
I wonder what this error might refer to.
I wonder if one of you had this problem and may be of help.

I have tried to move the lines around in the Info.plist file, to see if this changes the error report (that is, provides another line for the error, etc), to no avail. I have of course checked all metadata and they seem to be adequate.

 

Can you explain a bit more about this?

So, this all works with Unity Beta and not unity 3.1? correct?

 

It works with the specific Unity Beta mentioned on page 7 of this topic.
But I had to modify some of my program specifications.

My program is a game with many high resolution 2D GUI pictures, something Unity has a problem with if I have them all included in the Editor (eats too much memory). For this reason, my program works by integrating them dynamically in the code, with WWW and LoadImageIntoTexture, targeting an external folder where all the PNG picture files are. Having them into the Resources folder right from the start doesn't work as well as the Editor itself cannot hold the memory load, but the External folder and the dynamic accesses work on PC and Mac.


If I build the game, I have an .app file and the External folder where all the pictures are. The thing works well inside the game, but Apple requires us to use a single .app file, not an .app plus other files around. I had to find a solution to this to go on.


After some time delving around the issue I found that it can the solution to this is:

- Move all the files of the external folder into the /Content/Resources folder *inside* the .app file.
- Change my WWW target so as to have something like "file://" + Application.dataPath + "/Resources/" + myFileURL


But I am still stuck with this thing:


When adding the app with the Application Loader (step "verifying metadata", or so it seems), I have the error:

 

I found what was the problem.
Apple really needs to clear out its error messages.

Know then than:
ERROR ITMS-4000

... is generated when you have a .pkg file with spaces in the name.
You must remove all spaces from the name of your .pkg file.

 

Hi guys,

i finally managed to get my game ready for the mac app store and submitted on January 8th.

well, now its the 18th, and the game is still "waiting for review"???

how long did your games take to be approved?


any feedback or info welcome,

greetings from austria,
thomas

 

are you all using the beta version of unity 3 for this to work?

 

hi fundi,

i used 2.6.1 with the fixed player, but the game is still waiting for review ;-/
but the upload worked perfect, at least the application loader did not find any problems

greetings, thomas

 

On the apple forums, someone mentioned it could take up to 1 month to get reviewed.

I think apple needs to hire more peeps.

 

The build of my game that I made with Unity 3.2.0b3 for "PC and MAC standalone" shows first a Graphics Configuration Screen, on which I click "Play!" and then it shows the first menu screen, but when I start the game playing from the first menu screen, the display disappears. I can hear the game playing, but there is no display. The game works fine on iPhone and iPad.

I have "Windowed" checked on the Graphics Configuration Screen, but that doesn't seem to affect it. Has the screen moved off the Mac display? Is there something I can do to get the game to display on the Mac console?

 

Sorry if this has been answered before, but can someone tell me the correct path to write saved game data to now? I'm guessing Application.dataPath is in there somewhere, but not entirely sure and I can't find it on the Apple site either. Having said that, I haven't subscribed to the Mac developers group yet so perhaps that's why. Is it the same as the iPhone or what?

 

I hope so too, right now the only thing to do is use Steam which I hear is pretty good on new developers. Ill be moving there as well as the app store if I can do well with the iPhone first.

 

Hello Phil.

Unity's preferences load and save are well accepted by the store. And if you need to save further information Apple suggests to use ~/Library/Application Support/Your ID

 

RE: application Loader requires codesign and productbuild language to be used to sign and archive apps before being uploaded.

Will someone please give me precise info on how to access the codesign and productbuild commands.
I know the language to use, but are the commands entered from within someplace in XCode, or from someplace else?