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12/10/12 11:15 AM (13 years ago)

First simulation run in Xcode

Hello! I'm building my first app and running into a wall with Xcode. Everything looks great in Buzztouch, source code downloads just fine, but when I run the iphone simulator, my app comes up absolutely blank. The icon is there, no errors are posted, but the actual app simulation is empty. Am I making a noob mistake that I just don't know about it? Any help would be a huge help and keep me from pulling out my hair :)
 
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12/10/12 11:34 AM (13 years ago)
Hi @StaleysGirl, Check the Layout tab in your control panel and make sure you have a home screen defined. You need to choose between a tabbed or single screen layout, and make sure your first screen is defined. Also...in Xcode, make sure you have dragged all the folders in your download package into Xcode. Especially the BT_Plugins folder. Without that, nothing will show up. Mark
 
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12/10/12 11:37 AM (13 years ago)
It was the BT_Plugins folder, thanks SO much! I'm definitely still learning!
 
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12/10/12 11:43 AM (13 years ago)
No problem! Lots of people have run into that. It's good to get into the habit of making sure your download folder structure matches the Xcode project folder structure...that way you always have everything. I drag in all the folders, just so I have them.
 
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12/10/12 12:37 PM (13 years ago)
Does anyone know why we have to manually copy over these folders into the project and why it doesn't happen automatically (as it did in 1.5)?
 
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12/10/12 12:46 PM (13 years ago)
I asked David about that once, and he basically says it's super complicated to tell Xcode what files should be part of the project when you double-click the project file. I think the new structure of v2 is what's causing the complexity.
 
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12/10/12 01:24 PM (13 years ago)
Hey @StaleysGirl, Happy you got it worked out. LA
 
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12/10/12 03:57 PM (13 years ago)
Thanks @LA! I'm still learning a ton (obviously, that was such a silly mistake), but I'm getting there :) Thanks for the support!
 
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12/10/12 04:12 PM (13 years ago)
No problem. We all make silly mistakes and that's why when you post another person can find what we have been over looking. Many times, I can look at an app and cannot figure what is wrong or what I'm doing wrong and I need another pair of eyes to catch what I'm not. LA
 
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12/10/12 08:06 PM (13 years ago)
Im so glade you asked about this because I was having the same issuse thanks a bunch newbe here!
 

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