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orangempa
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02/15/12 01:01 PM (13 years ago)

Icons as ? on other devices

So, I have the app running fine on devices that I load it on to from my computer. However, when I decided to test it with my co-worker's computer, the icons all turned into '?' marks on her device. What am I doing wrong here, and will it keep the app from operating correctly when installed from the Android/Apple markets?
 
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02/15/12 01:31 PM (13 years ago)
Are you using url or name to assign these?
 
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02/15/12 01:40 PM (13 years ago)
Name. It works as intended on any and all devices I launch from this computer, and the simulator. But if I log into another computer, they show up as ?
 
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02/15/12 01:47 PM (13 years ago)
First off, is this happening with IOS or android? Secondly, I can see testing your app on someone else's phone/tablet but not sure why you're using someone else's computer? If you're using name's for the icons then that means you have the file on your computer and dragged into xcode (for ios). Those files won't be on someone else's computer unless you copy/pasted the entire project onto their computer. Is that what you did??? JOsh
 
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02/15/12 01:54 PM (13 years ago)
I am sorry, I am a little confused to the process that you are using. What do you mean by {launch from this computer} and {from another computer}. If this is for Android, do you have eclipse on both the PCs or how are you putting them onto the mobile device? Sorry, just trying to clarify so that we can understand where the problem may be.
 
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02/15/12 02:08 PM (13 years ago)
Appreciate the responses. I'm testing primarily on iOS right now. I had to use somebody else's computer to login due to a computer issue with my main development Mac. I downloaded the project from BT on the new computer, then ran it on a co-worker's device to show it off. I did not copy paste the project or anything. I'm guessing considering the responses, that this is normal behavior from the app, and it'll still be fine from the marketplaces, right? Everything is working like it should on test devices from my computer and on the simulators. I guess I'm a bit confused as to how the photos show up when the App is downloaded from the App Store when it's approved, if they're not being stored somehow in the project itself.
 
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02/15/12 02:37 PM (13 years ago)
Okay, so you're using IOS and xcode. Now, when you are talking about icons, are these icons on your home screen or the icon for the app itself? When you download your project from buzztouch it will include icon files for the app itself and that should work fine no matter what computer you use. But if you're talking about icons on a home screen then those are icons that you made your self or downloaded somewhere. Those files are kept in the images file in your project (and dragged into Xcode). If you download your project onto a different computer those files won't be there so a question mark appears. As long as you tested your app on different devices and everything worked fine then you'll be okay.
 
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02/15/12 02:59 PM (13 years ago)
Much appreciated, that's what I was looking for.
 

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