I encountered a problem in xcode where an app I'd created on buzztouch would not build. 150 errors! Then it happened with another one. Other apps I'd created built just fine using the same process. I realized the two apps with the errors had names beginning with a number. I added a few letters to the beginning of the names in buzztouch, re-exported, and they built just fine in xcode. I haven't double checked my theory, but I'm guessing any app in buzztouch whose name starts with a number will have the same problem.

Yup... you found a secret-issue ;-) We've known about this for awhile and have commented on a few forum posts. Not too many folks start with numbers so we've gotten away with it... certain punctuation marks cause the same problem. Thanks for posting... surely somebody will see this and save hours of headache

Thanks for the reply and acknowledgment. Perhaps you could include a note on the app naming page, so that it might avoid the problem. For someone totally new both to buzztouch and iOS development, had I only started with one app and it happened to be numeric, I really would have given up. Luckily I began producing multiple apps at once and was successful prior to encountering this bug. The 150 errors found when I compiled would have been a bit overwhelming. Actually, the process of transitioning from the downloaded source code to final distribution to the app store was overwhelming for me. It's a miracle I figured it out at all. I found some troubleshooting information here in the forums and mucked through Apple's how-to's on all that certificate signing stuff and finally got some apps uploaded. Perhaps someday it will be as easy to upload an app as it is for an end user to download an app... Oh, one more thing: I have two apps I'm developing that have short names, only 3 characters. Buzztouch won't let me name my app with so few characters. (5 character minimum, I think.) Can this be changed? I ended up just naming the app with a double name, like ABC ABC but when I put it through to the app store I'm using the single name ABC. Hopefully this works?

That's a fine plan - name the app whatever you want in the BT control panel then change the name in the info.plist to get what you want on the phones homescreen. We can't allow shorter names for database reasons - wink. Good point on the numbers thing and the issues you struggled through. We sooooo feel your pain. It's been very very difficult to keep this thing growing and making it easier and easier is a top priority. However, the LARGE majority of our users have at least enough experience to get to the point you have. Good stuff.

I realize I'm probably in a small minority (people who don't have a clue about iOS/SDK/etc and still want to roll-their-own apps). I'm glad to have found Buzztouch. It seems to be unique in the ability to craft an app using a WYSIWYG development tool, and then download the source code and handle my own app store submission. It's really the Apple end of things that's complicated. Understanding the process of identity certificates, provisioning/distribution, app ids, and applying this data within xcode, finally to upload for app store submission... wow, I can't believe I got through all this in a single day's work.