Re: [MacRuby-devel] App Store
Yes, I have a Macruby app in the store for almost a year now ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/subtitleresync/id435993360?mt=12 ) … I must admit that i still develop on a separate machine with SL and Xcode 4.0.2 because i want to stay compatible with SL too for the time being (I test it on Lion too ofc) … but more important I must say that with every release of OSX or Xcode something seems to be "broken" or changed with Macruby and Interface Builder, compiler, code signing, etc. … I just don't like to hunt down errors like that for hours or even days so until it's really necessary, i don't fix what ain't broken :) .. it sometimes takes days or longer for the Macruby community to come up with a solution too so i just prefer to stay focused on the apps and leave the tooling stuff to others ... having said that, when you finally do have a good setup, it is a breeze to develop an app in Macruby and get it in the store as long as you meet the criteria of the review team .. i had another app rejected for reasons which were at least a bit vague but that belongs to the life of an app developer :))) Rob
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:29:10 +0000 From: Erik Lundqvist <willcodejavaforfood@gmail.com> To: MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org Subject: [MacRuby-devel] App Store
Hi everyone,
I'm Erik, a Swede who got lost in London and never looked back. I'm a Java developer who cheats a little bit with iOS, and last year around this time I bought the MacRuby in Action and tried a bit of MacRuby.
Introduction over.
So, I'm curious. Has anyone actually successfully created a MacRuby app and sold it on the Mac App Store?
Erik
Thanks everyone, Seems there are a few bumps on the road leading towards the App Store, but nothing that cannot be solved. Good to see there are MacRuby apps out there already. Thanks for all links to apps and advice. I dont think the MacRuby in Action books mentions anything about the problems you describe, nor did it say anything about the correct ruby deploy params. Is that for including the gems? /Erik On 15 March 2012 13:11, Rob Ista <rob.ista@me.com> wrote:
Yes, I have a Macruby app in the store for almost a year now ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/subtitleresync/id435993360?mt=12 ) … I must admit that i still develop on a separate machine with SL and Xcode 4.0.2 because i want to stay compatible with SL too for the time being (I test it on Lion too ofc) … but more important I must say that with every release of OSX or Xcode something seems to be "broken" or changed with Macruby and Interface Builder, compiler, code signing, etc. … I just don't like to hunt down errors like that for hours or even days so until it's really necessary, i don't fix what ain't broken :) .. it sometimes takes days or longer for the Macruby community to come up with a solution too so i just prefer to stay focused on the apps and leave the tooling stuff to others ... having said that, when you finally do have a good setup, it is a breeze to develop an app in Macruby and get it in the store as long as you meet the criteria of the review team .. i had another app rejected for reasons which were at least a bit vague but that belongs to the life of an app developer :))) Rob
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:29:10 +0000 From: Erik Lundqvist <willcodejavaforfood@gmail.com> To: MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org Subject: [MacRuby-devel] App Store
Hi everyone,
I'm Erik, a Swede who got lost in London and never looked back. I'm a Java developer who cheats a little bit with iOS, and last year around this time I bought the MacRuby in Action and tried a bit of MacRuby.
Introduction over.
So, I'm curious. Has anyone actually successfully created a MacRuby app and sold it on the Mac App Store?
Erik
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Not entirely specific to targeting the mac app store, but a minor caveat for anybody very new to MacRuby -- debugging full-fledged gui MacRuby apps can be challenging due to the lack of breakpoint/stepping/etc support in XCode. see also http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/macruby-devel/2011-July/007895.html. ymmv, but worth knowing early on. n@ On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:30 AM, Erik Lundqvist < willcodejavaforfood@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks everyone,
Seems there are a few bumps on the road leading towards the App Store, but nothing that cannot be solved. Good to see there are MacRuby apps out there already.
Thanks for all links to apps and advice.
I dont think the MacRuby in Action books mentions anything about the problems you describe, nor did it say anything about the correct ruby deploy params. Is that for including the gems?
/Erik
On 15 March 2012 13:11, Rob Ista <rob.ista@me.com> wrote:
Yes, I have a Macruby app in the store for almost a year now ( http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/subtitleresync/id435993360?mt=12 ) … I must admit that i still develop on a separate machine with SL and Xcode 4.0.2 because i want to stay compatible with SL too for the time being (I test it on Lion too ofc) … but more important I must say that with every release of OSX or Xcode something seems to be "broken" or changed with Macruby and Interface Builder, compiler, code signing, etc. … I just don't like to hunt down errors like that for hours or even days so until it's really necessary, i don't fix what ain't broken :) .. it sometimes takes days or longer for the Macruby community to come up with a solution too so i just prefer to stay focused on the apps and leave the tooling stuff to others ... having said that, when you finally do have a good setup, it is a breeze to develop an app in Macruby and get it in the store as long as you meet the criteria of the review team .. i had another app rejected for reasons which were at least a bit vague but that belongs to the life of an app developer :))) Rob
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:29:10 +0000 From: Erik Lundqvist <willcodejavaforfood@gmail.com> To: MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org Subject: [MacRuby-devel] App Store
Hi everyone,
I'm Erik, a Swede who got lost in London and never looked back. I'm a Java developer who cheats a little bit with iOS, and last year around this time I bought the MacRuby in Action and tried a bit of MacRuby.
Introduction over.
So, I'm curious. Has anyone actually successfully created a MacRuby app and sold it on the Mac App Store?
Erik
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