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Nicolai Henriksen
Nicolai Henriksen

Reputation: 1504

Running Xamarin app in appetize.io gives "Error installing app"

We are using appetize.io and now have problems with a Xamarin.Forms app. We zip the app bundle dir and upload it without problems.

But when we try to start the app we get the error message "Error installing app" and nothing else.

It does not help to turn on "debug log" - no output is produced. We suspect that is because the log is for output to the console, i.e. output produced by the app, and the app is not even installed.

Any pointers?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 927

Answers (1)

Nicolai Henriksen
Nicolai Henriksen

Reputation: 1504

Found the problem: When doing a "build all" from Xamarin, the produced iOS app bundle does not contain everything necessary to install and run in the simulator.

But if we run the app on the simulator from within Xamarin ("Start Debugging" in the menu), then the app dir in bin/iPhoneSimulator/Release suddenly grows a great deal and now contains all necessary files.

So in conclusion: Do not just do a "build all" or "rebuild all" from Xamarin. Do a "run" on the simulator and then zip and upload the app dir to appetize.io.

Upvotes: 1

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