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Please share us more details like Xcode version, Visualizer version etc..
I appreciate your help. This is the first app I ever created. I used Kony V Enterprise. Everything is built but don't know how to extract the files to submit to App store and Android. I am using windows 10 on a PC. I did setup and paid the iPhone fee to submit but don't know how to extract the files from Kony Enterprise to the app store. Please help.
You cannot compile an app to submit to the app with Visualizer Enterprise. In order to build an app for an iPhone it is a 3 part process and it all requires the of a Mac OS computer.
- You have to build your project with Visualizer Enterprise
- Open the project in XCode
- Build the project in XCode to create the APK file that gets uploaded to the app store.
These steps are very basic. There are subtle nuances required for each step in order to be successful.
The only thing you can do on a Windows computer is build and publish an Android app.
Can I take what I did in V enterprise on my PC and import it into a mac and then open in xcode on the mac
Yes, you can take you Visualizer project and copy it over to a Mac computer. However, if you are going to be developing both Android and iOS apps, I would suggest having some type of GIT server so that you can always have the master version of your code. It also makes it a lot easier to pass your code between the two environments and keep it up to date. What you will find is that if you build your project in Windows and test it on the Android emulator you may have to tweak your forms or code to work the way you want on iOS devices.
We have tested cloud based GIT servers like Bit Bucket, but in the end we settled on a free on site solution. Here is what we use for our on premise GIT server: https://bonobogitserver.com All need is a server with IIS and it sets up easily in under an hour.
I am also new to the Kony platform and have only been using it since the beginning of the year. Most of what I have learned has been trough trial and error and help from others more knowledgeable than me!
I have access to a Mac. How do I extract the files I built on my PC using kony V Enterprise so I can move to mac and open them in xcode?
When you open Visualizer you should the following screen which shows you your work space path. If you open that path location on your computer you will see a folder with the same name as your app. That entire folder is your project. Copy that folder to the work space on your Mac.
@Kimxewly Hvwwis Check below link,
http://docs.kony.com/konylibrary/visualizer/visualizer_user_guide/Default.htm#iOS_Automatic_Output_Generation.htm
Now that I am understanding iPhone how do I submit to google for android?
Publishing an Android app is similar to Apple in that you have to have an Android developer account. Unlike iOS apps, once you build your app in Visualizer I believe you can upload it to the Play Store. We don't use the App store or Play store to deploy our apps because our apps are for corporate use and not open to the public. Apple does not allow you to upoad an app to their app store if it isn't open for public use. We use Kony's EMM system and their app store to deploy our apps. What Visulaizer builds the Android app we can upload straight to our enterprise app store. When you build your apps make sure you change the Build Mode from "debug" to "release". Also you will want to make sure you have created all of the necessary app images and app icons for the deployment. Images and icons need to be created for all of the standard Android and iOS screens. For the enterprise app store we also to create all of the app signing certificates so that they would sign correctly. I'm not sure what you will have to do for the Play Store.
I hope this is helpful. Building apps and publishing them is not as straight forward as i hoped it would be. We're finding there is an element of trial and error sometimes.