Application Loader no longer included in Xcode11

[futuron 6]

Oh boy... From Apple's website:

 

Submissions Update

August 19, 2019

You can now submit apps built with Xcode 11 beta 6 using the SDK for iOS 13 beta 7, tvOS 13 beta 7, and watchOS 6 beta 7 for internal and external testing.

Starting with Xcode 11, Application Loader is no longer included in Xcode. For details on how to upload your apps to App Store Connect using Xcode, see Xcode Help.

 

 

 

Anyone know if Embarcadero is aware of this? I'm starting to feel very uncomfortable. Again something that could break our workflow! I hope they are on it else I will have to look into starting to develop in Swift and forget about Delphi for the future.

 

Source: https://developer.apple.com/app-store-connect/whats-new/?id=submissionsupdate8-19

[Sherlock 663]

Considering Delphi is not the only product that can create iOS Apps, Apple will surely have not removed this functionality altogether. Just from looking at the Help you provided I think it is possible to upload our Apps (archives in Help lingo) from there. Maybe uploading wont take forever then? Seeing as that big ole Apploader was a laggy piece of software, it was just about time they overhauled it.

[Juan Martinez 6]

 

I haven't tried, but maybe this could work:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56436345/how-to-upload-to-app-store-from-command-line-with-xcode-11

 

 

 

[Dave Nottage 557]

2 hours ago, Sherlock said:

Apple will surely have not removed this functionality altogether.

Correct. Applications can be loaded to the App Store from the command line xcrun altool, e.g:

 

  https://medium.com/xcblog/xcodebuild-deploy-ios-app-from-command-line-c6defff0d8b8

 

I'm planning to add App Store upload functionality to Mosco:

 

  https://www.delphiworlds.com/2019/07/delphi-10-3-2-released-introducing-mosco/

 

 

 

 

[Juan Martinez 6]

and probably this: 

 

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution/customizing_the_notarization_workflow

 

But I don't know about details. I hope someday Embarcadero do it for us. 

[Rollo62 536]

5 hours ago, Dave Nottage said:

I'm planning to add App Store upload functionality to Mosco:

 

  https://www.delphiworlds.com/2019/07/delphi-10-3-2-released-introducing-mosco/

 

 

 

 

@Dave Nottage

Thanks for this great cxontribution 👍

 

To get your plans with Mosco right I want to summarize and ask some more questions:

• Will Mosco be a 1:1 replacement for PAServer (or is it controlling via existing PAServers) ?
• Mosco is adding, and ntegrating additional features to current PAServer, like
  SDK management, logging, notarization, AppStore upload, etc.
• There will be also a companion IDE expert, as well as companion apps like DeviceLens
• Are there aslo remote plans to integrate also more platforms, like Android (yes, I know Mosco's name speaks against this) ?

 

[Dave Nottage 557]

 

6 hours ago, Rollo62 said:

Mosco is adding, and integrating additional features to current PAServer, like
SDK management, logging, notarization, AppStore upload, etc.

That's correct.

6 hours ago, Rollo62 said:

There will be also a companion IDE expert, as well as companion apps like DeviceLens

There already is (in "beta"), however yes.

6 hours ago, Rollo62 said:

Are there also remote plans to integrate also more platforms, like Android

Mosco is just macOS related.. Codex already does some "Android-y" things:

 

  https://www.delphiworlds.com/codex/

 

I am considering supporting creation of Application Bundles for that, however that's dependent on how much time I have.

 

Edited August 27, 2019 by Dave Nottage

[Rollo62 536]

8 hours ago, Dave Nottage said:

I am considering supporting creation of Application Bundles for that, however that's dependent on how much time I have.

This probably depends on how Embarcadero will sovle App Bundles on its own (maybe this is on their list already).
This would require to modularize the app in different features, do you see 32- and 64-apps as those two different features ?

What else would be possible to modularize (assuming that you don't want to build a complete new build-system around RadStudio) ?
Maybe you consider also something as in-app purchase of those modules (not sure if App bundles will support that scenario).

Edited August 28, 2019 by Rollo62

[Dalija Prasnikar 1396]

There is open report requesting App Bundles support. Anyone interested in Android please vote for it.

 

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-25625

[gioma 19]

Hi, 

I open a report to request App Store support. 

 

https://quality.embarcadero.com/browse/RSP-26465

 

In this way is very difficult continue to develop app with Delphi, they have to speed up!

[braunbaer 2]

Hi,

There is a new App from Apple: Transporter

https://apps.apple.com/at/app/transporter/id1450874784?mt=12

 

i have not  testet it yet, but it looks good!

 

Here is the post on the German delphipraxis: https://www.delphipraxis.net/202280-neuer-apple-application-loader.html

 

Regards

Gebhard

 

Edited October 17, 2019 by braunbaer

[gioma 19]

37 minutes ago, braunbaer said:

Hi,

There is a new App from Apple: Transporter

https://apps.apple.com/at/app/transporter/id1450874784?mt=12

 

i have not  testet it yet, but it looks good!

 

Here is the post on the German delphipraxis: https://www.delphipraxis.net/202280-neuer-apple-application-loader.html

 

Regards

Gebhard

 

I was about to write the same thing, I just discovered it.

[Christen Blom-Dahl 7]

I've tested it and it runs smoothly. This is the best solution.

 

Regards

Christen