I have been using this code for a long time to get App Store reciepts:
NSError *theError = nil;
NSBundle *mainBundle = [NSBundle mainBundle];
NSURL *appStoreReceiptURL = [mainBundle appStoreReceiptURL];
NSData *receiptData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL: appStoreReceiptURL options: NSDataReadingMappedAlways error: &theError];
if (!receiptData) {
NSURL *receiptURL = [mainBundle URLForResource: @"receipt" withExtension: @""];
receiptData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfURL: receiptURL options: NSDataReadingMappedAlways error: &theError];
}
Now it has stopped working. I have had to use both methods to get a URL to the _MASReceipt/ directory because XCode seems to do it differently when debugging. Now the application crashes the second time I try to get recieptData. Both methods return a URL with a path to @"Contents/_MASReceipt/reciept. The first time I use dataWithContentsOfURL the error and data ptr are nil. The second time the app crashes and I get a warning that the app is damaged and to download a new copy from the App Store. Looking at the build folder it appears that XCode isn't creating a _MASReceipt folder.
Do I have to put some special build instructions in the project to fix this? Why did this stop working?
Before when I couldn't get a valid receipt the program would exit and ask me to enter my test user id and password. Then it would attach a valid receipt and run the app.
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There are a lot of other questions in the forums like this but they are so old that I thought I should start a new one.
I want to add an outlet connection from my file's owner to an NSButton in a .xib. I can't do it.
The NSButton is declared as an IBOutlet NSButton *myButton; in my .m file. In my .xib the button's class is declared as NSButton.
When I control drag from the NSButton in Interface Builder to the File's Owner's New Referencing Outlet well in the pop-up or the File's Owner in Placeholders nothing happens. There are three other IBOutlets that were in my .m file that are connected. Since I upgraded to XCode 13.3 I can't connect the fourth IBOutlet in my .m file to objects in my .xibs.
This has always been easy but now it can't be done in XCode 13.3. I spent a LONG time trying to do this but I can't.
The Help documentation doesn't even begin to resemble what I actually see in XCode at all, starting with:
"In Interface Builder, open the assistant editor (choose View > Assistant Editor > Show Assistant Editor)". What? There's no such menu item in the View menu.
Is this a new super horrible bug in XCode? Should I file a bug report? Does anyone else have this problem?
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The documentation is ambiguous, In the Help Book Registration section it gives two examples of how to register the help Book. First it says the <key>CFBundleHelpBookFolder</key> should be <string>SurfWriter.Help</string> then in the illustration it has it as Surf Writer Help. Then it has the <key>CFBundleHelpBookName</key> as <string>com.mycompany.surfwriter.help</string> but in the illustration it has it as Surf Writer Help. Which is it?
The help Book is still not searchable but I'll clear the cache with the terminal command: rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/com.apple.help* and see if it helps.
Like almost all of the Developer documentation the Apple Help Programming guide is not current and needs work.
Sorry if these questions have been asked before. The Developer Forums seem to be broken. No matter what I search for there are no previous posts.
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