I am lost!
I have a nice little iOS app for iPad and iPhone and thought, oh, let's pick that low-hanging fruit of making this iOS app available for M1 macOS devices (only) with virtually no effort according to this instruction:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/mac_catalyst/creating_a_mac_version_of_your_ipad_app
That description is a bit dated, but it seems that when I add the target 'Mac (designed for iPad)', I get what I want: "Run your unmodified iOS app on Mac Computer with M1 chip" it says in the byline in Xcode. That is exactly what I want. Perfect!
And indeed, I can switch to "My Mac (designed for iPad)" target, build everything, and get a standalone Mac application on my Mac that is NOT in the Simulator. It is my iOS app, but now as Mac app, and it seems to work. Perfect!
But, hmm, double checking - I do not see the sandboxing field in signing (yet I do see the app is sandboxed when checking in Activity Monitor).
And when I try to upload to AppStore, I seem to upload the iOS variant, regardless of what I am trying. Nothing ever arrives at the store that would show up as a build for the macOS variant of my app.
I need to add as target Mac (so without the designed for iPad), to get the sandbox input fields become visible. I then can also create a Mac Archive.
But alas, it does not build then...
LaunchScreen.storyboard error build: iOS storyboards do not support target device type "mac".
So, what do I need to do to get this simple, low-hanging fruit of "My Mac (designed for iPad)" , where the sandboxing input fields are shown, the whole thing archives for macOS, and it all still works without having to touch the code at all.
Or it archives as iOS, but I can pick up the archive submitted to AppStore in the macOS section of my App. I do not mind which way, as long as I get the low-hanging fruit promised to me in the byline by Xcode.
Thanks a bunch, Mathias
Xcode 14.0.1
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Xcode / Preferences / Simulators: All Simulators are checked for download and I cannot uncheck them.
Ever since the last update for Xcode 11.x I find that ALL simulators are checked for download in Preferences/Simulators that have not been downloaded yet.
It seems I cannot uncheck any of them. Worse, I cannot even download them. When I hit the Check & Install Now button, nothing happens.
I would like to be able to select which simulator to down load. And then be able to download it... :)
Thanks
M.