Xcode question

iOS
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I am trying to do an iOS build aided by the Quick start guide. I’ve done the Download project template of my app (AE2DDCEC-B9FE-840C-FF14-F909F857AE00). Successfully installed the Backendless pod from cocoapods. The project ran with all the expected deprecation warnings.

The simulator ran a page that connected to TestTable, I saw that at the backend, but I DID NOT see anything that remotely resembles the app that I did with the UI-Builder.

Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.

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Hi @Ramon_Reyes

Could you please provide a link to the Quick start guide?

As far as I remember there are two options to run your UIBuilder app in a NativeApp

  • by scanning the QR Code of the UI-Container
  • by copying the UIContainer build after publishing it

So, we need a little bit more info.

Regards, Vlad

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The quick start is here: Quick Start Guide - Backendless SDK for iOS API Documentation

I did everything in there including publishing my app (rml_hsra) container and downloading the project.

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this is a guide for IOS-SDK, so it’s not related to the UIBuilder

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Hi,

My text as well as topic category indicated iOS because I am doing an iOS build. The UI-Builder in this context publishes the container then hands it off to Xcode for building. My question is this— Xcode runs the app on the simulator but the output is a page that connects to TestTable. I did not see anything that remotely resembles the app that I did with the UI-Builder.

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no, it doesn’t work this way =)

Backendless contains different SDKs (JS/iOS/Java/etc.) for working with the Backendless API, so you can build an app using code.

The UI-Builder is a feature for building WebApps using no code technologies (without code).

You can open a UIContainer in a web browser or you can run it in a native app in a web view, we’ve got a couple of options:

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I know the Backendless Viewer because I use this for testing on an actual iOS device. However that is not how I want to deploy the app.

What I want to do now is to do a build that I can submit to Apple for distribution. Can you point me to the right direction to do that?

Thanks.

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  1. you can build your own iOS app and using web view add composed UIBuilder into the app
  2. or using the native-mobile-app-shell to build an app and then publish it to the AppStore
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I think I’ll go for #2. I have started to work on this using this guide – GitHub - Backendless/native-mobile-app-shell: Mobile native app shell is a native wrapper for a UI Builder application. It can be used to package a UI Builder app so it can run on a mobile device in a hybrid mode. The app can be published to the Apple and Google Play stores..

Thanks for your help.

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