How to use Adobe's iPhone Packager without an Apple Developer Subscription

Step 2: Exporting the App

Before we export your App, be sure to save it (File>Save).

Now under the File menu, go to iPhone OS Settings...
and then switch to the deployment tab.

Download the zip file attached to this instructable and extract the files in it: Fake.zip and Fake.mobileprovision

Next to certificate, browse for FakeCert.p12 and select it.
In the password field enter 1234

Next to Provisioning File browse for Fake.mobileprovision and select it.
It should populate the App ID field automatically, don't mess with it.
If it doesn't it should read com.gamevil.zenonia2

Next click Publish.

Be patient, even on a fast computer, it may take a while for it to finish building the App.

Once finished, in  the same directory as the fla file that you saved earlier should be an ipa file with the same name.

Comments

[aharper8]

I got this to work with Adobe Flash Builder, but I did have to modify the Fake.mobileprovision file to have the same name as my project.

[yinn]

Thanks for posting the files. When I try to apply the Fake.mobileprovision file to itunes, I get 0xE800801A error, which looks like an exchange server error. Can you please upload the files again?

Thanks!

[zeronegro89]

Genious! (:

[jeromel]

Do the P12 and the mobie provision still work with latest IOS (4.3) and itunes(10.2.2). Is there some new restrictions?
I can't install my apps anymore..

[jmulro]

thanks a lot~~~~~

awesome!

[pzhoncillo]

An error prompt when installing the app in my iphone (1st Gen) :(

[mpesic1]

Thanks!!! work for me :)

[jhill3d]

Thank you for your pic! :)

[bschuitema]

omg, thank you for this, testing it now..

[andoz]

Thanks, publishing now!

[jlr0013]

Thanks a lot for this!! Very helpful

[MrDoubleDecker]

how could you put it on without jailbreaking the ipod?

[teedi]

in my folder don't be a .ipa file :S sry for bad english xD

[kglad99]

whoa, thank you. works great with flash cs5.5

[pikachi]

If you changed the "com.gamevil.zenonia2", what would happen?

[pikachi]

Hi. Great tutorial - I haven't tried it yet but everyone else says it works. For everyone saying about the error in itunes, you need to have your iDevice jailbroken and Appsync installed, because your iDevice needs some sort of digital signature to install apps, and Appsync bypasses it.

Thanks.

[dan95]

when i clic on publish, it starts working but then an error: ""falta el archivo swf especificado como contenido raiz"" in english something like SWF file specified as root content is missing
culdo you help me please?

[tomshlop3]

its not working for me T.T
when i publish the file its like publishing,and then a messege pops out that says java.exe has crushed and it ends the publishing , how can i make it work ?

[daywalkerdv]

Thank you very much! It works for me with the following: adobe flash professional cs5 11.0.0.485 jailbroken iphone 3gs with 4.1, windows 64bit.
It is really good that I can test my app before I buy an app developer ID.
Anyway it only works with jailbreak for me, it writes the same error when I try to sync it without jailbreak as a downloaded app.
Thank you again for your effort!

[lebuttazzoni]

At first it didn't works for me ( mac 10.6) but then I check the box "remenber password for this session" in the deployment window and then I works fine.

Thnaks a lot for this post

[jak645]

Im so sad this is dont work for me
Usage error (incorrect arguments)

certifica .p12 pass 1234
mobilprovision
com.gamevil.zenonia2


mmmmm Sh"/!%IT

[antarexis]

I had the same issue, i got the latest flash cs5 version and it worked! Try it on and give us back a reply. Thank you!

[jason1350]

I get a 0xE8008001 error when i try to sync the app to my iphone 4 via itunes. Do i need to jailbreak my phone ? cheers

[GreenleafJ]

Yes, it says so in the guide.

[fifson]

don't work win7 x64
Usage error (incorrect arguments)

[faizangapu]

hi when ever i try to publish my app this error ocurs error creating file invalid input swf executing D:\program files\adobe\adobe flashcs5\PFI\lib\aot\bin\ld64\l686-apple-darwin9-ld64............. please help ,thanks

[cody8295]

Thanks a million for the certificate and such.

[Kalran]

TANK YOU MAN, U SO MADE MY DAY!!!!!!

[derozgur]

don't work win7 x64

[dodger77]

THANKS, U make my day.. :)

[adam123321]

TY!
Takes a long time to publish though...
Still waiting for about 5 min

[ValkyrieEric]

Wow you rock! I had been searching for this for several weeks! I am a pro coder with 5+ years xp, and now i can have my own apps! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[clominon]

simple and helpfull.. exacly what i was looking for! except... FakCert.p12 and Fake.mobileprovision files are .tmp files when i download them. is that correct?

[bcarasco]

 I put them in a zip file instead so the file names and extensions are preserved.

[clominon]

Great! thanks for the zip. in cs5 windows i get an error saying:
"Error creating files.
Usage error (incorrect arguments)." but cs5 mac version works without any problem.. weird but im not complaining! :p

[bcarasco]

 Hm, I'm on Windows 7 x64. I haven't really done anything other than write Hello World and test it out on my iPhone 3GS. Were you testing the same project on both machines?

[clominon]

im on windows 7 x64 too. first i thought maybe it was windows7 thing so i installed it on a xp but the same error.. it seems that it only works on mac for me. very weird.. it isnt the same fla file.. fla file made on a mac flash wont let me publish it on windows flash for some reason.. i can open the file but cant select the publish function (same goes for windows to mac fla).

i guess i´ll be working on a mac. thanks anyways you´ve been a great help.

[bcarasco]

If it's the mobileprovision file I have no idea how to fix that (I just found one on the internet and downloaded it). However for the p12 certificate I just created one myself. You might want to look into that. Here's the link I used:

www.flatmtn.com/article/creating-pkcs12-certificates

You'll also need openssl to create the file. You may want to add openssl to your path.

[clominon]

it wasnt the files you uploaded. they did their job. turned out to be my flash version. I had to delete that and reinstall it. now it works without any problems. thanks for the help.

[mxyzptplx]

Thanks for this, exactly what i was looking to find.  Weird thing is, I can publish the app from CS5 (win 7), but when I install on the iphone via itunes, i get an error installing...

[gqregqrg]

 AWESOME MAN!! THANKS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
MUCH XD

U MADE ME MAKE AN ACCOUNT!

[wantafanta01]

works great! thanks.

btw im on win 7 64 bit and have only made a little test app but still, tyvm

3gS FTW