Edit the Application ID of your App in Flash Builder

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Despite a few Google attempts, I didn't find this information, so here is another short tutorial blog. If you make a mistake and your Apple App ID (Bundle Identifier) isn't EXACTLY the same as your Application ID in Flash Builder, this is how you fix it.

I had designed an iPhone App before, and the development and XCode was done by my good friend, Robert. However, I've always wanted to build mobile apps myself, both the design and the development. So now I'm getting into Flash Builder (and probably Flex as well), and this was the first time I have opened Flash Builder 4.5.1.

This may seem really obvious to some developers out there, but I'm a designer and this was my first time using Flash Builder. This will hopefully help out someone who's just starting out with iOS and Flash.

I had just finished the tutorial Hello World: Build a mobile app in five minutes and I had also been through the rigorous process outlined in Using Flash Builder 4.5 to package applications for Apple iOS devices.

As I completed the two tutorials I made a tiny mistake. The Application ID of my Flex Mobile Project was com.mydomain.HelloWorld as outlined in the tutorial. However, when I created the Apple App ID in the iOS Provisioning Portal, I put com.mydomain.helloworld in the Bundle Identifier (App ID suffix) field.

I used Title Case in one and lowercase in the other.

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When the two fields are compared, case-sensitivity is also considered. So when I tried to package my application for deployment to my iPhone, I got the following warning.

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I went back to the Apple IDs in the iOS Provisional Portal, but you cannot edit the Bundle Identifier. You have to create a brand new App ID.

So I though, "Why not change the Application ID in Flash Builder?"

I Googled how to do this, but I didn't find a solution.

So I went back to Flash Builder and after hunting round a little, I opened the XML file of the project.

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I found the Application ID field and updated it to be the same as the Bundle Identifier (lowercase).

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When I ran the On-device packaging sequence, my issue was fixed.

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Leave me a comment below if this helped you out.

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I'm a web and graphic designer from Sydney, Australia. I've been working with digital design for over 10 years. This is my website, if you didn't notice. Contact me if you'd like me to do some work for you.

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