Ios Crash Increase with SDK 51.1.1.5.

[premiumsB]

I uploaded an app with this SDK version 51.1.1.5 and I see a lot of crash now compare to what I saw. Did you get crashes too with this SDK version?

I use Animate 2023 and windows build.

[ajwfrost]

What was it compared to? i.e. what was your previous SDK version?

It's worth noting that building iOS solely on Windows is getting to be challenging because of how Apple are updating their linker and options. I think it's going to get even trickier in the future. We have a mechanism where you can develop on Windows but have the linking stage done on a mac, in case you have a spare macOS machine around?

thanks

[premiumsB]

@ajwfrost it was a old app the SDK version were in the AIR 50, something. I can't really know exactly. I uploaded a version with my MAC to see the difference.

Could you tell me which SDK version is the best from now to publish an APP with IOS? Because I really don't know which one should I use right now.

Thank you.

[GeneralVimes]

For building it's also possible to compile swf on windows machine and then copy to Mac (even virtual) all these:
bin folder with swf file, Assets.car and other files the game uses
cert folder with your certificates
icons folder with icons
lib folder with all anes
application.xml file

And then build an ipa there

[premiumsB]

@ajwfrost Any answer to this question please?

Could you tell me which SDK version is the best from now to publish an APP with IOS?

[premiumsB]

@ajwfrost thank you for your answer. BTW I tried with a few app and a few SDK version but I still have that Invalid input: Compilation failed while executing : ld64 problem. I also don't have any space for the path I use for my AIR_SDK folder.

My files for the 2 folder:
I got 615 files for C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\aot\stub
I got 25 files for C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\aot\lib

Here is the adt.log

*** ADT Logging at 2024/10/29 13:24:42 ***
Called by: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\adt.jar
ADT 51.1.2.1 called with: -devices -platform iOS
*** ADT Logging at 2024/10/29 13:26:17 ***
Called by: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\adt.jar
ADT 51.1.2.1 called with: -devices -platform iOS
*** ADT Logging at 2024/10/29 13:26:19 ***
Called by: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\adt.jar
ADT 51.1.2.1 called with: -package -target ipa-test
*** ADT Logging at 2024/10/29 13:26:20 ***
Called by: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\adt.jar
ADT 51.1.2.1 called with: -package -target ipa-test
Warning: The path to platform sdk should end with any one of the (iPhoneOSx.x | iPhoneSimulatorx.x | AppleTVSimulatorx.x | AppleTVOSx.x) format to avoid any unintended behavior.
Warning: Using default implementation for native extension 'com.distriqt.playservices.Ads'
Warning: Using default implementation for native extension 'com.distriqt.playservices.Base'
Converting SWF files into ABC
Root SWF = myapps.swf
compile-abc command line: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\aot/bin/compile-abc/compile-abc-64.exe -mtriple=arm64-apple-ios -filetype=obj -sdk C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\aot/lib/avmglue.abc -fields C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\aot/lib/air-fields.arm64-air.txt -O0 -ane-symbol=IDFAExtInitializer -ane-symbol=IDFAExtFinalizer -ane-symbol=CoreExtInitializer -ane-symbol=CoreExtFinalizer -ane-symbol=InAppBillingExtInitializer -ane-symbol=InAppBillingExtFinalizer -ane-symbol=ImageExtInitializer -ane-symbol=ImageExtFinalizer -ane-symbol=AdvertsExtInitializer -ane-symbol=AdvertsExtFinalizer -ane-symbol=NetworkInfoExtInitializer -ane-symbol=NetworkInfoExtFinalizer -ane-symbol=ApplicationExtInitializer -ane-symbol=ApplicationExtFinalizer -ane-symbol=AppGroupDefaultsExtInitializer -ane-symbol=AppGroupDefaultsExtFinalizer -ane-symbol=ApplicationRaterExtInitializer -ane-symbol=ApplicationRaterExtFinalizer -abc-file-list=C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\3b1d43d7-54d9-4fd0-9df0-3784468116f0\ABCFilesList.txt

Generated linker script at C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\3b1d43d7-54d9-4fd0-9df0-3784468116f0\linkerscript.sh
ld64 command line: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\aot/bin/ld64/ld64.exe -pie -ObjC -dead_strip -Z -arch arm64 -syslibroot "C:\AIR_SDK\AIRSDK_51.1.2" -L"C:\AIR_SDK\AIRSDK_51.1.2/usr/lib" -F"C:\AIR_SDK\AIRSDK_51.1.2/System/Library/Frameworks" -L"C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\aot/lib" -o "C:\Websites\Divers\Apps\Games\MYAPPS\aot12548836717701650622.tmp" -x "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\AIRSDK51.1.2.1\lib\aot/lib/libRuntimeHMAOT.arm-air.a" -lc++ -lSystem.B -lz -lobjc -lclang_rt.ios -weak_framework AppTrackingTransparency -framework AdSupport -w -lclang_rt.ios -ObjC -weak_framework UserNotifications -w "-FC:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp\3b1d43d7-54d9-4fd0-9df0-3784468116f0\Frameworks" -framework "CoreNativeExtension" -framework StoreKit -weak_framework Photos -framework AssetsLibrary -w -weak_framework CoreServices -weak_framework iAd -framework JavaScriptCore -framework GLKit -framework SystemConfiguration -framework SafariServices -framework MediaPlayer -framework MessageUI -framework CoreVideo -framework CoreMotion -framework CoreTelephony -framework CoreGraphics -framework AudioToolbox -framework AVFoundation -framework "GoogleMobileAds" -framework "UserMessagingPlatform" -w -w -w -w -filelist "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\3b1d43d7-54d9-4fd0-9df0-3784468116f0\OBJFilesList.txt" -framework CoreFoundation -framework UIKit -framework MobileCoreServices -framework Foundation -framework CFNetwork -framework QuartzCore -framework OpenGLES -framework CoreLocation -framework CoreMedia -framework Security -framework GameController -framework WebKit -platform_version ios 12.0 51.1 -exported_symbols_list "C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Temp\3b1d43d7-54d9-4fd0-9df0-3784468116f0\SYMFilesList.txt"
ld64: error: library not found for -lc++
ld64: error: library not found for -lSystem.B
ld64: error: library not found for -lz
ld64: error: library not found for -lobjc
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework AppTrackingTransparency
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework AdSupport
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework UserNotifications
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework StoreKit
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework Photos
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework AssetsLibrary
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework CoreServices
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework iAd
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework JavaScriptCore
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework GLKit
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework SystemConfiguration
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework SafariServices
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework MediaPlayer
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework MessageUI
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework CoreVideo
ld64: error: framework not found for -framework CoreMotion
ld64: error: too many errors emitted, stopping now (use --error-limit=0 to see all errors)

..java.base/java.lang.Thread.getStackTrace(Thread.java:1606)
..com.adobe.air.DebugFile.printStack(DebugFile.java)
..com.adobe.air.InvalidInputException.(InvalidInputException.java)
..com.adobe.air.ipa.AOTCompiler.generateMachineBinaries(AOTCompiler.java)
..com.adobe.air.ipa.IPAOutputStream.createIosBinary(IPAOutputStream.java)
..com.adobe.air.ipa.IPAOutputStream.access$100(IPAOutputStream.java)
..com.adobe.air.ipa.IPAOutputStream$CompileTask.run(IPAOutputStream.java)
..java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
..java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
..java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
Stack trace:
..java.base/java.lang.Thread.getStackTrace(Thread.java:1606)
..com.adobe.air.DebugFile.printStack(DebugFile.java)
..com.adobe.air.InvalidInputException.(InvalidInputException.java)
..com.adobe.air.ipa.IPAOutputStream$CompileTask.throwAppropriateException(IPAOutputStream.java)
..com.adobe.air.ipa.IPAOutputStream.finalizeSig(IPAOutputStream.java)
..com.adobe.air.ApplicationPackager.createPackage(ApplicationPackager.java)
..com.adobe.air.ipa.IPAPackager.createPackage(IPAPackager.java)
..com.adobe.air.ADT.parseArgsAndGo(ADT.java)
..com.adobe.air.ADT.run(ADT.java)
..com.adobe.air.ADT.main(ADT.java)
Stack trace:
Invalid input: Compilation failed while executing : ld64

Any idea with that adt.log?

[ajwfrost]

Ah - yes, it looks like it's trying to use a "PlatformSDK" argument, which we really shouldn't accept on Windows...
See e.g. -L"C:\AIR_SDK\AIRSDK_51.1.2/usr/lib" and -F"C:\AIR_SDK\AIRSDK_51.1.2/System/Library/Frameworks" - normally those would be added when the platform SDK argument points to an actual iPhoneOS SDK, as those paths are then valid for where the libraries/frameworks are provided by Apple.

If you check that adt.cfg file, can you comment out/remove the line that starts with iOSPlatformSDK?

thanks

[premiumsB]

@ajwfrost AHHHHH I found the problem. I added something under IOS Platform SDK inside the AIRSDKManager. Now it is fixed.

Thank you for your help. I will try to find a stable version now but after a quick look to my other app and other SDK Version I think the cause of the crashes could be the ANE that I updated to the latest recently. Is it possible?

Here are the ANE I updated recently:

com.distriqt.Adverts.ane
com.distriqt.Core.ane
com.distriqt.ApplicationRater.ane
com.distriqt.playservices.Ads.ane
com.distriqt.playservices.Base.ane
com.distriqt.InAppBilling.ane

Do you think one of those ANE could cause those crashes?

Once again thank you for your help.

[ajwfrost]

Glad you got the build part sorted..

I'm not sure about the ANEs causing crashes; did you see any difference when you switched to a version that was built on Windows? And were there any differences according to iOS versions? If you have any crash report / call stacks, we can try to look into those..

[premiumsB]

@ajwfrost Sorry for the late reply. I didn't see any difference with the crashes when I tested a build under windows or my mac. About the ios version it is not one in particular. Look my test by version

Windows build SDK 50.2.4.3 old ANE

Mac build SDK 51.1.1.5 new ANE

For the months before I didn't really had any crashes. (I can't see which version of SDK I used for this version because I don't found the IPA anymore)

Below is a screenshot with the crashes.

So my main concern is how other peoples upload an IOS version without to see crashes spike like that? I really want to find a stable version because I want to update my biggest apps.

[GeneralVimes]

I also noticed a spike in crashes in 51.1.2.1
https://imgur.com/1pVI8GK
Previously I saw a spike after adding Firebase Analytics ANE. That time building the ipa on the MacOS fixed the problem.

But this time the version I submitted to AppStore was built on MacOS, and as you see, the selection of operating systems with crashes is quite diverse.

[premiumsB]

@GeneralVimes So your crashes came back with this version 51.1.2.1 ? Do anybody found a stable version?

[GeneralVimes]

Yes, and as far as I remember, for the previous version I used AIR 51.1.1.5 and it worked well

[premiumsB]

ok for me this version increased the crashes a lot even with a SDK version mac build.

[ajwfrost]

Do we have any crash logs for these issues?

I'm just reviewing the changes between 51.1.1.5 and 51.1.2.1, essentially we had:

1. Changes to build with latest Xcode and iPhoneOS SDK
2. [AIR-7390] Basic Authentication not working on iOS

If it was a problem caused by (2) I think we'd see it fairly swiftly from a crash log; the test case we have that executes the new codepaths seems to work fine though..

For (1) mostly those are just build settings and updated SDKs, which is perhaps a little concerning if it's related to that! We had to change the stub library generation to use ld-classic, but you shouldn't be using those if building on macOS anyway..

[GeneralVimes]

I didn't witness crashes myself (both on iPads with iOS 16 and 18), ask my players if anyone noticed something, but no one sent the logs for now

[ajwfrost]

Just to add some more details - from a crash log, we've got:

Exception Type:  EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGSEGV)
Exception Subtype: KERN_INVALID_ADDRESS at 0x00002e3685cde000 -> 0x0000003685cde000 (possible pointer authentication failure)
Triggered by Thread:  17
0   libobjc.A.dylib               	objc_msgSend
1   (AIR application) + 3266308
2   CFNetwork                     	[__NSCFURLSessionDelegateWrapper task:didCompleteWithError:completionHandler:]_block_invoke + 36 

And looking at this and the code, it may be we need to add some critical sections in to protect against the potential for an object to be being cleaned up at the same time as another thread is trying to finish using it.

We'll add some of this in and check that it's not going to cause any issues..

thanks