iPad support

[DanBraddock]

One month ago I submitted a request for help in setting up Newton to run on a MacBook iPad simulator.
I have received no replies although there appeared to have been about 195 views of my request.

Is it premature to expect iPad support in Newton this early since iPad is relatively new?
I thought iPad code requirements were supposed to be close to the same as for iPhone.

When I try to add the Newton SDK to an iPad project I received many error messages.
Some messages appear to result from dependencies on MAC OS instead of only on iOS (which as I understand it includes iPhone support). Other messages, and some of the source code suggest that Newton does not currently use OpenGL ES (which I believe is required by iPad graphics hardware) but rather uses OpenGL library.

Any suggestions on how I can get started with Newton on iPad would be greatly appreciated.
I am currently using Xcode 3.2 (the iPad simulator).

Dan Braddock

[Julio Jerez]

But isen't t the IPad, IPot touch and the Iphone the same SDk.

[DanBraddock]

Hello Julio,

That was my understanding, but has anyone actually tried using the iPad?
I having trouble building a project which includes Newton SDK.

Is there a simple sequence of steps that I can execute to get started using Xcode 3.2 ?

Thanks for any guidance you can provide.

Dan

[thedmd]

I will try newton both on iPad and iPhone as soon as build will be available.
Xcode can prepare universal library, so it will work on both platforms.

[Julio Jerez]

The library that is posted is compile and tested on an IPot Touch,
I do not own an iphone or an ipad, but people had used sussesfully in iphone.
lats time some one report a bug with pthread folk and I need to recompiled but that is how much i know

I will make the next Iphone build without threading code, and I will also update to xcode 3.2
because when I comiple the last buil with xcode 3.0 it seems to work, so the bug must be wit the new Iphone SDK.

Thsi will be some timne next week.

[thedmd]

I will try luck with current version.

[thedmd]

Works like a charm. I had no problem to use it.

[Julio Jerez]

That was my impresion.

But I will update to the latest MAC iphone SDK sometime this week because the Mac is lagging behind a little

[DanBraddock]

Hello Julio,

Please help, if you will, by indicating the following:

1) The steps involved in installing the SDK.
2) Is any Xcode build required ? If so, how do you initiate it ?
3) How do you test the SDK ? Is there a simple set of steps that I can use to show that it works ?

[Julio Jerez]

you just open the project in xcode and run the demos.

[DanBraddock]

When I try to run on Xcode 3.2 here is what I get:

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[thedmd]

This is a very basis of using Xcode. Notice big "Base SDK Missing" in upper left corner.
You have to select SDK which is on your mac. Right click on Target, "Get Info" and select current base SDK. Then reselect target and "missing" message should disappear.

[DanBraddock]

Thanks for the information.
I tried your steps but the base SDK is still missing.
It turns out that my MacBook appears to have MacOSX10.5 and 10.6 but no 10.4.

[Julio Jerez]

using sdk 10.4 is by design, it is always compaible with news versions.

The SDK should work out of the Box, I do not undernad why you are getting problem to run it.

[thedmd]

Restart Xcode or select different target and then select original target back. You may also try to remove local project settings (Finder, show content of Xcode project, remove two local settings files, do not remove project itself!).
Should help.