FULL versus LITE binary differences?

c0der · 07-10-2009, 05:55 PM

I currently have a paid app in the appstore and I'm about to release my first LITE version.

What are the critical differences between these binaries? Obviously, I might have a different icon for the LITE version, but there must be some other differences in the projects to distinguish between them.

I've seen FULL and LITE versions of apps that use the same name on the springboard, so there must be something in the binary to distinguish between them and allow them to coexist on the same iPhone.

Thanks!

**SimpleSDK** · 07-10-2009, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by c0der

I currently have a paid app in the appstore and I'm about to release my first LITE version.

What are the critical differences between these binaries? Obviously, I might have a different icon for the LITE version, but there must be some other differences in the projects to distinguish between them.

I've seen FULL and LITE versions of apps that use the same name on the springboard, so there must be something in the binary to distinguish between them and allow them to coexist on the same iPhone.

Thanks!

Different icons can show the Lite and Full versions of apps. I think, since I've had a jailbroken iPhone, I've gone into the system directories and found where all App Store apps are stored. The iPhone makes certain folders made of letters and numbers like so:

12DE858CFK-58FJGDDLG9-458TGGKDFEO-RRE1

Inside contains the .app, the documents folder, the tmp folder, and another file. By looking at how they're stored, it looks like it wouldn't matter.

A difference in the binary is nothing. The binary is just a zip of your app.

It's not like dragging an app with the same name as another in your Mac's Applications folder when it overwrites. I would add in "Bundle Display Name" in your Info.plist: YourAppName Lite

Hope this helped a little.

anonymous · 07-10-2009, 07:14 PM

I have no idea if this makes any difference, but I would personally add Lite to the bundle identifier in your info.plist file. That way at least you would have different development provisioning profiles for each app. Just an idea.

c0der · 07-10-2009, 08:44 PM

Thanks guys...that's very helpful!

jsonli · 07-11-2009, 01:59 AM

I think the lite version is considered a completely different app than the full. The fact that two apps of the same name an coexist is probably because the phone does not use app names as unique identifiers.

Forsworn · 07-11-2009, 02:28 AM

It uses the bundle identifier. You have to change the identifier in Info.plist or it won't install.

c0der · 07-11-2009, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Forsworn

It uses the bundle identifier. You have to change the identifier in Info.plist or it won't install.

Thanks, this makes sense to me.