Making multiple versions of an iPhone application

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I made an iPhone application, and now I would like to make multiple more versions of the same application with very slightly different functionality.

I was wondering if anyone knew what the best way was to go about duplicating a project with as little decoupling (I think that's the right term) as possible.

Maybe someone out there who has made a LITE version of their iPhone application? How they went about doing it and what lessons they learned from it?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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Shoot, I'm sorry. Didn't find this when I was searching earlier, but looks like a lot of what I am looking for has already been answered here: How do I manage building a Lite vs Paid version of an iPhone app?

edited May 23 '17 at 12:19

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answered Jul 15 '09 at 14:47

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 01 '11 at 14:18

One low budget, low overhead approach that I've used that will keep things simple is as follows:

/******************************************
* Set to 'FREE_APP' or 'PAID_APP' 
******************************************/
#define PAID_APP

Within your application, you then write code simimar to the following:

#ifdef PAID_APP
  @interface myViewController : UITableViewController 
#else
  @interface myViewController : UITableViewController <CustomTableAppDelegate> 
#endif

This is by no means the best all around approach as you still have update the info.plist file to set the executable name and bundle identifier. However, in a pinch, it works well to maintain one code base/project.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 15 '09 at 15:25

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Here's another link

I've used this approach and it works pretty well.

answered Jul 15 '09 at 15:25

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Making multiple versions of an iPhone application

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