I've got an app that's functional (in the app store). In the past, we only had one version of our app with one Target in Xcode. Our development cycle is getting a little more complex, so we want to have two Xcode targets: production and development. These two targets would have two different bundle identifiers so we can have the different versions running on the phone at the same time. This is a similar strategy to this: https://www.raywenderlich.com/68613/create-paid-lite-version-iphone-app
I've basically followed the raywenderlich instructions to duplicate my target and set a preprocessor macro. The only change so far is using a different icon.
The "Original" version of the app is the "production" version. The newly duplicated target is the "development" version.
I'm using a storyboard where the LaunchViewController is set as the Is Initial View Controller option.
In the AppDelegate, I have code that gets the root viewcontroller via window?.visibleViewController and sets some information on it:
func application(_ application: UIApplication, didFinishLaunchingWithOptions launchOptions: [UIApplicationLaunchOptionsKey: Any]? = nil) -> Bool {
// ...
guard let launchVC = window?.visibleViewController as? LaunchViewController else {
NSLog("visibleViewController is nil or not LaunchViewController")
return
}
NSLog("calling startUserManagerAndLogin - launch")
launchVC.startUserManagerAndLogin()
// ...
return true
}
In the original (production) version of the app, everything continues to work fine. I see the following line in the console, and the app launches correctly:
... Visible View Controller: Optional(<MyApp.LaunchViewController: 0x7f84dea02a00>)
However in the development version of the app. I'm seeing the guard case fail. Here's what I see in the console:
... Visible View Controller: Optional(<UIViewController: 0x7fbd1e509570>)
... visibleViewController is nil or not LaunchViewController
The root view controller is different between the production and development targets. I don't see how the root view controller can be different between two targets unless I explicitly set that (which I didn't).
I checked the project files and the "General -> Deployment Info" is the same between the two targets. I also checked the storyboard, and there's nothing there that specifies different view controllers.
Any ideas what's going on or how I can fix it?
Thanks!
