where is sdk installed for DW cs5.5

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where is sdk installed for DW cs5.5

Hello, I'm very brand new to Mac. But I have Dreamweaver cs5.5 installed (came with it) and it is a new macbook pro.

I downloaded the Xcode 4.3.2 (took 7 hours on a high speed connection).

When I open up Dreamweaver and click on site, then Mobile applications, then configure application framework... the path doesnt save.

All I know to choose right now is the applications folder because that is the only place I see the icon for what I downloaded.

Here is the most frustrating part... When I choose that, or type in /Developer (as I saw online somewhere) or anything else, I click SAVE and it does not save anything in that space.

I'm wondering if this means I don't have the SDK, or if I don't know where it saved to, or ... really I'm clueless. Do I have to be a paid member of the developer end to get the sdk?

I managed to get the droid one for DW easy. Matter of minutes it was all done. But I've been at this iso part for days now.

Any help would be worth so much gratitude. Really....... I'm on the brink of losing my sanity here 🙂

Peredy

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Posted on May 15, 2012 12:45 PM

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K T

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May 15, 2012 12:49 PM in response to peredy

Xcode 4.3.2 is an Application....the path is inside the bundle/package, such as:

/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer

Select Xcode, right-click and choose 'Show Package Contents' then drill down from there. Locate whatever, do 'get into' and copy the path from there. Don't mess around inside or you risk borking Xcode 🙂

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etresoft

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May 15, 2012 2:35 PM in response to peredy

peredy wrote:

I have Dreamweaver cs5.5 installed (came with it) and it is a new macbook pro.

Where did you get this machine? Dreamweaver does not normally come with it.

I downloaded the Xcode 4.3.2 (took 7 hours on a high speed connection).

What is "high speed"? Xcode isn't that big. Even a modest DSL connection should be able to download it in about half an hour.

Any help would be worth so much gratitude. Really....... I'm on the brink of losing my sanity here 🙂

What are you actually trying to do? Dreamweaver is ancient. You mentioned "droid". Are you building apps? With Dreamweaver?

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peredy Author

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May 15, 2012 4:45 PM in response to peredy

KT

I can't right click on it for some reason. When I do nothing happens at all. It's an icon in the applications area in launchpad. I tried copying and pasting what you wrote, but when I click Save, then go back to it, nothing is there. I am wondering if this means I don't have the SDK. I thought the download for Xcode came with it.

Etresoft,

I got it from the college I go to. It came packed full of stuff. And it's not an ancient version of Dreamweaver. What I mean by "high speed" is high speed internet connection. I can't explain why it took so long, but based on over 1,000 comments on the iTunes download for this, I'm not the only one at all.

Yes... I'm building apps with Dreamweaver. There is an entire part of Dreamwever cs5.5 that is designed for it.

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K T

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May 15, 2012 4:56 PM in response to peredy

If your mouse/touchpad isn't configured to the contextual menu with a right click, do a control-click instead.

Personally, I think you should use Apple's IDE, Xcode, to build apps.

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peredy Author

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May 15, 2012 5:04 PM in response to peredy

I tried that... nothing happens with a right click on a mouse. A Control-Click opens up the program. I can't use all of that stuff because I'm so new to this I have to use the WYSIWYG approach then see the code to learn it while I see what it's doing.

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K T

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May 15, 2012 5:09 PM in response to peredy

You should take that MB to someone who knows OS X.

You should use the DW forums for support for that product.

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etresoft

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May 15, 2012 5:15 PM in response to peredy

peredy wrote:

I got it from the college I go to. It came packed full of stuff. And it's not an ancient version of Dreamweaver.

I meant that the entire concept of Dreamweaver is ancient. Professional web designers and app developers don't use Dreamweaver - for anything.

What I mean by "high speed" is high speed internet connection. I can't explain why it took so long, but based on over 1,000 comments on the iTunes download for this, I'm not the only one at all.

Yes, there are many people with bad internet connections. I'm just telling you that someone is ripping you off, that's all.

Yes... I'm building apps with Dreamweaver. There is an entire part of Dreamwever cs5.5 that is designed for it.

Use Xcode instead. If you want to build mobile apps, use either Dashcode or modern tools like JQuery. I wouldn't bother with android at all.

Last and most importantly - no one here has any knowledge of Dreamweaver. If you want to use that, you would have to ask in the Adobe forums. It is like using Flash. You confine yourself to one company's toolchain. It is easy to get pidgeonholed into being just a "Dreamweaver guy". That is a career-limiting move.

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peredy Author

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May 15, 2012 5:46 PM in response to peredy

Okay thanks. I came here because I thought if I could find the root folder of the SDK then I could sove my issue.

Professionals do use dreamweaver for things. I actually have had a nice career for over 10 years using it for websites, just new to the app thing so I need a boost in learning.

I have to mess with Droid because the app that I'm trying to learn to build calls for it as well.

And thanks, but I can't use something else instead untill I can get a better understanding of it all. Due to a deadline, I don't have time to sit and learn the code from scratch, and have no devices to test it. DW comes with the emulator to test as well. I learned all my web design scripting from DW in the beginning so it's an excellent way to get that jump start.

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msuper69

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May 15, 2012 6:20 PM in response to peredy

You still need to test on an actual device you are targeting.

If you don't, you're doing yourself, the Apple review team and ultimately the users of the app a disservice.

The Xcode simulator is NOT sufficient.

You've got a deadline and you know nothing about iOS development?

Good luck with that.

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peredy Author

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May 15, 2012 6:48 PM in response to peredy

I have friends that will test it on theirs for me.

And thank you for stating the obvious.

No offense everyone, but all of this telling me how DW is bad, I shouldn't do this, and that.... it doesn't answer the question and is no help at all. Sorry, but if I posted up "Should I use DW to do this and what is your opinion about what I'm doing" then your replies would make sense, but other than that, this is really a waste of time. Telling me what I shouldn't do, isn't solving the problem. My only option is to use DW right now.

And FYI, there are LOTS of developers that use DW to make apps that you probably just aren't aware of. They just refuse to help me out on account of competition reduction.

Thanks anyways.

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peredy Author

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May 15, 2012 6:49 PM in response to peredy

By the way, I did not say xcode simulator. I said DW Emulator. Please pay attention before insulting me. Thank you.

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etresoft

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May 15, 2012 7:03 PM in response to peredy

peredy wrote:

My only option is to use DW right now. And FYI, there are LOTS of developers that use DW to make apps that you probably just aren't aware of. They just refuse to help me out on account of competition reduction.

No, that isn't the case. No one uses Dreamweaver to create apps. Dreamweaver is a tired old program from a decade ago that Adobe is still trying to push on people as part of its over-priced "creative suite" of products.

I realize you are in school. The goal is to learn, isn't it? There are some very experienced people in this thread who have given you some excellent advice. If your assignment is supposed to be done in Dreamweaver, then, yes - you should do it in Dreamweaver. None of us can help you with that because we haven't used Dreamweaver in ten years - literally. We can give you good suggestions on how to make a nice web app in Xcode, Dashcode, or a number of 3rd party packaging tools. You are the first and only person I have ever heard of that tried to use Dreamweaver. You are really out on your own on this one.

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peredy Author

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May 15, 2012 7:13 PM in response to peredy

Okay I can understand that I'm out there on my own, but once again the original point isn't being paid attention to. Sorry, but I'll highlight what I mean.

As per your reply.

Yes I am in school, as I stated the college gave me this laptop. I did not say that this app was being done for school. I simply just answered the question you asked of where I got the machine because you also stated that they don't come with Dreamweaver. This app deadline has nothing to do with school. I never said it did,

Your trying to say that no one uses Dreamweaver to create apps. However I'm sorry to inform you that there are thousands of people that do. Otherwords I would have never thought to look into Dreamweaver to do so. The Dreamweaver I use to build sites is actually the Macromedia version from long ago and I just use it for preview. You are not the eyes of the world, nor the market for all that is done, so please don't say "no one" when you don't know that fact.

I never came here to ask how to build an app or code it or anything of the sort. I just simply wanted some trouble shooting on finding the root path for the Xcode and SDK because I haven't learned that much on this Mac to be able to figure it out, and the right click or control click isn't working.

So you see.... now there has been several deviations of my original question that has not touched on the answer I needed. I do not care if you Think nobody uses Dreamweaver, I do not care what program you Think I should use, I do not care if you don't pay attention enough to what I came here to ask in order to just throw out a bunch of stuff... I only want to know how to get to find the root path of this thing I downloaded so that I can get what I want to do, working.

- Thank you

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etresoft

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May 15, 2012 7:48 PM in response to peredy

What SDK are you talking about? This iOS SDK? If you are using Dreamweaver, then what do you need the SDK for? The only logical reason would be to run the iOS simulator, but you said you aren't even doing that. Does Dreamweaver need the SDK for something? If so, you have to tell us that because no one here uses Dreamweaver.

Perhaps Dreamweaver is trying to use some of the internal, iOS Javascript or something. I'm sure it would be looking in /Developer for Xcode. It isn't there anymore. If you want that old version of Xcode, you will have to register as a developer, use the All downloads link, and find an old version of Xcode that Dreamweaver supports. You should be able to do that with a free developer account.

Sadly, I don't doubt that you are correct about Dreamweaver. It is like becoming a Visual Basic developer or an Access DBA - and stopping there. There are many people who do that, but it is a third-tier career track. Mastery of Dreamweaver has zero market value.

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Llessur999

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May 15, 2012 7:53 PM in response to etresoft

I think the missing piece of the puzzle is that Dreamweaver uses PhoneGap. Also note the emulator is the standard iOS emulator that installs with Xcode.

[extracted from http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/using/WSeffff8bffc80208478c8d43312e24 0fe0ad-8000.html]

Packaging web applications as native mobile applications (CS5.5)

Dreamweaver’s integration with jQuery Mobile and PhoneGap helps you create and package web applications for deployment on Android™ and iOS-based devices. Dreamweaver uses PhoneGap SDKs to create the package (.apk file for Android/.xcodeproj for iPhone/iPad)

Once you’ve packaged a mobile application with Dreamweaver, you can view it in a device emulator, or deploy it to your own device.

Important: The mobile application you package with Dreamweaver is an application for debugging purposes only. The application will run in the Android and iOS emulators, or on your personal mobile device if you make the transfer, but you cannot upload the debug mobile apps to the Apple and Android stores. In order to upload iOS or Android apps, you must take the additional step of signing them outside of Dreamweaver. For more information about uploading applications to the Apple and Android stores, see the Android documentation, or the Program User Guide on the Apple iOS Provisioning Portal.

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