[#FDT-2407] I can not resolve an error "application descriptor not found" when I try to launch a mobile application on the desktop

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I can not resolve an error "application descriptor not found" when I try to launch a mobile application on the desktop

Created: 06/Nov/11 12:54 PM Updated: 22/Jun/12 07:01 PM

Component/s:

AIR

Affects Version/s:

FDT 5.5.2

Fix Version/s:

FDT 5.5

Security Level:

public

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Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits
FDT 5.5.1.1513
Flex SDK 4.5.1.21328
AIR SDK 3.0

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Review by Developer

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This bug is still persistent in FDT 5.5.1.1513.. Just create empty hello world project (type AIR for Desktop) and still getting "application descriptor not found" message!
I checked the .settings>launch file and the key is there : <stringAttribute key="ADL_DESCRIPTOR_FILE" value="bin/AirDemo-app.xml"/> but it still doesn't run / debug and all I get is the application descriptor not found" message.

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Kevin added a comment - 06/Nov/11 01:02 PM

It should be noted that I try to compile a Flex mobile project.
As3 mobile projects work fine.

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Richard Jewson added a comment - 16/Nov/11 01:17 PM

I have the same issue, on AS3 or Flex projects.

The problem seems to be that the ADL command generated doesn't contain the actual name of the descriptor.xml file.

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Philipp Arnolds added a comment - 17/Nov/11 04:13 PM

thanks for your reports!

have you renamed the application descriptor?
does this issue also occure on a fresh Hello world project?

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Richard Jewson added a comment - 21/Nov/11 03:01 PM

Its the standard Hello World project, and I didnt rename anything

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Jonathan Kaye added a comment - 23/Nov/11 03:48 PM - edited

I am seeing this same problem, with the same configuration – not even "Hello, World" – just trying to run the files created from the wizard. Oddly enough, when I run the same project on my device, it works fine.

SOLUTION:
I actually had one project working on my machine and another project not working – giving the error. So I tracked it down into the .settings > launch folder, for my app called "trycompile", the file .settings > launch > trycompile.launch. In the working version, FDT had inserted the line:

but this was absent in the non-working file. So I added the following line to that file:

When I added that line, now the project works. Yay!

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zh. added a comment - 07/Mar/12 10:44 AM

I have same problem every time I create new [FDT Mobile Application] Run Cofiguration.
Solution works, but I don't want to make it every time I create new config.

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Philipp Arnolds added a comment - 08/Mar/12 10:47 AM

this issue is marked as revolved, which means that we have implemented a solution for that. The fix for that will be included in the next update.

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Skyrick added a comment - 23/Mar/12 10:35 PM

You can simply delete the XXXX-app.xml and recreate a new one on the properties Export > Building > Application Descriptor : works fine for me