iPhone SDK Beta 8 Released
The update is 1.25GB in size, and includes iPhone firmware revision 5a345. Typically, if the revision ends in a number, it's a pretty stable release. According to sources familiar with the release notes, things got a lot more stable in the last two weeks, since revision 5a331.
Also mentioned along with the update is a developer-only version of iTunes 7.7, which developers can use to "install iPhone OS Beta 8 on your Apple devices." The new version of iTunes doesn't seem to be included with the 1.25GB update, however, and developers -- apparently -- are having a hard time finding it on Apple's website and is now available to developers as a separate download.
More details about the SDK will be available here as we learn them, and will probably be posted to Apple's iPhone Developer Site when they're available. Tips, as always, are welcome at our tip line. We're happy to take a look at confidential information, and your anonymity is our guarantee.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
mrengles said 7:23PM on 6-26-2008
Maybe we will see the GM this week. =)
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Chris Welch said 7:29PM on 6-26-2008
Who's to say that this ISN'T the GM?
Especially considering they're releasing a dev version of iTunes with it.
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mrengles said 7:32PM on 6-26-2008
I never said it was not. ;)
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Bjarne Mogstad said 7:41PM on 6-26-2008
It is now online
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ELY said 7:44PM on 6-26-2008
Trying to download it (on Safari and Firefox) I got error "V2".
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jnajera said 7:57PM on 6-26-2008
The iPhone SDK readme for this states:
What's New
Beta release 8 is compatible with the final iPhone OS 2.0 release and must be used to build and sign any iPhone OS application to be submitted to the App Store. As a reminder, you must be a member of the iPhone Developer Program to submit apps.
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mrengles said 8:04PM on 6-26-2008
So does this mean iPhone OS 2.0 5a345 is the final release? That would be great.
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Tyler Russell said 8:12PM on 6-26-2008
This doesn't mean that the firmware is 1.25gb does it? That would be awful if it is!
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caleb said 8:19PM on 6-26-2008
First of all apple would not release a firmware that big because it would be really unstable with a bunch of extras but whether I am right on that part or not doesn't matter. The 1.25 gb update is an update to the whole SDK so that includes the firmware and developer tools.
Rubbinz said 8:27PM on 6-26-2008
The actual iPhone SDK portion of the update is around 23MB.
jnajera said 8:19PM on 6-26-2008
Apple has removed the iTunes 7.7 warning.
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robcorn said 8:22PM on 6-26-2008
iTunes 7.7 is now posted to the Developer's website.
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Austin said 8:29PM on 6-26-2008
So what will the first version of the Final SDK be called? SDK 1? Just iPhone SDK? (with later releases having 1.x titles? ie. iPhone SDK 1.0.1, 1.1)
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Klein Maetschke said 8:43PM on 6-26-2008
Devs,
Can we get a direct link to the iTunes 7.7? (for fellow devs who can't seem to find the link...still.
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Rubbinz said 8:54PM on 6-26-2008
It's not available to everyone. Just those that have fully enrolled and have paid their $99 fee, not the basic open SDK Beta.
mrengles said 8:43PM on 6-26-2008
I don't see iTunes 7.7 on the developer site . Can someone post a link?
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Roustem said 8:43PM on 6-26-2008
BTW, if clicking on the download link does not work for you, try to copy the URL to clipboard and then edit it -- replace
http://developer.apple.com/iphone/download.action?path=
with
http://adcdownload.apple.com
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Michael said 9:16PM on 6-26-2008
Where is iTunes 7.7? The link doesnt work for me, no matter what, i got SDK 8, but where is iTunes, also, is the 2.0 software for everyone, or just people who payed....
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Naren Hazareesingh said 9:20PM on 6-26-2008
Is iTunes 7.7 only for Select/Premier/iPhone $99 Program participants?
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metfoo said 9:31PM on 6-26-2008
Apples just like MS, you must pay to get the beta software. If you are not a paid developer, then you dont get iTunes 7.7. I wish they would have posted everything at once, because i was phoneless for about 90 minutes, but now i am operational