Refers to the act of finalizing a software building process for distribution to end-users. Do not use this tag if your question is about indicating that a chunk of memory can be reclaimed. Instead, use [memory-management].
Questions tagged [release]
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Objective C release, autorelease, and data types
I'm new to memory managed code but I get the idea pretty well.
On taking my app through the leaks tool in XCode, I noticed I only had to clean up my custom objects, but not dynamically created arrays for example, so I figured those data types are…

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Google Play Alpha: App not available for this account
I released my app on Google Play Alpha. I added testers through lists of email addresses by selecting "Closed Alpha Testing" under "Choose a testing method". So to be clear, this is not a duplicate of this question, since I'm not using Google…

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Cannot upload files for release in Github
I want ot create a release for my Github project, but when I try to upload my binary (which is a .zip file) to the release, I get the following error message:
Something went really wrong, and we can’t process that file.
I get the same error…

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Command line error D8016: '/O2' and '/RTC1' command-line options are incompatible
I'm trying to use the /O2 optimization for my project. I checked that the release configuration was enabled (Solution->Properties->Configuration Properties->Configuration->Release) and set Debug Information Format to /Zi but now I don't know what to…

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Is it bad practice to leave commented-out code in production releases
I regularly see production code from developers (large companies and individuals) that contains code that has been commented out. Presumably this removes earlier attempts at achieving the functionality that didn't work for some reason.
To my mind,…

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Remove PDB references from released file
I use to take always a look at the final binary executable or DLL after debugging and creating a file with any IDE. Now I am trying Visual C++ 2010, in the search for the best release, without trash or unnecessary references.
So, I created a new…

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Google play console said "You can't edit this app until you create a new app release declaring sensitive permissions" how to fix it?
I couldn't publish my new released on google play console this morning. It has shown,
"You can't edit this app until you create a new app release declaring sensitive permissions"
And it does not provide the option to fix. Does anyone know how to…

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App not installed
I'm having problems when i try to install my apk in release mode, if I donwload the debug file, it works ok, but if I try to install the release file, it just says me "App not installed", image:
that is my manifest file:

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Android: ExternalSystemException: String index out of range: -130 building release
So, just updated to Android Studio 1.4 Beta 4 and having trouble building a release build. I can build a debug build fine. This is the error I get:
ExternalSystemException: String index out of range: -130
Upon further inspection, I see this:
String…

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How do I download binary files of a GitHub release?
I have a repo with binary files in it that I need.
I can
git checkout tags/thetagoftherelease
which seems to checkout the correct tag, but does not pull down the binary files. How can I pull down the binary files that were added to the release…

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Is there a recommended strategy for releasing a beta version of an application to a limited number of users through the Android Market?
I would like to distribute a beta version of my application to a small group of users. Ideally this would be done through the market to make it easier for the beta testers.
Is there a way to restrict an app's presence in the market? The only…

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Maven deploys to snapshot instead of release
I'm trying to release a project using maven but instead of releasing to the Releases repository it puts it in our Snapshots repo.
My pom looks like:

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Flutter Secure Storage not working after build in release mode
Everything works fine in debug mode and release on emulator, but reading values from FlutterSecureStorage fails on a physical device. Other functionalities in application work properly, when I comment using FlutterSecureStorage.
After installing…

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SigningConfig "release" is missing required property "keyPassword"
The error complains that I have not set the signingConfig.release.keyPassword, however I am setting it.
I already tried hardcoding the password instead retrieving it from the key.properties file however that didn't help.
// build.gradle file
//…

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maven release -> peer not authenticated
I'm experimenting a bit with releasing my software (I've never done this before) and so far I've been able to execute mvn release:prepare. As I'm executing release:perform I get the following error:
[INFO] [ERROR] Failed to execute goal…

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