iOS: ADT -e flag (file rename during packaging) causes black screen in ipa-ad-hoc / ipa-app-store

[ushan]

iOS: ADT -e flag (file rename during packaging) causes black screen in ipa-ad-hoc / ipa-app-store

Environment

• AIRSDK: 51.3.2.2
• Xcode: 26.5 / iPhoneOS26.5.sdk
• Device: iPhone 16 Plus, iOS 26.5
• Target: ipa-ad-hoc / ipa-app-store

Bug

Using the -e flag to rename the SWF file during ADT packaging results in the app
launching with a black screen — Flex/AIR stage never renders.

# This causes black screen:
adt -package -target ipa-ad-hoc ... \
    -e bin-debug/MyApp.swf UshanAppFx.swf

Workaround

Copy the SWF manually, then include with -C:

cp bin-debug/MyApp.swf bin-debug/EnglishAppFx.swf
adt -package -target ipa-ad-hoc ... \
    -C bin-debug UshanAppFx.swf

Both produce the same IPA structure (SWF named EnglishAppFx.swf inside),
but only the copy+include approach works correctly.

[ajwfrost]

Thanks for spotting this one! It's happening due to the stripping of the ABC data from the SWF file, it looks like quite an old bug unless we'd changed something elsewhere that had introduced it... but something that we can get fixed for our next release.