Create a Connection Profile
Go Up to Connection Profile Manager
This wizard allows you to create a connection profile (a named set of properties describing a connection to an instance of the Platform Assistant running on a remote machine). A connection profile is required in the following situations:
- To build, run and debug applications for 64-bit Windows (if your development PC runs 32-bit Windows), 64-bit Linux, macOS and iOS.
- To run and debug 32-bit, 64-bit Windows, and 64-bit Linux applications remotely.
- To deploy applications using the Deployment Manager. However, you do not need a connection profile to use the Deployment Manager for Android.
Contents
Opening the Connection Profile Wizard
To open the wizard, do any of the following:
- Click Add on the Tools > Options > Deployment > Connection Profile Manager page.
- Click Add on the Select Connection Profile dialog box.
- Select Add New from the Profile combo box on the Platform Properties dialog box.
Using the Wizard
Profile information page
Item | Description |
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Profile name |
Specify the name for the connection profile you are creating. Profile names must be valid filenames as determined by System.IOUtils.TPath.HasValidFileNameChars. |
Platform |
Select the platform where the target instance of the Platform Assistant server is running. If you need a connection profile for the iOS Device - 64 bit target platform, select the macOS platform here. macOS is an intermediate platform which allows you to build, run, debug, and deploy not only macOS applications, but iOS applications as well. |
Set as default for the selected platform |
Makes the new profile the default for the selected platform.
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Remote machine information page
Item | Description |
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Remote machine (IP address or Machine name) |
Enter either the hostname (name of the machine as known on the network using standard DNS lookup) or the IP address of the target machine. To determine the IP address of the target machine, enter any of the following commands:
For a multi-device application, the remote machine is typically the actual target platform, but in the case of iOS apps, the remote machine is the Mac (not the iOS Device). |
Port number |
Port number used when connecting to the Platform Assistant server on the target machine. |
Password |
Password that was set for the instance of the Platform Assistant server to which this profile will connect.
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Test Connection |
Attempts to establish a connection to the target machine, using the specified Remote machine (IP address or Machine name) and Port number. Displays a message indicating success or failure. The connection succeeds only if the Platform Assistant server is running on the target machine first. |