[4.6]Debug Editor builds Development iOS

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Hi.

With UE4.5 when I click Launch All_iOS_On in Debug Editor it was building an IOS Debug.

Now in UE 4.6.0 whether I use Debug Editor or Development Editor when I hit Launch the IOS is always building with Development settings:

LogPlayLevel:Display: CommandUtils.Run: Run: C:\UE4\Engine\Binaries\DotNET\UnrealBuildTool.exe MyGame IOS Development  C:\MyGame\MyGame.uproject  -noxge

In project settings in Packaging I have Build Configuration DebugGame.

I can build IOS Debug with Unreal Frontend but it is rather more comfortable to do this using Launch button from the Editor.

Is there a bug or is there a hidden option for Build Configuration somewhere except the Packaging?

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It looks like there was a change from 4.5 to 4.6 which makes it so it now defaults to Development instead of picking a configuration based on the configuration of the editor. This was made at the same time as the new Simple Profiles. I’ll log this as a regression and talk to the engineer who made the change.

-Pete

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Ok after talking with the engineer, we have decided to add some settings for the build configuration for Launch On in a future release. In the mean time, for your specific case, since it looks like you are building the editor anyway, if you were to go to Source/Developer/LauncherServices/Private/Profiles/LauncherProfile.h and in the SetDefaults method, you can change the BuildConfiguration line to be the following:

	BuildConfiguration = FApp::GetBuildConfiguration();

That will take you back to what we had before for the time being.

-Pete

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Thanks for a tip, it’ working :slight_smile:

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For now it can be done by setting

BuildConfiguration = FApp::GetBuildConfiguration();

in Source/Developer/LauncherServices/Private/Profiles/LauncherProfile.h

Thanks psauer for a tip :slight_smile: