Error ITMS-90047: Disallowed paths ("iTunesArtwork,"iTunesMetadata.plist") found at: App Name

Problem:

I upgraded to dev environment to the latest versions of XCode 7.2 and Xamarin iOS 9.2.  
I have been unable to build a production ipa file in Visual Studio or Xamarin Studio.  

I am focusing on getting the Xamarin Studio solution to work before proceeding to Visual Studio.   

XS will build in simulator or deploy to local phone.  It will compile and build the ipa for release but when I go to the application loader.  The ipa fails to load to the store.


Build Case to get the error:

1. XS right-click and build on iPhone project.
2. Dig the ipa out of the bin directory.
3. Launch Application Loader
4. Load ipa into loader
5. Click Send    

Solution:

What I have been able to do successfully is to follow the directions provided by Xamarin here Xamarin Studio: http://developer.xamarin.com/releases/studio/xamarin.studio_5.9/xamarin.studio_5.9/#Publishing_Workflow

The publish to archive option will build an ipa file which the application loader will accept.  This is a workaround until I can determine what is going on.

Source:

1. https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/comment/123046#Comment_123046
2. https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/40388/disallowed-paths-itunesmetadata-plist-found-at-when-submitting-to-app-store/p1
3. http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/50979/error-itms-90475-invalid-bundle-ipad-multitasking-support-requires-launch-story-board-in-bundle
4. https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/40338/ios-archive-submissions-failed-with-errors-disallowed-paths-itunesmetadata-plist

Kill a running iPhone App

Problem:

We had a situation in an app where the user should not be able to proceed without accepting a condition.  We had the view prompt them when they chose to exit.  The method called Thread.Abort() which lead to an error report.

Solution:

Using the System library, call the CloseMainWindow().  This will gracefully kill the app and return control back to the base OS.

system.diagnostics.process.getcurrentprocess().CloseMainWindow()

Source:

http://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/12026/close-an-application-programmatically
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3622120/monotouch-reuse-uialertview

Cricket phone for Travel to US

Problem:

We are traveling to the US this week.  I wanted to be able to use my Lumia 730
while I am there.  This is the dual sim phone and so I thought I would just slip in
a US SIM and go.   I looked around and located cricket as an option.  They offer
"reasonable" priced plans for the US Market.  We are spoiled by all the options
here in European market.

Solution:

I ordered my card from US amazon and they shipped within a week.
Once I had the sim here is what I did.
1.) Go to their website: https://www.cricketwireless.com/shop/cart.html
2.) Get the ICCID off the card
3.) Get the IMEI number off your phone.  How? Dial
*#006# and dial
4.) The website will ask you for a stateside address which you will have to provide.

Or you can call 1-855-619-6021

IIS 8.5 - Unable to make the session state request to the session state server.

Problem: 

Got this jewel of an error message after coming in from a great weekend

Solution:

As the error message mentions,  I checked the asp.net service

And yes, the service was disabled and set to manual.  I set it to active and automatic.  But this issue was still there.

Next I checked the registry setting.

Set the value to 1 and rebooted.

Problem Solved!

The SQL Server Service Broker for the current database is not enabled, and as a result query notifications are not supported. Please enable the Service Broker for this database if you wish to use notifications.

Problem:

Loading the web application and received the following error:

The SQL Server Service Broker for the current database is not enabled, and as a result query notifications are not supported.  Please enable the Service Broker for this database if you wish to use notifications.

The database is installed and running but having issues bringing up the website.


Solution:

Option 1

ALTER DATABASE [DBNAME] SET ENABLE_BROKER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE

Option 2

Source:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2758976/enabling-service-broker-in-sql-server-2008

An unhandled exception of type 'SQLite.Net.SQLiteException' occurred in SQLite.Net.Platform.WinRT.DLL

Problem:
My app was trying to read a local copy of SQLite db.  I kept getting this error. It was crazy since the file is present in the project.  Each time I would try to open the file with the connection string I would get this error

Solution:
It was simple enough.  I have forgot to set my Build Action properties on the SQLite db file.  It set to none when it should be set to Content.
Build Action = Content.