Has Unreal 4.22-4.23 Broke iOS Completely?

If you’re getting as far as a black screen on iOS then you’ve got another option: get the console output.

Create a development build and use XCode to put it on the device:

  1. Go to XCode -> Windows -> Devices and simulators
  2. Plug your device in and select it (don’t do wifi sync for this)
  3. Install your IPA using that screen
  4. Before you load the app, click the Open Console button, select your device on the left, and enter part of your app name as a process filter.
  5. Run the app and get ready to scroll through a lot of output.

For some reason this window will purge log lines while you’re reading it, so shift-click to select everything and then go Edit -> Copy. Exactly like that, because this window has some of the worst UI in the entire OS and doesn’t support select-all or keyboard shortcuts for copying. Toss it in a text editor and have fun reading.