Why is Flash Professional CC 13.1.0.226 crashing when opening AIR publish settings?

Question

An alert appears saying "Unknown error; quitting application" and when I click "OK" the app quits.
This happens with existing projects and new projects alike.
Here is the thread dispatch queue:
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib         0x00007fff8e749282 __pthread_kill + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib             0x00007fff90b43b73 abort + 129
2   libjvm.dylib                   0x000000011dd26c93 os::abort(bool) + 25
3   libjvm.dylib                   0x000000011de1544e VMError::report_and_die() + 2306
4   libjvm.dylib                   0x000000011dd28387 JVM_handle_bsd_signal + 1073
5   libsystem_platform.dylib       0x00007fff93fc6f1a _sigtramp + 26
6   ???                           000000000000000000 0 + 0
7   com.adobe.Adobe Flash CC.application 0x000000010076991c CSketchView::OnFilePublishSettings() + 124
8   com.adobe.Adobe Flash CC.application 0x000000010086943b ViewCommandHandler::OnPublishSettings(int) + 75
9   com.adobe.Adobe Flash CC.application 0x0000000100872f21 boost::detail::function::function_obj_invoker1<boost::_bi::bind_t<bool, boost::_mfi::mf1<bool, ViewCommandHandler, int>, boost::_bi::list2<boost::_bi::value<ViewCommandHandler*>, boost::arg<1> > >, bool, int>::invoke(boost::detail::function::function_buffer&, int) + 33
10  com.adobe.Adobe Flash CC.application 0x0000000100872471 exo::uisupport::CommandDispatcher<exo::uisupport::CommandHandler>::DoHandleCommand(int) + 161
11  com.adobe.exo.framework       0x00000001047d504b exo::uisupport::CommandHandler::HandleCommand(int) + 235
12  com.adobe.exo.framework       0x00000001047d51aa exo::uisupport::CommandHandler::DoCallMyCommandChain(int) + 26
13  com.adobe.exo.framework       0x00000001047d4b6c exo::uisupport::CommandHandlerBase::CallCommandChain(int) + 28
14  com.adobe.exo.framework       0x0000000104773725 exo::app::OS_AppBase::DispatchMenuCommand(int) + 149
15  com.adobe.dvacore.framework   0x00000001034f1cf4 int dvacore::config::ErrorManager::ExecuteFunction<void>(boost::function0<void>*, void*) + 68
16  com.adobe.Adobe Flash CC.application 0x00000001000477d7 flashpro::ErrorManager::ExecuteFunctionWithTopLevelExceptionHandler(boost::function0<int> ) + 71

Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks for your patience. All the issues related to iOS simulator, XCode 6.x have been fixed in latest release of FlashPro CC 2014 (Build No. 14.2.0.20) which was released yesterday.
Requesting you to please update and try and let us know if you still face any issues.
You can update your Flash CC 2014 build by just going to Help>Updates or through Creative Cloud App.
You can learn more about the update at Flash Professional Help | New features summary
Rgds,
Mukesh