Xcode archive not creating DSYM file
For most of my projects, I setup an "archive" scheme to archive my project, creating an IPA and DSYM that I can upload to TestFlight.
However, I'm working on a more complicated project that has several targets within the project workspace, quite a few static linked libraries. I have gone through each target and set the following for all configurations:
- Deployment Postprocessing -> NO
- Strip Linked Product... -> No
- Strip Debug... -> No
- Generate Debug Symbols -> Yes
- Debug Information... -> DWARF with DSYM
I am using Xcode 4.5.2. I have done this for multitudes of projects with no issues. This is the first where something seems to be preventing the DSYM file from being created.
No matter what I try, my archive build will not generate a .DSYM file
Answer
Identifying the problem
As @belsokar suggested, check the Report Navigator.
In my case, the dSYM file has not been generated, and there hasn't been a corresponding line that goes like "Generate Appname.dSYM ...in {path}"
But there's been Fabric installed, and it logged the fact of the dSYM file's absence:
Just filer the Report Navigator by "dSYM".
Fixing
In my case I've just had to do what I'm asked of:
DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT should be set to dwarf-with-dsym for ALL configurations.
Also, it may turn out that dSYM file is being generated in an unexpected place. Check environment variables, especially DWARF_DSYM_FOLDER_PATH and DWARF_DSYM_FILE_NAME.
To embed the dSYM within the app bundle, just set DWARF_DSYM_FOLDER_PATH to $(CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR)/$(EXECUTABLE_FOLDER_PATH) and DWARF_DSYM_FILE_NAME to $(EXECUTABLE_NAME).dSYM
Checking
Now the build should create dSYM for your target
