How to generate an iOS IPA file with Ionic Framework?

ios cordova build ionic-framework ipa
nicolasaiz173 picture nicolasaiz173 · Sep 18, 2014 · Viewed 51k times · Source

I've successfully built the iOS app with the ionic build ios command. But now I want to use TestFlight and it asks me for an IPA file. It seems that file is not generated with that build command. So, how can I generate it?

Thanks

Answer

Roshan Bharti picture Roshan Bharti · Sep 30, 2015

You can easily build IPA from ionic framework. by following these steps

  1. Navigate to app folder

OS X terminal with list command

  1. Run cordova build command

OS X terminal running ionic build command

  1. Open the Xcode Project

OS X Finder with project location

  1. Clean the project

XCode Product -> Clean menu

  1. Select iOS mobile device to build for, don't use iOS emulator as device otherwise the archive is disabled.

Xcode Target device selected

  1. Archive the project

Xcode Project -> Archive menu

  1. Distribute the project

XCode Organizer

  1. Choose a method for distribution

Selecting method for distribution

  1. Choose a Profile

Choosing a profile

  1. Select a location to save the .ipa file

Saving IPA file to Desktop folder

I have generate my .ipa file by using these steps hope it will works for your's.

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