How to build .ipa for React Native?

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sodik picture sodik · Feb 18, 2016 · Viewed 47.7k times · Source

I come to React Native development without previous experience in iOS development. I want to build release. .ipa file - ideally from the command line but the official documentation Running On Device is very brief.

I was able to deploy applications on my iPhone manually via XCode but still, I can't find any "release IPA" file. I have updated my code with #ifdef DEBUG directives to make it more generic.

Is there a way to build an application in release mode only via the command-line? If no, what is "the official" way to generate an RN application?

I am currently using RN 0.20.

Answer

G. Hamaide picture G. Hamaide · Feb 18, 2016

First, you need to create a bundle this way : 

react-native bundle --dev false --entry-file index.ios.js --bundle-output ios/main.jsbundle --platform ios

Then, you have to comment this line in AppDelegate.m : 

jsCodeLocation = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://localhost:8081/index.ios.bundle?platform=ios&dev=true"];

and uncomment this one : 

jsCodeLocation = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main" withExtension:@"jsbundle"];

Then you have to go for Product -> Archive in Xcode and follow the steps based on your desired release

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