Xcode4: Alternative Way to build IPAs

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Blitz picture Blitz · Apr 12, 2011 · Viewed 14.6k times · Source

So with XCode4, as is kinda well known, building .IPAs can only be created used "build and archive" if only one target has "Skip Install" set to "No".
My problem is that our project contains multiple targets, that need to be shipped as .ipas at some point. Setting "Skip Install" on each on everytime i need to build an .ipa is annoying. Does anybody know of a better way, maybe using those scary "Configuration Files" I've seen mentioned somewhere? Currently, i'm using the .app from the .xarchive and build an .IPA the old way, packaging it in a Payload folder.

Answer

Kazuki Sakamoto picture Kazuki Sakamoto · Apr 15, 2011

How about xcrun PackageApplication?

Execute xcrun from command line.

PRODUCTDIR=DerivedData/foo/Build/Products/AdHoc-iphoneos
TARGET=targetA
IDENTITY="iPhone\ Distribution:\ foo"
PROVISIONING_PROFILE="/Users/foo/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\ Profiles/foo.mobileprovision"
OUTDIR=out
/usr/bin/xcrun -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication -v "${PRODUCTDIR}/${TARGET}.app" -o "${OUTDIR}/${TARGET}.ipa" --sign "${IDENTITY}" --embed "${PROVISONING_PROFILE}"

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