How to upload to App Store from command line with Xcode 11?

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Cœur picture Cœur · Jun 4, 2019 · Viewed 12.7k times · Source

Previously, with Xcode 10, we were using altool to upload to App Store:

ALTOOL="/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Application Loader.app/Contents/Frameworks/ITunesSoftwareService.framework/Support/altool"
"$ALTOOL" --upload-app --file "$IPA_PATH" --username "$APP_STORE_USERNAME" --password @keychain:"Application Loader: $APP_STORE_USERNAME"

But with Xcode 11, "Application Loader.app" doesn't exist anymore, as part of the Xcode 11 changes:

Xcode supports uploading apps from the Organizer window or from the command line with xcodebuild or xcrun altool. Application Loader is no longer included with Xcode. (29008875)

So how do we upload from command line to TestFlight or App Store now?

Answer

Cœur picture Cœur · Jun 4, 2019

With Xcode 11 as command line tools, to validate or upload an ipa, replace altool with xcrun altool:

xcrun altool --validate-app --file "$IPA_PATH" --username "$APP_STORE_USERNAME" --password @keychain:"Application Loader: $APP_STORE_USERNAME"

xcrun altool --upload-app --file "$IPA_PATH" --username "$APP_STORE_USERNAME" --password @keychain:"Application Loader: $APP_STORE_USERNAME"

Get more help with xcrun altool --help.

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