How do I generate an .xcarchive file

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Hey Corona community,

When I’m ready to publish my apps to the App Store, I simply build my Corona project (using correct prov profile) and an .ipa file is generated ready for upload.  No dramas at all.

However, a client who is publishing my new app wants me to send them a .xcarchive file however I can’t find a way to generate this file since I don’t have an Xcode project.  I’ve successfully built their .app file using their certificate and prov files.  It’s just that I don’t know how to create the .xcarchive package / archive.

I have read about the “xcodebuild” command line tool that can generate the .xcarchive however it wants an Xcode project which I don’t have.

Maybe I’m missing something here, but is it possible to generate a .xcarchive package when all I use is Corona SDK?

Thanks for your time.

Norman.

#2

Corona SDK builds a .iap file that you use Application Loader to send to iTunes Connect. If this is a client and they are using their provisioning profiles and certificates, you could give them the .ipa, they can unzip that (its just a .zip file), and they can take the .app folder and use something like AirSign to resign it with their credentials.

If this is client work, they can add you to their team so you have access to their certificates and provisioning profiles, at which you could deploy for them.

Or what I used to do was hand my source code to the client. They paid for it, and they would use Corona SDK to build and deploy without me getting involved in their Apple setup.

Rob

#3

Corona SDK builds a .iap file that you use Application Loader to send to iTunes Connect. If this is a client and they are using their provisioning profiles and certificates, you could give them the .ipa, they can unzip that (its just a .zip file), and they can take the .app folder and use something like AirSign to resign it with their credentials.

If this is client work, they can add you to their team so you have access to their certificates and provisioning profiles, at which you could deploy for them.

Or what I used to do was hand my source code to the client. They paid for it, and they would use Corona SDK to build and deploy without me getting involved in their Apple setup.

Rob