Ready To Upload - Uploader Wont Recognize The App File

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Greetings all,

 I have completed my first interactive story book using KWIK and Corona and am going through the process of uploading it to the Apple store.

I am Waiting For Upload status on iTunes Connect. Good.

I published the file for IOS in Corona and have a file with the big Circle/Slash on it.

When U publish the app, I noticed it only lets me use my Developer License, which I am guessing I need to be using my Distribution Cert instead? However, its not an option in Corona when I go to build even though both Developer and Distribution certs are in my Keychain.

I feel like I’m ALMOST there, but after publishing the file, I go into the Uploader and go to Choose My file and it doesn’t recognize the file Corona is pumping out. Its greyed out as though the Uploader doesn’t want it.

I hope this was descriptive enough for someone to provide a solution!

Thank you.

#2

Is your file a .app file? If it’s a circle with a slash then it sounds like it probably is, and these files cannot be uploaded. 

You mention your distribution certs, but have you generated a distribution provisioning profile on the Apple Developer Portal? You need to create an app store distribution provisioning profile, and build the app using that (from the drop down menu on the corona build screen).

Once you build with that you should be given a .ipa file (or maybe it’s a .zip I forget), the application uploader should appear and give you the option to upload it straight away.

Incidentally if you use something like Testflight to distribute your builds while testing, you can change your .app file into a .ipa file manually (but you still wouldn’t be able to upload it to the app store). 

Just put the .app file inside a folder called “Payload”.

Zip the folder.

Rename the zipped folder from “Payload.zip” to “nameOfYourApp.ipa”.

Done.

#3

When you go to select the file in Application Loader, you need to select the ZIP file , not the app file (the one that has a circle with a slash in it).

But with that said, you do need to be publishing with your App Store distribution certificate, not a Developer or AdHoc one.  I think you can select ZIP files built with those, but then the Loader will display an error.

#4

Is your file a .app file? If it’s a circle with a slash then it sounds like it probably is, and these files cannot be uploaded. 

You mention your distribution certs, but have you generated a distribution provisioning profile on the Apple Developer Portal? You need to create an app store distribution provisioning profile, and build the app using that (from the drop down menu on the corona build screen).

Once you build with that you should be given a .ipa file (or maybe it’s a .zip I forget), the application uploader should appear and give you the option to upload it straight away.

Incidentally if you use something like Testflight to distribute your builds while testing, you can change your .app file into a .ipa file manually (but you still wouldn’t be able to upload it to the app store). 

Just put the .app file inside a folder called “Payload”.

Zip the folder.

Rename the zipped folder from “Payload.zip” to “nameOfYourApp.ipa”.

Done.

#5

When you go to select the file in Application Loader, you need to select the ZIP file , not the app file (the one that has a circle with a slash in it).

But with that said, you do need to be publishing with your App Store distribution certificate, not a Developer or AdHoc one.  I think you can select ZIP files built with those, but then the Loader will display an error.