How to find IPA file through ApplicationLoader

Question

I work in Visual Studio for Windows. For building iOS app VS use Mac as build server. After building process I have IPA file at the windows host .

Than I need to upload it through ApplicationLoader. But ApplicationLoader is running on Mac and how can it access to windows host ipa? The Visual Stuiod has command 'Show IPA file on build server' and when I use it I see finder is opened at someplace at Mac. But what is this place? I start ApplicationLoader and try to find this IPA file without success.

1. Where is it? As workaround I copied (drag&drop) ipa file from this unknown folder to Mac desktop and selected the file from there.

2. When I upload ipa to iTunesConnect I don't see loaded symbols! Why the symbols isn't loaded?

And the last. I heard about fastlane that it prefer way to upload symbols to Crashlytics. So how can it worked as project files placed in Windows host?

Answer 1

You can't find ipa file after archive because it will not create ipa.

You need to create file manually .

Follow this steps to create .ipa

1. Right click on recent archive file in organisation and select show in finder option.

2. After you will .xcarchive file.

3. Right click on that file an select Show Package and content option.
4. Under Product folder. you can find .app file.
5. Drag .app file to application section in itunes after completion of process right click on icon and select show in finder option.
6. That's your ipa File .

Second solution

1. Build your project with production certificate .
2. After Build under product folder you can see .app file and show it in finder .
3. Follow to 5 and 6 from above solution.

Answer 2

您需要存档 .ipa，而不仅仅是为发布而构建。