Cordova Hybrid app : export IPA file

Question

how can we export our project's ipa file? i dont have a paid apple developer membership. My XCode version is 8.

Answer 1

要导出.ipa文件，您必须具有开发者帐户

Answer 2

This is how i did it in XCode 8. Refer to How to create ipa in xcode 6 without Apple Developer account?

Create Archive

Go to Organizer

Get location of Archive by Right Click and selecting Show in Finder

Now right click on this .xcarchive file and select Show Package Contents

Go to path Products > Applications > YourAppFile

Open iTunes's on Mac and drag-drop this YourAppFile from above path in Apps tab. (NOTE: Delete the previous app with the same identifier if any)

Now right click on your app under Apps tab of iTunes and select Show in Finder, this is your .ipa file !!!