How to get the ipa file for Xamarin ios App if your using Windows OS to connect to Mac OS?

Question

Hi how to get the ipa file for Xamarin ios App if your using Windows os to connect to Mac os ?

I'm not connecting my Mac to device instead I'm using Iphone simulator to deploy my app But I do have a Apple developer account with certficates of my app .

So what and all is required for getting a ipa file and how to do it?Actually I build the app in Ad-hoc mode and it was successful but there was no ipa file generated in folder .Does the ipa file get generated in .ipa extension or some other extension ?

My Main Question is . Is it possible to generate ipa file with ios simulator instead of Ios device connected to MAC?

Answer 1

The main answer is yes. I do it this way:

1. startup project IOS - connect to Mac host
2. set Release configuration, Device iPhone (you dont have to connect one to mac)
3. insure in project configuration in iOS IPA Options you have checked Build iTunes Package Archive (leave Include iTunesArtwork UNchecked)
4. insure your bundle signing settings are all set ok: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/ios/deploy-test/#provisioningprovisioningindexmd
5. Build and grab your IPA file from the hidden generated release folder