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How to create IPA without Developer Account credentials in Xcode6

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xcode

ios

xcode6

One of my customers won't provide access to his Developer Portal & iTunes Connect credentials. With Xcode 5 we have used this flow to submit apps for review:

  • Customer sends me Distribution Certificate & App Store Provisioning Profile
  • I generate an IPA with these credentials and export it for Ad-Hoc distribution
  • I send the IPA to customer
  • Customer submits it to iTunes Connect using App Loader

Now as I can see that Xcode 6 doesn't allow me to build IPA even for Ad-Hoc development without a developer login and password. Is there any way to generate an IPA without credentials?

Thanks in advance.

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frozen_lion Avatar asked Sep 22 '14 08:09

frozen_lion


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@frozen_lion you can still use xcodebuild to export ipa without Developer Account access:

xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath $projectname.xcarchive -exportPath $projectname -exportFormat ipa -exportProvisioningProfile “Provisioning Profile Name”

More details you can find in this article Using xcodebuild To Export a .ipa From an Archive

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Max Odnovolyk Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 18:09

Max Odnovolyk