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I am new to flutter programming and I've created a demo app, its running fine on both android and iOS devices. I want to see .apk and .ipa file in flutter. Can anyone help me to get these files from Flutter? Where can I see these files in folders or is there any other solution.
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You can create new IPAs with the same options without launching Xcode by running flutter build ipa --export-options-plist=path/to/ExportOptions.plist . See xcodebuild -h for details about the keys in this property list.
In simple words, it is a file that can be installed on iOS devices and used as an application. Just like an APK (Android Application Package) file can be installed on Android devices, an IPA file can be used for testing iOS applications. You can even push it to the app stores to publish your app.
The release bundle for your app is created in the project directory- [project_name]/build/app/outputs/bundle/release/app.
For apk (Android) you need to run the command :
flutter build apk --release If you want to split the apks per abi (Split Apk) then run
flutter build apk --target-platform android-arm,android-arm64,android-x64 --split-per-abi For ipa (iOS) you need to run the command :
flutter build ios --release From the console
P.S. --release is optional as it is by default if you need debug build, just replace --release with --debug
you can find the released APK or IPA files form
build/app/outputs/flutter-apk/app-release.apk For Android an APK is generated every time you build the app, e.g. with flutter run. You will find that in your project folder under <project>/build/app/outputs/apk/debug/app-debug.apk. If you want a release APK, have a look at the docs.
I'm not an iOS person, so I'm not sure an IPA is generated during development as in android. But looking at these docs it seems you can follow the standard steps on xcode to get it, as shown here.
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