How to resign an app with app store provisioning profile to add beta-reports-active key?

Question

In order to distribute apps via Apple's new Test Flight service the beta-reports-active key needs to be present. Currently I'm using Apple's bot server to distribute to the old Test Flight system with and Ad Hoc distribution profile. Using a post build trigger I want to take the archive that is created and build an App Store Distribution ipa that I can upload to iTunes Connect. I've written a script that does this. I use the xcrun command to build:

/usr/bin/xcrun -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication -v "${APP}" -o "${APP_STORE_IPA}" --sign "${SIGNING_IDENTITY}" --embed "${PROVISIONING_PROFILE}"

The SIGNING_IDENTITY and PROVISIONING_PROFILE are both app store distribution certificates/profiles. So the provisioning profile is getting embedded in the ipa and it contains the beta-reports-active flag. However, when I look at the ipa to verify its entitlements it is not present.

What am I doing wrong? All information I've seen on this has just suggested regenerating the provisioning profile. I've done this and know the key is present. It is not getting added to the entitlements. I have a widget that gets bundled in the ipa as well. I am not resigning that.

Answer 1

You could always try using the xcodebuild export command:

xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath '{APP}' -exportPath '{IPA}' \
-exportFormat 'ipa' -exportWithOriginalSigningIdentity

or if you want a different profile and identity:

xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath '{APP}' -exportPath '{IPA}' \
-exportFormat 'ipa' -exportWithOriginalSigningIdentity \
-exportProvisioningProfile {profilename} -exportSigningIdentity {identityname}

See man xcodebuild for more info.