How to export my finished app from Xcode 4

[Steven]

Hello,
Please bear with me, I'm new to Xcode. Wondering how to export my
finished app from xcode 4. Please help!!

[Merete Mueller]

Hi Steven,

If you are ready to submit your app to the Apple store, you can do so by going to Product > Archive, which should then make a build of the app appear in the Organizer. From there, you can click "Validate" to validate your app (you'll need to make sure that you are also logged into iTunes Connect and that you have already set up a new app, ready to be published, there) and then "Submit" to submit it directly to the store.

If you would like to explort an ad hoc build to install onto a device for testing purposes, you'll also want to go to Produce > Archive. Once the build shows up in the Organizer, you can click "Share" and then "Save to Desktop" to export an .ipa file of the build.

Of course, before doing all of this, you'll need to have an App ID and Provisioning Profile set up for your app in iTunes Connect, and then code sign your app with that provisioning profile in Xcode before building it. Let us know if you have any questions about this aspect of the process.

We're also in the process of adding a new page to the wiki with more info about building ad hoc and App Store builds.

[Walter Tyree]

You use Product -> Archive and then you can share your app and create an ipa file to distribute.

Is that what you mean by "export"?

W

[Steven]

Hi Walter,
Yes that's what I mean. I will try what Merete suggested and will keep
you updated.
Thank you!!

[Steven]

Hi Merete,
I can't seem to Archive the app, it shows this error "Code Sign error:
The identity 'iPhone Distribution' doesn't match any valid certificate/
private key pair in the default keychain"
We purchased the Taplynx package and I put in the LicenseKey as it
appears in the mail.

[Walter Tyree]

This error is unrelated to the license for TapLynx.

In order to distribute your application to the world, you need to create a provisioning profile. (You do this in developer.apple.com/ios and follow the instructions in the Provisioning Portal).

Then, you install the provisioning profile into Xcode and this error will go away.

Walter

[James Foldenauer]

Hi, umm when I go to product > build for... the achive is faded PLEASE HELP

[Walter Tyree]

Be sure that you have chosen "iOS device" or one of your test devices as the building target. If you have chosen iOS simulator then it won't archive and Archive will be gray.

Walter

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[jordan]

Hi James,

Were you able to sort out the archiving issue? Walter had good advice --> you need to target iOS Device or one of your connected test devices to "Build For..." Archiving.

Furthermore, we're curious of what type of application you're submitting to the store (news, informational, push-based application, etc.) and if you would be interested in us featuring your app.

[Colin]

This set of posts helped me enormously:

http://www.raywenderlich.com/8003/how-to-submit-your-app-to-apple-from-no-account-to-app-store-part-1