+1 to dropping 6 and moving towards 8 What is apple's required version of xcode for submitting apps to the app store?
Does it make sense to always build with the developer cert unless the dev specified otherwise? I think there might be cases where I would want to run the release build on my own device before submitting it. @purplecabbage risingj.com On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Darryl Pogue <dar...@dpogue.ca> wrote: > So Xcode 8 is out, and it simplifies some aspects of code signing, but > complicates the process of packaging an app. > > Currently, cordova-ios will use the "iPhone Developer" certificate when > building a debug build, and the "iPhone Distribution" certificate when > making a release build. It uses xcrun with the (deprecated) > PackageApplication option to bundle up the build into an IPA file. > > > Xcode 8 has automatic provisioning, which means instead of dealing with > specifying a bunch of certificate files, you can pretty much just give it a > team identifier and it will figure things out. With one catch: you need to > use the "iPhone Developer" certificate. Support for the team identifier in > build.json has already been added to cordova-ios master. > > However, in order to make a build in Xcode 8 with automatic provisioning > and a distribution certificate, you need to run the xcodebuild archive > step, and then an exportArchive step to generate the IPA. This workflow has > been supported since Xcode 7. > > Currently, since Cordova uses xcrun PackageApplication, it is packaging up > a release build with the development certificate. This build cannot be > submitted to the App Store. > > > My proposal is for cordova-ios to drop support for Xcode 6 with the xcrun > packaging, and start using xcodebuild for archiving and generating the IPA. > I suppose that would have to wait for a major version bump of cordova-ios, > unless we detected the Xcode version and kept the old code around > conditionally. > > As part of packaging, we would need to generate a exportOptions.plist file, > indicating what type of build to package (development, enterprise, ad-hoc, > or app-store). I'd suggest we add a "packageType" or "buildType" field to > build.json for specifying this value (with a default of development). > > > I'm happy to start prototyping this on a branch if it sounds like the right > approach going forward. > > > Related info: > https://pewpewthespells.com/blog/migrating_code_signing.html > #building-for-distribution-xcode-8 > https://dpogue.ca/articles/cordova-xcode8.html >
