Batch Build and Archive of iOS apps via Terminal

Question

I am trying to simplify the build->archive->submit process for iOS app publishing. We have over 50 mobile apps that have nearly identical framework, but with different artwork a

Answer 1

I had the same issue with the archive command, and found this question via Google. It would fail with this build command:

xcodebuild -verbose -project $ProductName.xcodeproj -target $ProductName -configuration Release -sdk $SDK clean archive CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR="$PROJECT_PATH/build" PROVISIONING_PROFILE="${DIST_PROVISONING_PROFILE}"

Yet, it would succeed with this build command:

xcodebuild -verbose -project $ProductName.xcodeproj -scheme $ProductName -configuration Release -sdk $SDK clean archive CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR="$PROJECT_PATH/build" PROVISIONING_PROFILE="${DIST_PROVISONING_PROFILE}"

The only difference is specifying the scheme in lieu of the target to build. If there is a sensible reason for this behavior, I'd enjoy hearing it.

I'm running XCode 4.5.1 on Mac OS X 10.7.5