Why are static library symbols not included in dSYM during archive?

Question

We have a pretty major application suite for a client with a couple application targets utilizing several static libraries that we made in house. All targets are contained in on

Answer 1

I m using XCode 5.1.1 and was having the same problem.

The fix was to set "Strip Linked Product" setting under "Deployment" section to "No" for each dependent library project. For more detail, please see my post at

can i debug ios app installed from ipa archive

Answer 2

By default, archive uses release build, which already stripe debug symbols. you can change archive build option to 'not stripe'.

Answer 3

This appears to be fixed in a later version of XCode, currently using 4.6 and the problem went away.

If you are stuck using an older version then do the following: Product > Build For > Archiving Product > Archive Open the built product from derived data, you can do this by right clicking on the Youapp.app file in Products group and selecting show in finder. Ensure you are in the Release-xxx folder. Copy the dSYM file generated there and replace the one produced by the archive process. To find where archived files are go to Organizer, Archives tab, right click on an item and show in finder.

Hope this helps.