How to convert .xcarchive to .ipa for client to submit app to app store using Application Loader

Question

We have created the .xcarchive file code signing with our client\'s certificate & distribution provisioning profile, but we need to send the .ipa file to our client so t

Answer 1

First Product > Archive then Right click on the generated xcodearchive file and select Show package content and go to the Products -> Applications folder. Create a new folder named Payload and drag the .app file into that folder. Compress the Payload folder and rename it to whatever you want and change the extention to .ipa.

If your app size is too large, you can disable bit code in the build settings to make it 50-70% smaller.