Xcode 7 Archive size large

Question

I\'ve previously been using Xcode 6 to write my Swift app. I\'ve now upgraded to Xcode 7 and upgraded my Swift syntax.

Previously, when I did an archive of my app, I

Answer 1

The problem is that you turned on BitCode:

Bitcode is big. But that's what it takes if you want the advantages that it offers.

So the irony is that with bitcode, your app can be much smaller when downloaded directly to a user's device (because it can be thinned, optimized for that device), but it has to be much bigger when uploaded to the App Store.