IOS App Packaging Process

1. What is packaging

Place the application uniformly in a file with an IPA suffix and then send it to someone else to install it on the phone for the user or tester to install

2. Prerequisites for installing an IPA

① say which app (app Id)

② can be installed on which device (UDID)

3. Packaging process

Step1: Sign in to the Apple Developer home page and go to Member Center. https://developer.apple.com/

Step2: Select ad hoc to generate a ios_distribution.cer certificate to limit which computer can be packaged to generate an IPA

Step3: Create a new app ID, which qualifies the bundle ID of the application to be packaged and cannot write this time. * Such range matches, must write an accurate app ID

STEP4: Register the Udid of the device on which you want to install the IPA file

STEP5: Select ad Hoc to generate a provision file with Ios_distribution.cer file + device Udid + App ID

STEP6: Install the certificate on the computer

STEP7: Ensure configuration consistency in Xcode

STEP8: Open Xcode, select menu Product > Archive, then follow the guidance to complete the subsequent generation of the IPA file

STEP9: Copy the IPA to the person you want to install, open itunes, click Apps, double-click IPA, click Install, click Sync

IOS App Packaging Process