Xcode “Build and Archive” from command line

Question

Xcode 3.2 provides an awesome new feature under the Build menu, \"Build and Archive\" which generates an .ipa file suitable for Ad Hoc distribution. You can also open the O

Answer 1

We developed an iPad app with XCode 4.2.1 and wanted to integrate the build into our continuous integration (Jenkins) for OTA distribution. Here's the solution I came up with:

# Unlock keychain
security unlock-keychain -p jenkins /Users/jenkins/Library/Keychains/login.keychain

# Build and sign app
xcodebuild -configuration Distribution clean build

# Set variables
APP_PATH="$PWD/build/Distribution-iphoneos/iPadApp.app"
VERSION=`defaults read $APP_PATH/Info CFBundleShortVersionString`
REVISION=`defaults read $APP_PATH/Info CFBundleVersion`
DATE=`date +"%Y%m%d-%H%M%S"`
ITUNES_LINK="Download iPad2-App v$VERSION.$REVISION-$DATE<\/a>"

# Package and verify app
xcrun -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication -v build/Distribution-iphoneos/iPadApp.app -o $PWD/iPadApp-$VERSION.$REVISION-$DATE.ipa

# Create plist
cat iPadApp.plist.template | sed -e "s/\${VERSION}/$VERSION/" -e "s/\${DATE}/$DATE/" -e "s/\${REVISION}/$REVISION/" > iPadApp-$VERSION.$REVISION-$DATE.plist

# Update index.html
curl https://xxx.xxx.xxx/index.html -o index.html.$DATE
cat index.html.$DATE | sed -n '1h;1!H;${;g;s/\(
Aktuelle Version<\/h3>\)\(.*\)\(
Ältere Versionen<\/h3>.
.
\)/\1\
${ITUNES_LINK}\
\3\2<\/li>\
/g;p;}' | sed -e "s/\${ITUNES_LINK}/$ITUNES_LINK/" > index.html

Then Jenkins uploads the ipa, plist and html files to our webserver.

This is the plist template:

    items
    
        
            assets
            
                
                    kind
                    software-package
                    url
                    https://xxx.xxx.xxx/iPadApp-${VERSION}.${REVISION}-${DATE}.ipa
                
                
                    kind
                    full-size-image
                    needs-shine
                    
                    url
                    https://xxx.xxx.xxx/iPadApp.png
                
                
                    kind
                    display-image
                    needs-shine
                    
                    url
                    https://xxx.xxx.xxx/iPadApp_sm.png
                
            
            metadata
            
                bundle-identifier
                xxx.xxx.xxx.iPadApp
                bundle-version
                ${VERSION}
                kind
                software
                subtitle
                iPad2-App
                title
                iPadApp
            
        
    

To set this up, you have to import the distribution certificate and provisioning profile into the designated user's keychain.