How can I deploy (create .ipa) iphone app using 'cordova build ios --release'?

Question

I have created a \'helloworld\' iOS app with cordova using there documentation. The app successfully runs when I run cordova emulate ios. What I ca

Answer 1

I finally figured out a way to automate this by using xcodeproj, xcode and this ruby script :

require 'xcodeproj'
xcproj = Xcodeproj::Project.open("HelloWorld.xcodeproj")
xcproj.recreate_user_schemes
xcproj.save

And then in the PROJECT_ROOT/platforms/ios/ directory this command helped me to generate my *.ipa:

xcodebuild -project HelloWorld.xcodeproj -exportArchive -exportFormat ipa -archivePath $(pwd)/HelloWorld.xcarchive -exportPath $(pwd)/HelloWorld.ipa CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="" CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO -alltargets -configuration Release

Thought we can sign our .ipa later on :)