How to build an IPA without signing in Xcode 8

Question

I have searched around SO and other places. I have only found older versions of this answer that don\'t seem to work any more, and tons of other stuff that isn\'t even rele

Answer 1

I ended up finding a working solution for xcode 8. Here is the step by step

1. (Optional) Change build location

Xcode>preferences>locations>derived data>custom>your desktop

2. Open Terminal and navigate to the project's folder
3. Run manual build: xcodebuild -workspace (or -project) [workspacename.xcworkspace] -scheme [Schemename] -sdk iphoneos -configuration Release CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="" CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO
4. Open the location from Step 1 (derived data) and navigate to >your app>build>products>Release-iphoneOS
5. Copy the .app file into a new subfolder named Payload (this folder name is case sensitive and much match verbatim)
6. Compress Payload folder and rename it to app_name-version_number.ipa

Boom. Done.