Can xcodebuild manage automatic signing?

Question

SUMMARY:

If you open a project in Xcode 8 with \"Automatically manage signing\" enabled and a new bundle ID, it will automatically create and download a

Answer 1

If you are archiving the xCode project with xcodebuild and you have xCode 9 installed you can provide the following FLAGS to the compilation command:

CODE_SIGN_STYLE="Manual" \
DEVELOPMENT_TEAM="" \

It will set the automatic signing to false and the development team to empty. You can set the values you need. For instance:

xcodebuild \
-scheme "your_scheme" \
-sdk iphoneos \
-archivePath "/Users/youruser/Developer/Jenkins/Home/customWorkspace/folder/platforms/ios/build/device/yourproject.xcarchive" \
-configuration Release \
-allowProvisioningUpdates \
CONFIGURATION_BUILD_DIR="/Users/youruser/Developer/Jenkins/Home/customWorkspace/folder/platforms/ios/build/device" \
CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY="your code sign identity" \
PROVISIONING_PROFILE="your provisioning profile" \
CODE_SIGN_STYLE="Manual" \
DEVELOPMENT_TEAM="" \
archive

Then you can create the ipa with -exportArchive and it will create the ipa as you need