How to build .ipa application for react-native-ios?

Question

I would try "How to generate .ipa file for react-native?" But I'cant get .ipa file.

Any one cloud you explain how to get .ipa file .

Answer 1

How to build .ipa application for react-native-ios :

1. Get ".app" file :

   Command : react-native run-ios --configuration=release

2. ".app" file path :

   Build/Products/Release/"<Your_Filename>.app"

3. Convert .app to .ipa :

   a. Create folder Payload.

   b. paste .app file into Payload folder.

   c. compress the Payload folder.

   d. change the name you want and put extension as .ipa.

Answer 2

You can run these commands in the ios directory.

xcodebuild clean archive -scheme <Scheme> -configuration Release -archivePath ../builds/<App>.xcarchive DEVELOPMENT_TEAM=<DevTeam> PROVISIONING_PROFILE=<PROVISIONING_PROFILE> CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY=<CODE_SIGN_IDENTITY>
xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath ../builds/<App>.xcarchive -exportPath ../builds/ -exportOptionsPlist ./iosExportOptions.plist 

and iosExportOptions.plist can be something like

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <key>method</key>
  <string>app-store</string>
  <key>teamID</key>
  <string>{TEAM_ID}</string>
</dict>
</plist>

You can also checkout fastlane. https://fastlane.tools/

OR

You can fill in all the details such as DEVELOPMENT_TEAM etc in Xcode and Product -> Archive https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/TestingYouriOSApp/TestingYouriOSApp.html

Answer 3

• Delete localhost item from info.plist

  App transport security settings -> Exception domains

• Bundle ios

  react-native bundle --entry-file index.js --platform ios --dev false --bundle-output ios/main.jsbundle --assets-dest ios
  

• In Xcode

  Products->Scheme->Edit scheme -> Change build configuration to RELEASE

• In AppDelegate.m 

  Replace

  jsCodeLocation = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index" fallbackResource:nil];
  

  with

  #ifdef DEBUG
    jsCodeLocation = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index" fallbackResource:nil];
  #else
    jsCodeLocation = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main" withExtension:@"jsbundle"];
  #endif
  

• Change device -> Generic iOS device

• Product -> Clean

• Product -> Build

• .app file can be found at

  ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/<app name>/Build/Products/Release-iphoneos/<appname>
  

• Create folder Payload.


• Paste .app file into Payload folder.


• Compress the Payload folder.


• Change the name you want and put extension as .ipa