Prepare iOS Publication

Prerequisites

• Apple Developer account
• Bundle identifier for the application
• Provisioning profile for the AppStore bound to the bundle identifier mentioned above
• Xcode

Process

1. Set the following Capabilities for the Bundle identifier in the Apple Developer Portal:
   • Associated Domains is used for deep linking / mobile-only feature.
   • Data Protection: Protected Until First User Authentication indicates the level of protection the iOS should utilize for files stored by the Access App.
   • Push Notifications indicates a push notification feature.
2. Download the provisioning profile from the Apple Developer Account. Name it embedded.mobileprovision.
3. Copy the provisioning profile into the provided .xcarchive file:

Include provisioning profile / prepare for application signing

cp embedded.mobileprovision AccessApp.xcarchive/Products/Applications/Access.app/

4. Create the .entitlements file for the code signing.

Use the example in the next code block, but replace the following placeholders:

Placeholder	Description
<TEAM_ID>	Your team ID.
<BUNDLE_ID>	Application bundle identifier.
<DEEP_LINK_DOMAIN>	Domain where the AASA file is served. If the AASA file is served here: http://test.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association, the <DEEP_LINK_DOMAIN> is test.com.

Application entitlements and capabilities:

<?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>aps-environment</key>
 <string>production</string>
 <key>application-identifier</key>
 <string><TEAM_ID>.<BUNDLE_ID></string>
 <key>com.apple.developer.associated-domains</key>
 <array>
  <string>applinks:<DEEP_LINK_DOMAIN></string>
 </array>
 <key>com.apple.developer.default-data-protection</key>
 <string>NSFileProtectionCompleteUntilFirstUserAuthentication</string>
 <key>com.apple.developer.team-identifier</key>
 <string><TEAM_ID></string>
 <key>get-task-allow</key>
 <false/>
</dict>
</plist>

5. Sign the .xcarchive by executing the following command. For the Team name and Team ID, see the membership details in the Developer portal:

Application signing

codesign --entitlements AccessApp.entitlements -f -s "Apple Distribution: <Team name> (<Team ID>)" AccessApp.xcarchive/Products/Applications/Access.app

6. Open .xcarchive in Xcode.
7. In the appearing window, select Distribute App on the right side.
8. Select App Store Connect as the method of distribution.
9. Select destination as Upload.
10. Choose the App Store Connect distribution options.
11. Choose the signing options, select the certificate and App Store profile.
12. Verify that the aps-environment capability is listed before uploading to App Store Connect.
13. Click the Upload button to upload your configuration.

Problem solving

Change release version MARKETING_VERSION of an .xcarchive

You cannot change a version already published in App Store.

To bypass the issue using the already delivered .xcarchive package, you can manually change the marketing version as follows:

1. Right-click on the .xcarchive file, and select Show Package Contents.
2. Find and open the Info.plist in the root folder with Xcode.
3. Change the value of the CFBundleShortVersionString property to the right marketing version.
4. Find the .app in the Products/Applications/ folder.
5. Right-click on the .app file, and select Show Package Contents.
6. Find and open the Info.plist in the .app folder with Xcode.
7. Change the value of the CFBundleShortVersionString property to the right marketing version.
8. Find the .app.dSYM in the dSYMs folder.
9. Right-click on the .app.dSYM file, and select Show Package Contents.
10. Find and open the Info.plist in the .app.dSYM/Contents folder with Xcode.
11. Change the value of the CFBundleShortVersionString property to the right marketing version.
12. Open the .xcarchive in the Xcode Organizer by double-click on it.
13. Check the version one last time.