Publish to Apple Store

Requirements:

• Xcode

• A Paid Apple Developers account

• A valid provisioning profile

• App Development and Distribution certificates

Generating a release build through Xcode :

• Add support for the iOS Platform into your app, if you have not done so. Type the command given below into the terminal pointing to your app’s root folder.

$ ionic cordova platform add ios

• After the addition of the platform creates a build pointing to the –prod flag. Use the command given below to make the prod build.

$ ionic cordova prepare ios

or

ionic cordova build ios --buildFlag="-UseModernBuildSystem=0"

• Now, you can find the .xcworkspace file inside /platforms/ios/. Open the file in Xcode.

Add your developer account to Xcode :

• Click the left side “+” button at the lower side and log in to your Apple developer account.

• Pick the account and click on the detail, it should open a popup to ask you to request Certificates.

• Pick the valid iOS distribution and development certificate which you generated in your developer account earlier

Move the app to the Apple store :

• Before Archiving, set the Target to Generic iOS Device

• In the Xcode menu, go to Product > Archive and archive your app for release.

Submitting the app to the App Store :

• Generating the archive will build a version of the app which is ready for distribution in the app stores.

• After the archive has been created, the Xcode Organizer modal gets opened.

• Pick the last build and click on the “Validate” button to validate App publishing process.

• Once it is successfully validated.

• Then, you are able to see the “Upload to App Store” button, just click on the same to submit your app.

• After successfully upload your app is listed in iTunes Connect. From there one can enable the TestFlight for the beta testing version.