Export iOS and tvOS Xcode archive

Export iOS and tvOS IPA from an existing Xcode archive

Description

Exports an IPA from an existing iOS and tvOS .xcarchive file. You can add multiple Export iOS and tvOS Xcode archive Steps to your Workflows to create multiple different signed .ipa files. The Step also logs you into your Apple Developer account based on the Apple service connection you provide on Bitrise and downloads any provisioning profiles needed for your project based on the Distribution method.

Configuring the Step

Before you start:

• Make sure you have connected your Apple Service account to Bitrise. Alternatively, you can upload certificates and profiles to Bitrise manually, then use the Certificate and Profile installer step before Xcode Archive
• Make sure certificates are uploaded to Bitrise's Code Signing tab. The right provisioning profiles are automatically downloaded from Apple as part of the automatic code signing process.

To configure the Step:

1. Archive Path: Specifies the archive that should be exported. The input value sets xcodebuild's -archivePath option.
2. Select a product to distribute: Decide if an App or an App Clip IPA should be exported.
3. Distribution method: Describes how Xcode should export the archive: development, app-store, ad-hoc, or enterprise.

Under Automatic code signing:

1. Automatic code signing method: Select the Apple service connection you want to use for code signing. Available options: off if you don't do automatic code signing, api-key if you use API key authorization, and apple-id if you use Apple ID authorization.
2. Register test devices on the Apple Developer Portal: If this input is set, the Step will register the known test devices on Bitrise from team members with the Apple Developer Portal. Note that setting this to yes may cause devices to be registered against your limited quantity of test devices in the Apple Developer Portal, which can only be removed once annually during your renewal window.
3. The minimum days the Provisioning Profile should be valid: If this input is set to >0, the managed Provisioning Profile will be renewed if it expires within the configured number of days. Otherwise the Step renews the managed Provisioning Profile if it is expired.
4. The Code signing certificate URL, the Code signing certificate passphrase, the Keychain path, and the Keychain password inputs are automatically populated if certificates are uploaded to Bitrise's Code Signing tab. If you store your files in a private repo, you can manually edit these fields.

If you want to set the Apple service connection credentials on the step-level (instead of using the one configured in the App Settings), use the Step inputs in the App Store Connect connection override category. Note that this only works if Automatic code signing method is set to api-key.

Under IPA export configuration:

1. Developer Portal team: Add the Developer Portal team's name to use for this export. This input defaults to the team used to build the archive.
2. Rebuild from bitcode: For non-App Store exports, should Xcode re-compile the app from bitcode?
3. Include bitcode: For App Store exports, should the package include bitcode?
4. iCloud container environment: If the app is using CloudKit, this input configures the com.apple.developer.icloud-container-environment entitlement. Available options vary depending on the type of provisioning profile used, but may include: Development and Production.
5. Export options plist content: Specifies a plist file content that configures archive exporting. If not specified, the Step will auto-generate it.

Under Debugging:

1. Verbose logging*: You can set this input to yes to produce more informative logs.

🧩 Get started

Add this step directly to your workflow in the Bitrise Workflow Editor.

You can also run this step directly with Bitrise CLI.

Example

Archive, then export both development and app-store IPAs:

steps:
- xcode-archive:
    title: Archive and export development IPA
    inputs:
    - export_method: development
- export-xcarchive:
    title: Export app-store IPA
    inputs:
    - archive_path: $BITRISE_XCARCHIVE_PATH # this env var is an output of the previous xcode-archive step
    - export_method: app-store
- deploy-to-bitrise-io: # deploy both IPAs as build artifacts
- deploy-to-itunesconnect-application-loader: # deploy the app-store IPA

⚙️ Configuration

Inputs

Key	Description	Flags	Default
archive_path	Specifies the archive that should be exported. The input value sets xcodebuild's -archivePath option.	required	$BITRISE_XCARCHIVE_PATH
product	Describes which product to export.	required	app
distribution_method	Describes how Xcode should export the archive.	required	development
automatic_code_signing	This input determines which Bitrise Apple service connection should be used for automatic code signing. Available values: - off: Do not do any auto code signing. - api-key: Bitrise Apple Service connection with API Key. - apple-id: Bitrise Apple Service connection with Apple ID.	required	off
register_test_devices	If this input is set, the Step will register the known test devices on Bitrise from team members with the Apple Developer Portal. Note that setting this to yes may cause devices to be registered against your limited quantity of test devices in the Apple Developer Portal, which can only be removed once annually during your renewal window.	required	no
test_device_list_path	If this input is set, the Step will register the listed devices from this file with the Apple Developer Portal. The format of the file is a comma separated list of the identifiers. For example: 00000000–0000000000000001,00000000–0000000000000002,00000000–0000000000000003 And in the above example the registered devices appear with the name of Device 1, Device 2 and Device 3 in the Apple Developer Portal. Note that setting this will have a higher priority than the Bitrise provided devices list.
min_profile_validity	If this input is set to >0, the managed Provisioning Profile will be renewed if it expires within the configured number of days. Otherwise the Step renews the managed Provisioning Profile if it is expired.	required	0
certificate_url_list	URL of the code signing certificate to download. Multiple URLs can be specified, separated by a pipe (|) character. Local file path can be specified, using the file:// URL scheme.	required, sensitive	$BITRISE_CERTIFICATE_URL
passphrase_list	Passphrases for the provided code signing certificates. Specify as many passphrases as many Code signing certificate URL provided, separated by a pipe (|) character. Certificates without a passphrase: for using a single certificate, leave this step input empty. For multiple certificates, use the separator as if there was a passphrase (examples: pass|, |pass|, |)	sensitive	$BITRISE_CERTIFICATE_PASSPHRASE
keychain_path	Path to the Keychain where the code signing certificates will be installed.	required	$HOME/Library/Keychains/login.keychain
keychain_password	Password for the provided Keychain.	required, sensitive	$BITRISE_KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD
export_development_team	The Developer Portal team to use for this export. Defaults to the team used to build the archive. Defining this is also required when Automatic Code Signing is set to apple-id and the connected account belongs to multiple teams.
compile_bitcode	For non-App Store exports, should Xcode re-compile the app from bitcode?	required	yes
upload_bitcode	For App Store exports, should the package include bitcode?	required	yes
manage_version_and_build_number	Should Xcode manage the app's build number when uploading to App Store Connect. This will change the version and build numbers of all content in your app only if the is an invalid number (like one that was used previously or precedes your current build number). The input will not work if export options plist content input has been set. Default set to No.	required	no
export_options_plist_content	Specifies a plist file content that configures archive exporting. If not specified, the Step will auto-generate it.
api_key_path	Local path or remote URL to the private key (p8 file) for App Store Connect API. This overrides the Bitrise-managed API connection, only set this input if you want to control the API connection on a step-level. Most of the time it's easier to set up the connection on the App Settings page on Bitrise. The input value can be a file path (eg. $TMPDIR/private_key.p8) or an HTTPS URL. This input only takes effect if the other two connection override inputs are set too (api_key_id, api_key_issuer_id).
api_key_id	Private key ID used for App Store Connect authentication. This overrides the Bitrise-managed API connection, only set this input if you want to control the API connection on a step-level. Most of the time it's easier to set up the connection on the App Settings page on Bitrise. This input only takes effect if the other two connection override inputs are set too (api_key_path, api_key_issuer_id).
api_key_issuer_id	Private key issuer ID used for App Store Connect authentication. This overrides the Bitrise-managed API connection, only set this input if you want to control the API connection on a step-level. Most of the time it's easier to set up the connection on the App Settings page on Bitrise. This input only takes effect if the other two connection override inputs are set too (api_key_path, api_key_id).
verbose_log	If this input is set, the Step will print additional logs for debugging.	required	no

Outputs

Environment Variable	Description
BITRISE_IPA_PATH	The created iOS or tvOS .ipa file's path.
BITRISE_DSYM_PATH	Step will collect every dsym (app dsym and framwork dsyms) in a directory, zip it and export the zipped directory path.
BITRISE_IDEDISTRIBUTION_LOGS_PATH	Path to the xcdistributionlogs zip

🙋 Contributing

We welcome pull requests and issues against this repository.

For pull requests, work on your changes in a forked repository and use the Bitrise CLI to run step tests locally.

Note: this step's end-to-end tests (defined in e2e/bitrise.yml) are working with secrets which are intentionally not stored in this repo. External contributors won't be able to run those tests. Don't worry, if you open a PR with your contribution, we will help with running tests and make sure that they pass.

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