iOS: Build IPA for App Store submission

[GitToTheHub]

Hi,

when I want to build an IPA for the App Store, I noticed that cordova build ios --release does build a release with the .app extension and not .ipa. I have to build with cordova build ios --device --release to get an IPA. The documentation on https://cordova.apache.org/docs/en/latest/guide/platforms/ios/index.html states this not really. I created a build.json with a release section for iOS. I would suspect, that cordova build ios --release would use these config and create an IPA, but it doesn't. For Android the command cordova build android --release does the right thing and creates an .aab file like I configured it. Shouldn't be the commands for both platform equal?

Regards,

Manuel

[BigBalli]

Packaging into an .ipa requires a device build plus signing/export. Android leverages Gradle but on iOS you need explicit packaging.
Try using cordova build ios --device --release (and proper signing), or archive/export via Xcode/xcodebuild

[GitToTheHub]

Thank you for your answer and showing that cordova build ios --device --release is to be used to create the right IPA. I used cordova build ios --device originally in this discussion and thought it's right, but this creates only a debug IPA for devices. This should be added to the documentation.