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How to build Expo dev client app on iOS without Apple developer account and using Codemagic and altstore ?
ios-dev-client:
name: iOS Development Client
instance_type: mac_mini_m2
cache:
cache_paths:
- $CM_BUILD_DIR/node_modules
- $HOME/Library/Caches/CocoaPods
environment:
vars:
IOS_WORKSPACE: "ios/empireants.xcworkspace"
IOS_SCHEME: "empireants"
scripts:
- name: Install dependencies
script: npm install
- name: Install expo-cli globally
script: npm install -g expo-cli
- name: Expo Prebuild
script: npx expo prebuild --platform ios --clean
- name: Install CocoaPods
script: cd ios && pod install
- name: Create ExportOptions.plist
script: |
cat > ios/ExportOptions.plist <<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN"
"http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>method</key>
<string>development</string>
<key>signingStyle</key>
<string>manual</string>
<key>compileBitcode</key>
<false/>
</dict>
</plist>
EOF
- name: Build IPA (unsigned)
script: |
xcodebuild archive \
-workspace "$CM_BUILD_DIR/$IOS_WORKSPACE" \
-scheme "$IOS_SCHEME" \
-sdk iphoneos \
-configuration Debug \
-archivePath "$CM_BUILD_DIR/empireants.xcarchive" \
CODE_SIGNING_ALLOWED=NO
- name: Copy .app file to new folder payload
script: |
mkdir -p "$CM_BUILD_DIR/Payload"
cp -r "$CM_BUILD_DIR/empireants.xcarchive/Products/Applications/$IOS_SCHEME.app" "$CM_BUILD_DIR/Payload/"
- name: Create unsigned .ipa
script: |
cd "$CM_BUILD_DIR/Payload"
zip -r "$CM_BUILD_DIR/empireants.ipa" .
- name: Move .ipa to build/ios/ipa folder
script: |
mkdir -p "$CM_BUILD_DIR/build/ios/ipa"
mv "$CM_BUILD_DIR/empireants.ipa" "$CM_BUILD_DIR/build/ios/ipa/empireants-DevClient.ipa"
artifacts:
- build/ios/ipa/*.ipa
- /tmp/xcodebuild_logs/*.log
- $HOME/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/**/Build/**/*.app
- $HOME/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/**/Build/**/*.dSYM
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