I have MAC OS Lion environment and Xcode 4.6.I do not have a Developer's Account. I want to generate a .ipa file for a sample project so that i could test it on a device. 1 . Is it even possible?
I saw a similar question answered..and so i tried the following steps accordingly but i am facing a problem with step no 2 below in (to make an IPA).
To Disable Code Signing:
- Go to /Applications.
- Right click on XCode and select 'Show Package Contents'.
- Copy Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS5.1.sdk/SDKSettings.plist to your desktop. (Make sure to actually copy and paste. No drag and drop)
- Open it and under DefaultProperties set CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED to NO.
- Copy it back and replace the original file.
- Restart XCode.
- Open your project.
- In Project Navigator select your project and open Build Settings section of your porject (and not any particular target)
- Under Code Signing find Code Signing Identity and for both Debug and Release modes set Any iOS SKD to Don't Code Sign.
- Now you should be able to build your project without any errors.
To make an IPA:
In 'Project Navigator' select Products.
Right click on [NameOfYourProject].app and select 'Show in Finder'.// This doesn't work .I cannot select the option show in finder.
Create a folder and name it Payload
Move [NameOfYourProject].app to Payload.
Compress Payload and rename it to [NameOfYourProject].ipa
