How to build .ipa application for react-native-ios? [closed]

Solution 1:

1. Get the .app file:

    react-native run-ios --configuration=release
   

2. .app file path Build/Products/Release/"<Your_Filename>.app".

3. Convert .app to .ipa :

   • Create folder Payload.
   • paste .app file into Payload folder.
   • compress the Payload folder.
   • change the name you want and put extension as .ipa.

Solution 2:

• Delete localhost item from info.plist

  App transport security settings -> Exception domains

• Bundle ios

  react-native bundle --entry-file index.js --platform ios --dev false --bundle-output ios/main.jsbundle --assets-dest ios
  

• In Xcode

  Products->Scheme->Edit scheme -> Change build configuration to RELEASE

• In AppDelegate.m 

  Replace

  jsCodeLocation = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index" fallbackResource:nil];
  

  with

  #ifdef DEBUG
    jsCodeLocation = [[RCTBundleURLProvider sharedSettings] jsBundleURLForBundleRoot:@"index" fallbackResource:nil];
  #else
    jsCodeLocation = [[NSBundle mainBundle] URLForResource:@"main" withExtension:@"jsbundle"];
  #endif
  

• Change device -> Generic iOS device

• Product -> Clean

• Product -> Build

• .app file can be found at

  ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/DerivedData/<app name>/Build/Products/Release-iphoneos/<appname>
  

• Create folder Payload.


• Paste .app file into Payload folder.


• Compress the Payload folder.


• Change the name you want and put extension as .ipa