How can I build for release/distribution on the Xcode 4?

Build for debug is just press on the PLAY symbol, but I don't know how to Build for distribution/release?


The short answer is:

  1. choose the iOS scheme from the drop-down near the run button from the menu bar
  2. choose product > archive in the window that pops-up
  3. click 'validate'
  4. upon successful validation, click 'submit'

You can use command line tool to build the release version. Next to your project folder, i.e.

$ ls
...
Foo.xcodeproj
...

Type the following build command:

$ xcodebuild -configuration Release