Building an iOS App for Real Devices

This document gives you an overview of how you can upload your iOS app for real device testing through MoQuality. The steps below walk you through the process of exporting your app as an IPA file (iPhone Application).

1. In your build scheme, choose a "Generic Device", this allows you to Archive for multiple architectures and build without having the device plugged in. 

2. After this change, build your app for testing to ensure the binaries are in the right place.

3. Build an Archive for your project by selecting Product > Archive

4. Navigate to the Archives organizer (Go to the Window > Organizer) to export the app IPA

5. On the method of distribution screen, select Ad Hoc Distribution

6. Follow the later prompts to login to your Apple account, if necessary.

7. On the Ad hoc distribution screen, make sure to select App Thinning to None. 

7. Select Automatically manage signing, unless you would like to manually create/select the provisioning profiles.

8. On the final screen, select Export and choose the path for the destination folder. 

9. In this folder you will find the .IPA file that you need to upload to your MoQuality account for testing.