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I feel silly for having to ask this. I've got an application to a point where I want to send someone a beta to test on their machine, but I don't know how to get Xcode to produce a .app file for me to send to them. Help?

Kaji
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This has changed in Xcode 4.

Now Apps can be exported from the "Organizer"

If you haven't already, you need to create an Archive.

On the menu go to Product -> Archive

Once you're in the Organizer - Archives screen click Share or Distribute... (Xcode 4.3.3 or newer)

Then choose the format you want to export.

pkamb
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Matthew Rudy
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    As of XCode 4.3.3, the button is labeled `Distribute...` instead of `Share` – pian0 Jul 04 '12 at 18:14
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    if Product -> Archive is grayed out (disabled) you have to switch the scheme destination to "iOS Device" (explained here: http://stackoverflow.com/a/18791703/333283) – Asaf Apr 18 '14 at 07:22
  • This worked for me...I just wanted to know how big my app was. I'm curious: how does Apple control private distribution if they now allow exports? – Jim Rota Sep 05 '15 at 20:13
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the app is generally under your 

project_dir/build/Debug/Name Of App 
project_dir/build/Release/Name Of App
project_dir/build/Distribution/Name Of App

depending on which configuration of build you did or want to send.

mtvee
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On Xcode 13 you need to choose Product -> Destination -> Any iOS device (arm64).

Then afterwards you can run Product -> Archive.

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  • Moving the accepted answer to here to reflect the current state of Xcode. Thanks for the updated info! – Kaji Oct 27 '21 at 07:15
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to get to the .app application you have to go into the folder where you created it into build the your app will be there

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