Upload debug app to itunes

Questions
1

Hi,

I’m trying to build and deploy a debuggable version of an IOS application to iTunes, The build is successfully done but I can’t see it uploaded to Testflight for testing

Is the deployment restricted to released applications only?

NB: I have the three parameters in place: itunesAccount, itunesAppPassword, itunesShortName

2

That’s as expected - the iTunes Store only allows release builds, not debug.

3

I thought that I need to upload debuggable app to Testflight

So, how can i install a debug ipa file to the IPhone ?

4

According to this thread: How to share app in debug mode? | Apple Developer Forums

TestFlight doesn’t require that you submit release builds. It should accept a debug build just fine.

5

I didn’t notice the Testflight part - that should be OK.

Are there any messages in the log?

When I want to share an app for testing, I usually add the test user’s UDIDs into iTunes Connect, then create a mobileprovision file which includes them. That way, Testflight isn’t needed.

6

The log is Normal but there is no sign of uploading the app to iTunes

* ARCHIVE SUCCEEDED **

Running command: xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath Market Stacks Demo.xcarchive -exportOptionsPlist /platforms/ios/exportOptions.plist -exportPath /platforms/ios/build/device
2023-02-19 09:42:13.956 xcodebuild[9295:33247] [MT] IDEDistribution: -[IDEDistributionLogging _createLoggingBundleAtPath:]: Created bundle at path "/var/folders/yt/trzyflms0m32_93wjjgy7dq00000gn/T/Market Stacks Demo_2023-02-19_09-42-13.955.xcdistributionlogs".
Exported Market Stacks Demo to: /platforms/ios/build/device
** EXPORT SUCCEEDED **


2023-02-19 09:42:18,874 - reset_keychain
2023-02-19 09:42:18,903 - Output: 
2023-02-19 09:42:18,904 - PERFORMANCE: Elapsed: 95.43
2023-02-19 09:42:18,904 - NAME: Market Stacks Demo

I don’t understand the steps that should be done in this case, How the application will be added automatically after building through voltbuild?

7

VoltBuilder doesn’t currently support automatic uploading of Debug apps. We’ll have a look into changing that.

Are you trying to get a test app in the hands of your users, or do you specifically need to use TestFlight?