How can I build for release distribution on the Xcode 4

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Build for debug is just press on the PLAY symbol  but I don t know how to Build for distribution release

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The  play  button is specifically for build and run  or test or profile  etc   The Archive action is intended to build for release and to generate an archive that is suitable for submission to the app store  If you want to skip that  you can choose Product   Build For   Archive to force the release build without actually archiving  To find the built product  expand the Products group in the Project navigator  right-click the product and choose to show in Finder    That said  you can click and hold the play button for a menu of other build actions  including Build and Archive

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They ve bundled all the target build configuration debugging options stuff into  schemes   The transition guide has a good explanation

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I have a large app that was having problems uploading to the AppStore using the archive method you will find in XCode 4   The activity indicator kept spinning for hours whether I was trying to validate or distribute  so I created a support ticket to Apple   During that process  I found out you could right click on the  app in your Products folder inside the Project Navigator of XCode  and compress the app to submit using the Application Loader 2 5 1   aka the old method    Only the Debug - iphoneos folder is accessible this way  for now  and once Apple responded  this is what they had to say      I m glad to hear that Application Loader has provided you a viable workaround  Discussing this situation internally  we re not sure that submitting the Debug build will pose too much of a problem  so long as it was signed with the App Store distribution profile  as you mentioned it was   The app will likely be slower as the debug switches are turned on and optimizations are turned off for the Debug configuration  though it will still run   App Review will ultimately determine whether or not that s ok  as I m not sure that s something they check for  You could try reaching out directly to App Review  to confirm this  if you wish  However  since App Loader is working for you  I do recommend rebuilding the app with your Release configuration and resubmitting to play it safe  To find your Release build in Xcode 4 x  control-click on the Application Archive on the Archives tab in the organizer  and choose  Show in Finder   Then  control-click on the  xcarchive file in Finder and choose  Show Package Contents   The release built  app file should be located within the  Products Applications folder    This was very helpful information for developers who are having problems with the archive method  and my app is now uploading successfully without any concern that it won t run to the best of it s ability

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To set the build configuration to Debug or Release  choose   Edit Scheme   from the   Product   menu     Then you see a clear choice     The Apple Transition Guide mentions a button at the top left of the Xcode screen  but I cannot see it in Xcode 4 3

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XCode Product Schemes Edit Schemes Run Build Configuration

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The short answer is    choose the iOS scheme from the drop-down near the run button from the menu bar choose product   archive in the window that pops-up click  validate  upon successful validation  click  submit

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That part is now located under Schemes  If you edit your schemes you will see that you can set the debug release adhoc distribution build config for each scheme

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Product -  Archive  later  press the distribute button and check the option Export as Application or what you want

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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

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