MonoTouch: Create iOS AppStore-Version from command line

Question

I want to build my ios-apps Appstore-ready directly from the command line with the mdtool from MonoTouch (Xamarin) so that Jenkins can kick in and produce the uploadable package right away.

I use the following command:

'/Applications/Xamarin Studio.app/Contents/MacOS/mdtool' -v build '--configuration:AppStore|iPhone' MyAppProject.csproj

Now, the build runs, uses my AppStore Provisioning Profile and creates the files in my bin/iPhone/AppStore - folder.

Now, according to the documentation of Xamarin, I should zip the created app-file in the bin/iPhone/AppStore and select it in xCode Application Loader like shown in the screenshot:

But the Application Loader shows every file grayed out, so there is no chance to continue.

Answer 1

What if you rename the .zip extension to .ipa?

Answer 2

I think you should not choose "Open package" but "Deliver Your App".

Answer 3

You can also use the xcrun ("XCode Run") command line tool to with the "PackageApplication" argument to package an ".app" into an ".ipa" and optionally specify a signing identity and provisioning profile at the same time.

Something like:

/usr/bin/xcrun -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication -v "Ios.app" -o "Ios.ipa" --sign "[DEVELOPER_NAME]" --embed "[PROVISONING_PROFILE]”

More info on xcrun here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/xcrun.1.html