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marcelo
marcelo

Reputation: 61

Ionic pro - Build AND Publish to Apple Store

I have a Apple Developer account, BUT I don't have a Mac, and I need to do the following with my Ionic project: Package a native Ionic iOS app AND Publish it to the Apple Store.

I've read about the limitations to compiling and publishing an iOS app in the Apple Store without a Mac, but I am in doubt about the Ionic pro. There says that Ionic pro can 'Package native app builds in the cloud', but does this mean that I can publish the generated cloud Package from Ionic Pro directly to the Apple Store?

Or will I still need a Mac, or macincloud.com service to publish to Apple Store?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 992

Answers (1)

gaborp
gaborp

Reputation: 714

UPDATE (March 31, 2020): Ionic Appflow (previously Ionic Pro) announced 1-click publish to App Stores feature: https://ionicframework.com/blog/announcing-1-click-publish-to-app-stores-from-ionic-appflow/

My experience is that Ionic Pro can do the most of the job but you still need Mac or Mac in cloud at these steps:

  • create .p12 Certification file
  • upload the .ipa file to the App Store

After you created your Certification file, You can upload it to Ionic Pro -> Settings -> Certificates. You can build .ipa files with proper credentials in cloud. But unfortunately I didn't found another way to upload the .ipa file to App Store, only with Application Loader from Mac.

So I decided to use a pay-as-you-go Mac in cloud account (you pay only for minutes you are logged in) since the time I spend on Mac is very limited (few minutes per App publication).

Anyway, this is a workaround, and I hope that some day there will be an Application Loader service inside the Ionic Pro account.

Upvotes: 5

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