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Jason Marcell
Jason Marcell

Reputation: 2835

Deploy to iPhone without running

How do I deploy my app down to the iPhone (for testing purposes) from XCode without actually running the app?

Upvotes: 49

Views: 9236

Answers (6)

Javier Calatrava Llavería
Javier Calatrava Llavería

Reputation: 9649

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Upvotes: 11

ethanneff
ethanneff

Reputation: 3441

Xcode -> Product -> Scheme -> Edit Scheme -> Run -> Info -> Wait for executable to be launched

Upvotes: 9

DougW
DougW

Reputation: 30015

Edit your launch Scheme, open the section titled "Run myApp.app" and toggle ON the option to "Wait for myApp.app to launch".

It will then just install, and not run the app. If you do run it yourself, the debugger should attach. This is useful for when you want to test how your applications works when launched via a URL, amongst other things.

NOTE - To be fair, this answer is the same as the one for this question. I didn't mark this question as a duplicate though, because you might have a different reason for wanting to do this. Still, if you want a more detailed explanation, look there.

Upvotes: 78

hotpaw2
hotpaw2

Reputation: 70673

If you time it just right by watching the Xcode console, you can kill the debugger after the app is completely downloaded, but before any code in the app is executed.

If you don't want to depend on timing, and don't need to consider the app to be running until it hits some Cocoa Touch or Objective C runtime code, you could set a breakpoint on an NSLog inserted as the first line of main() and kill the app after it hits that breakpoint.

Upvotes: -1

Rayfleck
Rayfleck

Reputation: 12106

You can create an archive, drag that .ipa onto iTunes and sync the device.

Or you can just run it from XCode, and then kill the XCode process, and run it from the SpringBoard, though I assume you need the virgin case or you wouldn't have asked the question.

Upvotes: 0

Melvin Lai
Melvin Lai

Reputation: 901

Connect your device, set the Scheme on your top left to iOS Device.

Upvotes: -6

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