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Deploying an iOS app to App Store Connect
You can deploy your Bitrise app to App Store Connect either to invite testers on Testflight or to release your app on the App Store.
You can deploy an app to App Store Connect to:
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Invite testers on Testflight.
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Release your app on the App Store.
On Bitrise, you can either simply just upload your binary to App Store Connect or you can also submit it for review.
Deploy to App Store Connect Steps
To deploy the app to App Store Connect, we have two Steps:
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Deploy to App Store Connect
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Deploy to App Store Connect - Application Loader
Deploy to App Store Connect - Application Loader is simple: it simply pushes an .ipa or .pkg binary file to App Store Connect. With this Step, you cannot submit the app for review on the App Store, for example.
With the Deploy to App Store Connect Step, you can:
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Submit your app to the App Store for review.
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You can upload apps of three different platforms (iOS, OS X, AppleTVOS).
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Tell Bitrise whether you want to upload your screenshots and the app’s metadata along with the binary.
Deploying the app to App Store Connect
Keep in mind that every time you want to push an app to App Store Connect, it must have a unique build and version number: increment either or both before deploying.
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Make sure you have a working connection to your Apple Developer account.
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Generate an IPA file on your own machine at least once.
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Upload all necessary code signing files to Bitrise.
To deploy an app to App Store Connect, you need a Distribution type certificate and an App Store type provisioning profile.
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Make sure the Xcode Archive & Export for iOS Step is in your Workflow.
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Set the Automatic code signing input to the Apple service connection you want to use for code signing. The available options are:
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offif you don’t use automatic code signing, or if you exclusively use Step inputs for Apple service authentication. -
api-keyif you use API key authorization. -
apple-idif you use Apple ID authorization.
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Set the Distribution method input of the Step to
app-store.The Step will store the path of the exported .ipa file in the $BITRISE_IPA_PATH Environment Variable.
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Add the Deploy to App Store Connect Step to your Workflow.
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Fill the required inputs.
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Either the app’s Apple ID or its Bundle ID is a required input. One of the two must be provided.
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If you set the Submit for Review to
true, the Step will wait for your submission to be processed on App Store Connect and then submit the given version of the app for review. -
The default value of the Skip App Version Update input is
No. Change it only if you incremented the app version number in another way. -
If you use an App Store Connect account that is linked to multiple teams, provide either a Team ID or a Team name!
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Start a build.
If all goes well, your app will be submitted to App Store and you can distribute it via Testflight or via the App Store!
- Getting started with iOS projects
- Apple services connection
- Connecting to an Apple service with API key
- Connecting to an Apple service with Apple ID
- Connecting to an Apple Service with Step inputs
- Steps requiring Apple authentication
- Code signing
- iOS code signing
- Viewing Xcode test results in rich HTML format
- iOS deployment
- Deploying an iOS app for external testing
- Managing iOS code signing files
A Step is a block of script execution that encapsulates a build task on Bitrise: the code to perform that task, the inputs and parameters you can define for the task, and the outputs the task generates.