Xcode Command Line Tools Compile and sign schema

Example

Cleaning and compiling code for iPhone, on project MyProject for schema Qa:

xcrun xcodebuild clean \
    -workspace "MyProject.xcworkspace" \
    -scheme "YourScheme" \
    -sdk iphoneos \
    -configuration Debug \
    archive \
    -archivePath builds/MyProject.xcarchive

Configuration can be either Debug or Release.

Signing the previously compiled code:

xcrun xcodebuild -exportArchive \
    -archivePath builds/MyProject-Qa.xcarchive \
    -exportOptionsPlist config.plist \
    -exportPath builds

config.plist contains the information about how to package and sign the application, for development builds use:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>method</key>
        <string>development</string>
        <key>uploadSymbols</key>
        <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

An App Store release plist should contain something like:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
        <key>teamID</key>
        <string>xxxxxxxxxxx</string>
        <key>method</key>
        <string>app-store</string>
        <key>uploadSymbols</key>
        <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

Where the Team ID can be obtained from your keychain.

All available parameters

• compileBitcode
• embedOnDemandResourcesAssetPacksInBundle
• iCloudContainerEnvironment
• manifest
• method
• onDemandResourcesAssetPacksBaseURL
• teamID
• thinning
• uploadBitcode
• uploadSymbols

To get a more information about each of the parameters run xcodebuild --help