I developed an app and tested in iPhone and iPad simulators. In the project there’s .app file in debug-iphonesimulator folder. Doesn’t look like “release” file for me, because of the folder’s name.
All I want to do now is create the app file which is going to be submitted later to the stores. I find information about a lot of things – test app on one device, create developer account, install add hoc distrubution and whatever. All I want to know is which is the file I have to submit to testers and store later and how I create it.
In Android you export app and have .apk at the end for all devices. But I don’t understand how it is for IOS.
Edit: I’m particulary interested in the case where the developer is not the one owning developer account. What does have to send the developer to the person owning the account?
I’m using Xcode 3.2.6
If you are using the latest version of xCode, all you need to do is go to product->archive, and it will assemble the binary and package it for submission to the app store. There is a little bit more to preparing for distribution, such as creating a distribution profile, but you can find that information on the developer website for apple