Question

I have started the steps to submit my app to the apple store, andI have made a keychain security file, and did an archive of the code base.

But as I understand it, I have to make a binary file of the code base which is just a zip file, and upload it to iTunes Connect, is that correct?

What was the point of archiving the codebase? Did that not create the binary? And how do I sign the binary correctly so that it can be submitted to the apple store?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Creating an archive also saves the .dsym files which you need to symbolicate crash reports.

See this article for more about archiving: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#qa/qa1764/_index.html