They both sound like the same thing. Distribution == Release, somehow. Having a hard time figuring out what the difference is.
They both sound like the same thing. Distribution == Release, somehow. Having a hard
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They both sound like the same thing. Distribution == Release, somehow. Having a hard time figuring out what the difference is.
In my projects they’re the same thing, but it really depends on the programmer and the build settings they want to put into each target.
For one programmer, “Release” might be an ADHOC build meant for internal testing while “Distribution” means a Store build.
Or maybe a different programmer would do the opposite “Release” is for the Store build and “Distribution” is for ADHOC.
Another thing… I usually see both “Release” and “Distribution” choices when I create fresh apps from templates, but “Release” (as a target) was around long before “Distribution”, which came in with iOS IIRC. Some apps I’ve worked on only have “Debug” and “Distribution”, another project I have open right now only has “Debug” & “Release”. So YMMV.
Oh, and here is a related question.