Describe the steps needed to compile an IPA file?

[Legolaz7]

Hi all!)
I bought a MacBook specifically and installed Paycharm and Flet. I want to compile a “.ipa” file for iOS, but I couldn’t figure out in the documentation what order and what needs to be installed(

For those who don't mind, please describe step by step what steps need to be taken to get the coveted ".ipa" file

[FeodorFitsner]

Start from here: https://flet.dev/docs/publish and then IPA specifically: https://flet.dev/docs/publish/ios

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Legoloaz7

Just let me know if you succede.
Because since 3 months I am struggling to havé a running ipa on iOS.
Was Ok on february but fails since.

Thnaks

[Legolaz7]

I have installed the latest Xcode and iOS SDK
I have installed Flutter and all the necessary packages

Then I added this to the .zshrc file: "export PATH=$HOME/development/flutter/bin:$PATH"

Then I checked the functionality of all this by compiling the apk, everything worked out)

Now I followed this link https://flet.dev/docs/publish/ios/ and installed kivy-ios.
Now I need to execute the commands that are indicated below or is there something else that needs to be done before that?

[FeodorFitsner]

Try packaging with 0.25 pre-release: https://flet.dev/blog/flet-new-packaging-pre-release
It does not use Kivy anymore.

[Legolaz7]

Compiled immediately) I just don't understand how to view the file itself now, I thought the output would be a ready .ipa file, but as I understand it, there will be a file "Runner.xcarchive" ?
Now I need to convert it into an .ipa file in Xcode?

[FeodorFitsner]

Try these instructions: https://stackoverflow.com/a/49478854/1435891
To build IPA directly provide --team argument to flet build command.

[Legolaz7]

According to the first instructions, it seems that you need to have some certificates and signatures, apparently you need a developer account? It seems like I'm doing everything in order, but at the end it asks me to sign certificates that I apparently don't have(

And the second method gives an error, apparently I conveyed the wrong argument?
I wrote this because it is the name of my Xcode command.

(.venv) legoaz@MacBook-Air-Ramil Proverki % flet build ipa --cleanup-on-compile --team legolaz7 

Error (Xcode): No profiles for 'com.flet.proverki' were found: Xcode couldn't find any iOS App Development provisioning profiles matching 'com.flet.proverki'. Automatic 
           signing is disabled and unable to generate a profile. To enable automatic signing, pass -allowProvisioningUpdates to xcodebuild.                                         
           /Users/legoaz/PycharmProjects/Proverki/build/flutter/ios/Runner.xcodeproj                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                                                    
           It appears that there was a problem signing your application prior to installation on the device.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                                    
           Verify that the Bundle Identifier in your project is your signing id in Xcode                                                                                            
             open ios/Runner.xcworkspace                                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                                    
           Also try selecting 'Product > Build' to fix the problem.                                                                                                                 
           Encountered error while archiving for device. 

[FeodorFitsner]

App bundle is built from --org and --project options. You might need to specify correct values to get the right bundle ID.

[Legolaz7]

Honestly, I thought that I would just write the command "flet build ipa" and it would compile the finished file, apparently it's not that simple)
I'm still a newbie in this business and I'm trying to figure it out, and it's still hard for me to understand which commands I need to enter right away to get the result and where to get the correct values, I hope someone will tell me here :)

Now I get a new error when entering the usual command "flet build ipa" or "flet build apk"

(.venv) legoaz@MacBook-Air-Ramil Proverki % flet build ipa
[21:56:43] Unable to create file 'ios/Runner/Info.plist'. Error message: 'dict object' has no attribute 'deep_linking'. Context: OrderedDict({'cookiecutter':                       
           OrderedDict({'out_dir': 'flutter', 'python_module_name': 'main', 'project_name': 'proverki', 'project_name_slug': '', 'project_description': '', 'product_name':         
           'proverki', 'org_name': 'com.flet', 'company_name': 'Your Company', 'copyright': 'Copyright (c) 2023 Your Company', 'flutter': {'dependencies': []}, 'sep': '/',         
           'kotlin_dir': 'com/flet/proverki/', 'hide_loading_animation': True, 'team_id': '', 'base_url': '/', 'route_url_strategy': 'path', 'web_renderer': 'canvaskit',           
           'use_color_emoji': 'false', 'split_per_abi': False, 'options': {'info_plist': {}, 'macos_entitlements': {'com.apple.security.app-sandbox': False,                        
           'com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit': True, 'com.apple.security.network.client': True, 'com.apple.security.network.server': True}, 'android_permissions':                   
           {'android.permission.INTERNET': True}, 'android_features': {'android.software.leanback': False, 'android.hardware.touchscreen': False}, 'deep_linking_url': None,        
           'android_signing': False}, '_template': 'gh:flet-dev/flet-build-template', '_output_dir': '/Users/legoaz/PycharmProjects/Proverki/build', '_repo_dir':                   
           '/Users/legoaz/.cookiecutters/flet-build-template', '_checkout': '0.25.0'}), '_cookiecutter': {'out_dir': 'flutter', 'python_module_name': 'main', 'project_name':       
           'proverki', 'project_name_slug': '', 'project_description': '', 'product_name': 'proverki', 'org_name': 'com.flet', 'company_name': 'Your Company', 'copyright':         
           'Copyright (c) 2023 Your Company', 'flutter': {'dependencies': []}, 'sep': '/', 'kotlin_dir': "{{ cookiecutter.org_name.replace('.', cookiecutter.sep) }}{{              
           cookiecutter.sep }}{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}{{ cookiecutter.sep }}", 'hide_loading_animation': True, 'team_id': '', 'base_url': '/', 'route_url_strategy': 'path', 
           'web_renderer': 'canvaskit', 'use_color_emoji': 'false', 'split_per_abi': False, 'options': {'info_plist': {}, 'macos_entitlements': {'com.apple.security.app-sandbox':  
           False, 'com.apple.security.cs.allow-jit': True, 'com.apple.security.network.client': True, 'com.apple.security.network.server': True}, 'android_permissions':            
           {'android.permission.INTERNET': True}, 'android_features': {'android.software.leanback': False, 'android.hardware.touchscreen': False}, 'deep_linking_url': None,        
           'android_signing': False}}})                                                                                                                                             
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[Legolaz7]

I understand that I will still need a paid developer account from Apple?
I think I'll try the second method via fastlane match - I installed it, chose github there, haven't tried to do anything else yet, I'd like to check its functionality somehow

[FeodorFitsner]

Correct, you need an Apple developer account. They should have a trial, do they?

[Legolaz7]

I plan to purchase a paid account in a month)
There seems to be some kind of trial version, maybe this is it?

[Legolaz7]

@FeodorFitsner Will the option in the screenshot work?)

[FeodorFitsner]

Looks familiar. Give it a try.

[Legolaz7]

I tried to compile with a trial account, nothing seemed to have changed.
Probably I did something wrong again)
It probably makes sense to try after buying a developer account - but that will be next month