How to Create the Upload File for Application Loader?
- Launch Xcode 5 (Product > Archive to build the archive)
- Goto Window > Organizer
- Select the latest archive and click on the Export button
- Select Save for Enterprise Deployment or Save for Ad Hoc Deployment
- Select your provisioning profile and then Export
- Choose a location to save the .ipa file
This is basically it. Hope it will help anyone looking for the answer.
Go and login to the iOS Provisioning Portal. From the menu on the left, select "Distribution" and you should be landed to the "Prepare App" tab. Read through the instructions carefully, you mostly need the information under "Building your Application with Xcode for Distribution".Remember that "Only Team Agents are authorized to prepare and submit applications for distribution".
If I remember correctly, the file that you need to choose is a "*.ipa" file which I was able to generated by archiving to project.
If you have xcode 4 it is recommended to add another scheme e.g. dist scheme and configure the scheme to release.Than compile (using the dist scheme) and go to the organizer to view/share/ or submit the application.
If you are using xcode 4, it has a bug which crashes the xcode if you choose validate or submit, in this case you should save upload the *.ipa using the application loader.
Hope this helps.