Use xcodebuild to package Apple Platform apps

To package your Apple Platform applications the quickest way, you can use xcodebuild in your terminal.

Before you begin:

You have installed the Command Line Tools for Xcode.
You have installed or updated gen-ir.

To complete this task:

Open your terminal, and then change directory to your project.
Run the following command:
```
xcodebuild clean
```

If you have an Xcode Workspace, run the following command:

note

You must change the invocation of xcodebuild to match your project. You should at least replace MyApp and MyScheme.

xcodebuild archive \
  -workspace MyApp.xcworkspace \
  -scheme MyScheme \
  -destination generic/platform=iOS \
  -configuration Debug \
  -archivePath MyApp.xcarchive \
  DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT=dwarf-with-dsym \
  ENABLE_BITCODE=NO \
  > MyApp.log.txt

Or, if you have an Xcode project, run:

xcodebuild archive \
  -project MyApp.xcodeproj \
  -scheme MyScheme \
  -destination generic/platform=iOS \
  -configuration Debug \
  -archivePath MyApp.xcarchive \
  DEBUG_INFORMATION_FORMAT=dwarf-with-dsym \
  ENABLE_BITCODE=NO \
  > MyApp.log.txt

Optionally, you can use -archivePath to set a different output location for the archive, and you can use > MyApp.log.txt to set a different output location for the build log of the archive.

Run gen-ir with your build log and the archive path in the following command. Ensure MyApp.log.txt points to the exported build log, and that MyApp.xcarchive/ is the newly-created xcarchive.

Xcode workspace:
```
gen-ir MyApp.log.txt MyApp.xcarchive/
```
Xcode project:
```
gen-ir MyApp.log.txt MyApp.xcarchive/
```
To create a new ZIP archive:

a. At a command prompt, go to the directory that contains xcarchive.

b. Run:
```
zip -r MyApp.zip MyApp.xcarchive
```
To determine if the archive contains additional paths, run:
```
zipinfo MyApp.zip
```

In the output, ensure your xcarchive is the only folder at the root of the ZIP file:

❯ zipinfo MyApp.zip
Archive:  MyApp.zip
Zip file size: 1519917 bytes, number of entries: 78
drwxr-xr-x  3.0 unx        0 bx stor 23-Dec-13 16:37 MyApp.xcarchive/
drwxr-xr-x  3.0 unx        0 bx stor 23-Dec-13 16:36 MyApp.xcarchive/Products/
drwxr-xr-x  3.0 unx        0 bx stor 23-Dec-13 16:36 MyApp.xcarchive/Products/Applications/
drwxr-xr-x  3.0 unx        0 bx stor 23-Dec-13 16:36 MyApp.xcarchive/Products/Applications/MyApp.app/
...

Upload your Apple Platform application to the Veracode Platform for analysis. See how to submit an application for analysis.
Optionally, to upload your archives with Veracode Software Composition Analysis:

a. Add the Podfile.lock file to the root of a different archive folder. The ZIP archive must be separate from the one that contains the .xcarchive folder, as shown in the following command:
```
zip MyApp-Podfile.zip Podfile.lock
```
b. Upload MyApp-Podfile.zip to the same scan as the MyApp.zip that you previously uploaded.

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