Run on physical device??

I assume there are plans to allow execution/debugging on a physical device? Is this likely in an upcoming EAP?

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Bradley,

Yes, we plan to add device support, but we are not sure when it will be added becuase this is quite closed technology.
We are investigating the possibility at the moment.

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I just found a way to build and sign without the Xcode app, using only xcode CLI utilities. So all that's left is the actual deployment to device. I currently install via a HTTP server and a plist, the same way you would do with xcode's build and archive and then distribute for enterprise.

I'd imagine getting a gdp console up and running is a lot harder than simply installing the app on the device though..

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Sure :)

First, I use xcodebuild and make sure that it uses the correct provisioning profile. Not sure if there's a good way to programmatically get the provisioning profile UUID, but you can see it by opening the file in the text editor - the key is named UUID :)

xcodebuild -target "My Target Name" -sdk iphoneos -configuration Debug PROVISIONING_PROFILE="[UUID of provisioning profile]".

Then you can create a signed IPA with xcrun. Assuming pwd is the project root.

KEYCHAIN SIG NAME is i.e "iPhone Developer: August Lilleaas (ABCD123)"

xcrun -sdk iphoneos PackageApplication -v build/Debug-iphoneos/myapp.app -o ~/Desktop/myapp.ipa --sign "[KEYCHAIN SIG NAME]" --embed "/Users/[USER]/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/[prov profile UUID].mobileprovision"

myapp.ipa will have the provisioning profile emdedded, and can be distributed (with a plist) directly to users phones without having to preinstall the provisioning profile.

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Thanks, August, this is a valuable piece of informatio.
FYI: http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/OC-119

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