Upload .ipa file using bitrise services w/o xcode - ios

Question

Since I do not own a Apple Mac, I need to upload my .ipa file
which is ready with me to iTunesConnect for putting it
on AppleAppStore ..
Not sure about bitrise workflows etc, since I have joined bitrise
short time back. Will I need to learn workflows and take
the full curve of bitrise learnings?
Is there any easy steps reckoner via bitrise just to deploy an ipa file on appleStore thru iTunesconnect without using Mac/XCode personally ??
Thanks

Answer 1

The recommended way is to build your app (.ipa) with https://www.bitrise.io , as that way the building & code signing of the .ipa is handled automatically.
If you don't want to build your app on bitrise.io and just want to upload it to iTunes Connect, you have two ways to do this depending on where you store your .ipa that you want to send to iTunes Connect.
You store the .ipa in a repository
You store the .ipa elsewhere (Dropbox, Amazon S3, etc.) and you want to download the .ipa from there.
In the first case:
Create a new app on Bitrise with the repository that you use to store the .ipa. (To add a repository which doesn't include an iOS project select the Do you want to configure the build manually? option in the Validation setup section.)
After that go to the Workflow tab, click on the Manage Workflow button and remove all the steps except the Git Clone and the Activate SSH key. (docs for accessing and managing the workflow: http://devcenter.bitrise.io/docs/add-your-first-step-to-your-apps-workflow)
Add a Script Step and after that one of the iTunes Connect Steps (Deliver or Shenzen).
Click on the Script Step and copy this to the content input:
Script:
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -x
ipa_relative_path_in_repository="${BITRISE_SOURCE_DIR}/relative/path/to.ipa"
envman add --key BITRISE_IPA_PATH --value "${ipa_relative_path_in_repository}"
In the second case:
Create a new app on Bitrise with the repo you use to store your app.
Go to Manage workflow
Remove every step
Add a Script Step and after that one of the iTunes Connect Steps (Deliver or Shenzen).
Click on the Script Step and copy this to the content input:
Script:
#!/bin/bash
set -e
set -x
ipa_download_url="INSERT_YOUR_IPA_DOWNLOAD_URL_HERE"
ipa_download_location="${BITRISE_DEPLOY_DIR}/ipa-to-upload.ipa"
echo "ipa_download_location: ${ipa_download_location}"
wget -O "$ipa_download_location" "$ipa_download_url"
envman add --key BITRISE_IPA_PATH --value "${ipa_download_location}"