Allow Xcode archive builds to be run in Debug and Profile build mode for testing #57557

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1. TahaTesser

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   on May 19, 2020
2. jmagman commented on May 19, 2020

   

   jmagman

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   Developers archiving for App Store submission hit SO many issues with accidentally submitting a Debug version, which crashes on launch:
   #12086
   #37850
   https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues?q=label%3Aplatform-ios+label%3Atool+white+screen+is%3Aclosed

   Which of course means your legitimate QA use case isn't possible, even though you know what you're doing.

   I believe if you delete these lines from <Flutter-SDJ>/packages/flutter_tools/bin/xcode_backend.sh it may just work?
   

   flutter/packages/flutter_tools/bin/xcode_backend.sh

   Lines 90 to 101 in bcc4290

   	# Archive builds (ACTION=install) should always run in release mode.
   	if [[ "$ACTION" == "install" && "$build_mode" != "release" ]]; then
   	EchoError "========================================================================"
   	EchoError "ERROR: Flutter archive builds must be run in Release mode."
   	EchoError ""
   	EchoError "To correct, ensure FLUTTER_BUILD_MODE is set to release or run:"
   	EchoError "flutter build ios --release"
   	EchoError ""
   	EchoError "then re-run Archive from Xcode."
   	EchoError "========================================================================"
   	exit -1
   	fi

   Obviously editing Flutter out from under it isn't ideal. I can't think of a good way from within Xcode to confirm "Are you SURE you want to archive in Debug?!"
3. jmagman

   changed the title [-] Flutter archive builds must be run in Release mode[/-] [+]Allow Xcode archive builds to be run in Debug and Profile build mode for testing[/+] on May 19, 2020
4. mumenma commented on May 20, 2020

   

   mumenma

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   @jmagman
   Developers often use debug for develop. In my opinion, apps should not crash in debug with either Build or archive , we should find the crash reason, rather than close archive in debug. so we should Allow Xcode archive builds to be run in Debug and Profile build mode for testing.
5. jmagman commented on May 20, 2020

   

   jmagman

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   @mumenma I agree there should be a way. I'm hoping we've fixed enough bugs related to the "accidental" debug archives that we can remove that check and -1 exit.
6. jmagman

   closed this as completedin #57688on May 27, 2020
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