The latest build of my iOS app in TestFlight does not show a "Download DSYM" link in the build metadata tab. When I uploaded the build to App Store Connect I had "enable bitcode" turned on, and I can see "Include Symbols" is set to yes in the build metadata. But no link is next to it like my other recent builds.
The last few builds I've submitted in the same manner have all generated the DSYM download links no problem. For some reason this particular build has not.
Has anyone else experienced this same issue? Any tips of how to fix this? I'd like to avoid submitting a new build if possible
Cheers
is there a fix available?
There’s nothing really to fix here. Lemme explain…
In general:
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You are responsible for building the binary that you submit to the store.
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That build process creates a
.dSYMfile that matches that binary.
If you’re using Xcode, both the binary and its .dSYM file end up within your Xcode archive.
Historically, Apple allowed, and in some cases required, apps to submit as bitcode. Apple then recompiled the app from that bitcode, and distributed that binary to end users.
That caused problems for symbolication because the binary being run by end users didn’t match the .dSYM file in your Xcode archive. To solve this, Apple created a mechanism for you to download a .dSYM file for the binary that Apple generated.
With Xcode 14, so about a year ago, Apple stopped doing the bitcode thing. To quote the Xcode 14 Release Notes.
Starting with Xcode 14, bitcode is no longer required for watchOS and tvOS applications, and the App Store no longer accepts bitcode submissions from Xcode 14.
So, the whole reason for downloading .dSYM files is now gone, and folks can go back to what they used to do before bitcode was a thing: Build the binary and it’s .dSYM locally and use that for symbolication.
If you have a process that relies on getting a .dSYM file from Apple, please update that process to work with your locally built file.
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