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I finally managed to export ipa files via xcodebuild. Since the xctool is built upon xcodebuild, this answer might help.

First of all, when you create an extension, the extension's target will be embedded into your main app's scheme.

So, there is no need to use two schemes.

Then, in your project settings page, create a new configuration, say AdHoc. And then you can set a new Provisioning Profile in both of your target's build settings.

(project settings)

(the build settings of one target)

Then set the right provisioning profiles for your targets (And you'd better set the code sign identity to automatic, so that Xcode can determine which code sign identity is to be used).

Next step, you can archive your app using xcodebuild with the new configuration you just created above:

xcodebuild -project Extension\ Demo.xcodeproj -scheme Extension\ Demo -sdk iphoneos -archivePath ./Build/extension-demo.xcarchive -configuration AdHoc archive

In this step, the codesign will sign two of your targets separately by the provisioning profiles you specified.

Finally, export the .xcarchive file to ipa, again using xcodebuild;

xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath ./Build/extension-demo.xcarchive -exportPath ./Build/extension-demo.ipa -exportWithOriginalSigningIdentity

Notice that -exportWithOriginalSigningIdentity is set, so that xcodebuild will not re-sign your ipa, and the code signature in the xcarchive file is preserved.

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edited Dec 24 '14 at 13:53

answered Dec 24 '14 at 13:47 Hokuang 1,1462919

	"Then set the right provisioning profiles for your targets" how to do it via xcodebuild command line? – Sergey Kopanev Jan 12 '15 at 17:17
1	You don't do this with xcodebuild command, instead you need to set them in Xcode's Build Settings in the configuration that you created in step 1 (see pic 3). You only need to specify the configuration to xcodebuild and don't care what provisioning profile it is. – Hokuang Jan 13 '15 at 3:33
	may be you right. I've just put it as you said. Not found other ways. Thanks. – Sergey Kopanev Jan 14 '15 at 14:18
	It does not work for keyboard extension – Quanlong Jun 1 '15 at 8:26