How to send MonoTouch app to App Store using Xcode 4?

Question

I am currently finishing my first iPhone application using MonoTouch. Having successfully completed ad-hoc distribution and testing, I am now going to ship to the App Store via iTunes Connect.

After reading the non-MonoTouch description of how to send , I can’t draw a line between the MonoTouch mail package I created and the Archives section of the Xcode Organizer to send to iTunes Connect.

Also, I read the instructions in the MonoTouch documentation , they only mention the view with the words:

... and send it to Apple.

So my question is:

How do I convert / put my ZIP MonoTouch package into the Archives section of Xcode Organizer?

Update using solution:

As Emanuele Sabetta noted , there is still an Application Loader application. So I just abandoned the idea of ​​using Xcode Organizer and instead used Application Loader.

To open Application Loader, I searched for it using Spotlight ...

... and then ran it ...

From there, everything worked as expected, I went through the wizard and now I have an application in iTunes Connect that is awaiting review.

Answer 1

You need to get the AppID and distribution certificate by following this guide:

http://www.grunewalddev.com/ClientDistribution.pdf

You can follow the official Xamarin manual to compile the binary and fix it (edit: but since you noted that it has not been updated to Xcode 4):

http://ios.xamarin.com/Documentation/Building_for_Distribution

You must download the zip using a MacOSX application called “Application Loader” (it contains the Xcode 4 bundled).

Then you should follow the iTunesConnect tutorial:

https://itunesconnect.apple.com/docs/iTunesConnect_DeveloperGuide.pdf