Why am I not getting a .dSYM file when I build my iOS app?

Question

I have an App the has been submitted to Apple Play Store that they are failing because it's crashing on startup.

Works fine here so I need to get the .dSYM file so I can figure out where it's crashing. I have the crash report from Apple, I just need to figure out how to generate the file.

Using VS2019 on Windows, paired with a Mac for builds. Latest version of Xamarin.

I do an Archive of the App in Release Mode

In the build Log I am seeing this:

Directory "bin\iPhone\Debug\CaseCmdrProMobile.iOS.app.dSYM" doesn't exist. Skipping.
_ParseExtraMtouchArgs:
NoSymbolStrip Output: False
NoDSymUtil Output: false

I have to be missing something simple to get it to give the symbol file.

Any Help is greatly apprecaited.

Brien King

Answer 1

Hello,

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• If you have enabled device-specific builds, the .dSYM can be found in the following directory: <project directory>/bin/<platform>/<configuration>/device-builds/<device>-<os-version>/ For example: TestApp/bin/iPhone/Release/device-builds/iphone8.4-11.3.1/
• If you have not enabled device-specific builds, the .dSYM can be found in the following directory: <project directory>/bin/<platform>/<configuration>/ For example: TestApp/bin/iPhone/Release/

If you do not see a .dSYM file on Windows, be sure you have configured your app's build settings to create an .ipa file.

Check Where can I find the .dSYM file to symbolicate iOS crash logs?

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