I resigned IPA file with updated provisioning profile and I would like to validate it to confirm that everything has been done properly. However, xcode in organizer allows to validate only xcarchive not IPA.
Is there any way to validate IPA from Terminal or Xcode?
You can try running altool from the terminal:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Application\ Loader.app/Contents/Frameworks/ITunesSoftwareService.framework/Support/altool
-v -f YourApp.ipa -u <username> -p <password>
The help for altool:
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Application\ Loader.app/Contents/Frameworks/ITunesSoftwareService.framework/Support/altool -h
Copyright (c) 2009-2018, Apple Inc. Version 1.1.1138
Usage: altool --validate-app -f <file> -t <platform> -u <username> [-p <password>]
altool --upload-app -f <file> -t <platform> -u <username> [-p <password>]
altool --notarize-app -f <file> --primary-bundle-id <bundle_id> -u <username> [-p <password>] [--asc-provider <provider_shortname>]
altool --notarization-info <uuid> -u <username> [-p <password>]
altool --notarization-history <page> -u <username> [-p <password>] [--asc-provider <provider_shortname>]
-f, --file <file> <file> specifies the path to the file to process.
-t, --type {osx | ios | appletvos} Specify the platform of the file.
-u, --username <username> Username. Required to connect for validation, upload, and notarization.
-p, --password <password> Password. Required if username specified.
If this argument is not supplied on the command line, it will be read from stdin.
Alternatively to entering <password> in plaintext, it may also be specified using a '@keychain:'
or '@env:' prefix followed by a keychain password item name or environment variable name.
Example: '-p @keychain:<name>' uses the password stored in the keychain password item named <name>
and whose Account value matches the user name specified
Example: '-p @env:<variable>' uses the value in the environment variable named <variable>
--primary-bundle-id <bundle_id> Used with --notarize-app to uniquely identify a package.
--asc-provider <provider_shortname> Required with --notarize-app and --notarization-history when a user account is associated with multiple
providers.
-v, --validate-app Validates an app archive for the App Store. The username, password, and file path to the app archive are required.
--upload-app Uploads the given app archive to the App Store. The username, password, and file path to the app archive are required.
--notarize-app Uploads the given app package, dmg or zip file for notarization. The file path to the package, user name,
password, and --primary-bundle-id are required. --asc-provider is required for an account associated with multiple providers.
If successful, the UUID associated with the upload is returned.
--notarization-info <uuid> Returns the status and log file URL of a package previously uploaded for notarization with the specified uuid.
The user name and password are required. The log file can be retrieved with 'curl <log_file_url>'.
--notarization-history <page> Returns a list of all uploads submitted for notarization. <page> specifies a range of entries where 0
returns the most recent number of entries. A new page value will be returned which can be used as the
<page> value to the next use of --notarization-history and so forth until no more items are returned. The user name
and password are required. --asc-provider is required for an account associated with multiple providers.
--output-format {xml | normal} Specifies how the output is formatted. 'xml' displays the output in a structured format; 'normal' displays in
an unstructured format (default).
-h, --help Display this output.
