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I was wondering if a share extension creates an .ipa file similarly to a regular target?

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Lirik
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No, it's packaged in your app's IPA and delivered to Apple as a single file with it (and everything else).

An IPA itself is a zip format file -- if you make a copy of one and rename it to .zip, you can unzip it and look at what it has.

At the top level it has a Payload folder with a .app file in it. That file is a package (you can right-click and show contents). In there, you'll find a PlugIns folder, which will have *.appex files. These are what your extension targets build.

So, the IPA's Payload/NAME.app/PlugIns/*.appex packages are the extensions.

Lou Franco
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