A bash script to add the SwiftSupport folder to an .ipa to resolve the ITMS-90426: Invalid Swift Support error.

add-swift-support

#!/bin/bash

# Usage:

# 1. Copy the script into a text editor and save it with no extension
# 2. Make it executable like so: chmod +x path/to/script
# 3. Run it from the Terminal in one of two ways:
#       * path/to/script ipa_path="path/to/ipa" archive_path="path/to/xcarchive"
#       * path/to/script ipa_path="path/to/ipa" toolchain_path="path/to/toolchain"

for ARGUMENT in "$@"
do

    KEY=$(echo $ARGUMENT | cut -f1 -d=)
    VALUE=$(echo $ARGUMENT | cut -f2 -d=)

    case "$KEY" in
            ipa_path)          ipaPath=${VALUE} ;; # Format: "Path/to/app.ipa"
            archive_path)      archivePath=${VALUE} ;; # Format: "Path/to/app.xcarchive"
            toolchain_path)    toolchainPath=${VALUE} ;; # Format: "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/XcodeDefault.xctoolchain/usr/lib/swift-5.0/iphoneos"
            *)
    esac

done

# Derived Variables
ipaDirectory=$(dirname "$ipaPath")
ipaName=$(basename "$ipaPath")
zipName=${ipaName/.ipa/.zip}
appName=${ipaName/.ipa/}
zipSuffix=-unzipped
unzippedDirectoryName=${appName}${zipSuffix}
newIpaSuffix=-with-swift-support
newIpaName=${appName}${newIpaSuffix}
swiftSupportPath=SwiftSupport/iphoneos
ipaSwiftSupportDirectory=${ipaDirectory}/${unzippedDirectoryName}/${swiftSupportPath}

# Changes the .ipa file extension to .zip and unzips it
function unzipIPA {
    mv "${ipaDirectory}/${ipaName}" "${ipaDirectory}/${zipName}"
    unzip "${ipaDirectory}/${zipName}" -d "${ipaDirectory}/${unzippedDirectoryName}"
}

# Copies the SwiftSupport folder from the .xcarchive into the .ipa
function copySwiftSupportFromArchiveIntoIPA {
    mkdir -p "$ipaSwiftSupportDirectory"
    cd "${archivePath}/${swiftSupportPath}"
    for file in *.dylib; do
        cp "$file" "$ipaSwiftSupportDirectory"
    done
}

# Creates the SwiftSupport folder from the Xcode toolchain and copies it into the .ipa
function copySwiftSupportFromToolchainIntoIPA {
    mkdir -p "$ipaSwiftSupportDirectory"
    cd "${ipaDirectory}/${unzippedDirectoryName}/Payload/${appName}.app/Frameworks"
    for file in *.dylib; do
      cp "${toolchainPath}/${file}" "$ipaSwiftSupportDirectory"
    done
}

# Adds the SwiftSupport folder from one of two sources depending on the presence of an .xcarchive
function addSwiftSupportFolder {
  if [ -z "$archivePath" ]
  then
    copySwiftSupportFromToolchainIntoIPA
  else
    copySwiftSupportFromArchiveIntoIPA
  fi
}

# Zips the new folder back up and changes the extension to .ipa
function createAppStoreIPA {
    cd "${ipaDirectory}/${unzippedDirectoryName}"
    zip -r "${ipaDirectory}/${newIpaName}.zip" ./*
    mv "${ipaDirectory}/${newIpaName}.zip" "${ipaDirectory}/${newIpaName}.ipa"
}

# Renames original .ipa and deletes the unzipped folder
function cleanUp {
    mv "${ipaDirectory}/${zipName}" "${ipaDirectory}/${ipaName}"
    rm -r "${ipaDirectory}/${unzippedDirectoryName}"
}

# Execute Steps
unzipIPA
addSwiftSupportFolder
createAppStoreIPA
cleanUp

In my case the error was nothing to do with Swift and was because I was trying to include dynamically linked openssl libraries in my app. Whilst this is fine for running an app in the simulator or on a development device, the Apple Store won't accept random libraries in the Frameworks folder and sends this unhelpful message.

The solution was to link the libraries statically. https://forum.qt.io/post/647893

The script mentioned above does not add all the *.dylib files to swiftsupport directory. Instead use https://github.com/NityaSantosh26/add-swift-support/blob/main/swift-support