Automates bundling, signing, packaging, and uploading a macOS .app (built with Rust) to App Store Connect using Transporter.

upload_macos_build.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

# Constants — change as needed
APP_NAME="<YOUR APP NAME>"
BINARY_NAME="<YOUR BINARY NAME>"
BUNDLE_ID="<com.yourorgname.appname>"
VERSION_SHORT="0.1.0"
TEAM_ID="<TEAM ID>"
DEV_NAME="3rd Party Mac Developer Application: <YOUR NAME> ($TEAM_ID)"
INSTALLER_NAME="3rd Party Mac Developer Installer: <YOUR NAME> ($TEAM_ID)"
PROV_PROFILE="viewskater_provision_profile.provisionprofile"
ENTITLEMENTS="entitlements.plist"
EMAIL="<YOUR EMAIL>"
APP_PASSWORD="<APP SPECIFIC PASSWORD>"
APPLE_ID="<YOUR_APPLE_ID>"

# Directories
BUILD_DIR="target/release/bundle/osx"
APP_PATH="$BUILD_DIR/$APP_NAME.app"
PKG_PATH="$BUILD_DIR/$APP_NAME.pkg"
ITMSP_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/$APP_NAME.itmsp"
INFO_PLIST_LOCAL="Info.plist"
METADATA_XML="$ITMSP_DIR/metadata.xml"

# Step 1: Bundle app
cargo bundle --release

# Step 2: Generate build number (timestamp)
BUILD_NUMBER=$(date +"%Y%m%d.%H%M%S")

# Step 3: Update Info.plist with build number
cp "$INFO_PLIST_LOCAL" "$APP_PATH/Contents/Info.plist"
plutil -replace CFBundleVersion -string "$BUILD_NUMBER" "$APP_PATH/Contents/Info.plist"
plutil -replace CFBundleShortVersionString -string "$VERSION_SHORT" "$APP_PATH/Contents/Info.plist"

# Step 4: Embed provisioning profile
cp "$PROV_PROFILE" "$APP_PATH/Contents/embedded.provisionprofile"

# Step 5: Remove quarantine attribute
xattr -cr "$APP_PATH"

# Step 6: Code sign
codesign --deep --force --options runtime \
  --entitlements "$ENTITLEMENTS" \
  --sign "$DEV_NAME" \
  "$APP_PATH"

# Step 7: Create .pkg
productbuild --component "$APP_PATH" /Applications \
  --sign "$INSTALLER_NAME" \
  "$PKG_PATH"

# Step 8: Prepare .itmsp dir
mkdir -p "$ITMSP_DIR"
cp "$PKG_PATH" "$ITMSP_DIR"

# Step 9: Calculate size and md5
SIZE=$(stat -f%z "$PKG_PATH")
MD5=$(md5 -q "$PKG_PATH")

# Step 10: Update metadata.xml
cat > "$METADATA_XML" <<EOF
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<package xmlns="http://apple.com/itunes/importer" version="software5.10">
    <software_assets apple_id="$APPLE_ID" app_platform="osx">
        <asset type="product-archive">
            <data_file>
                <file_name>$APP_NAME.pkg</file_name>
                <size>$SIZE</size>
                <checksum type="md5">$MD5</checksum>
            </data_file>
        </asset>
    </software_assets>
</package>
EOF

# Step 11: Upload to TestFlight
/Applications/Transporter.app/Contents/itms/bin/iTMSTransporter \
  -m upload \
  -f "$ITMSP_DIR" \
  -u "$EMAIL" \
  -p "$APP_PASSWORD"

echo "✅ Upload complete! Build number: $BUILD_NUMBER"

For full context and step-by-step explanation, see the blog post: https://ggando.com/blog/rust-appstore/