Publish Tauri to Apple's App Store - The Short Version

By Tim O'
Feb 24, 2023
See the full instructions here.

In 10 Steps

  • Create the Certificates
  • Create Provisioning File
  • Create entitlements.plist
  • Configure tauri.conf.json
  • Set Version Number
  • Create the App Bundle
  • Add Provisioning Profile
  • Sign the App Bundle
  • Create Signed Package
  • Upload

What You Need

Apple Account:
  • An Active Apple Account (duh)
2 Certificates:
  • Apple Distribution Certificate
  • 3rd Party Mac Developer Installer Certificate
Provisioning Profile File:
  • embedded.provisionprofile
Entitlements File:
  • entitlements.plist
App Bundle:
  • Your_App_Name.app
Applications:
  • Xcode (required)
  • Transporter (optional)

Certificates

  • Apple Development Certificate
  • 3rd Party Mac Developer Installer Certificate

Create Provisioning File

Create and download from your Apple account.

Create Entitlements

File Name:
entitlements.plist
Minimum Required Settings:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"> <plist version="1.0"> <dict> <key>com.apple.security.app-sandbox</key><true/> <key>com.apple.security.network.client</key><true/> </dict> </plist>

Configure Tauri

File:
src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
Add These:
{ "package": { "productName": "App Name", "version": "1.2.3" }, "tauri": { "bundle": { "copyright": "Copyright Notice", "identifier": "io.domain.app-name", "macOS": { "entitlements": "../entitlements.plist", }, }, } }

Set Version Number

Update these project files:
package.json src-tauri/Cargo.toml src-tauri/tauri.conf.json
package.json:
"version": "1.2.3",
src-tauri/Cargo.toml:
version = "1.2.3"
src-tauri/tauri.conf.json:
"version": "1.2.3"

Create App Bundle

Build using Tauri

Add Provisioning Profile

File:
embedded.provisionprofile
Copy into the app bundle:
Your_App_Name.app/Contents/embedded.provisionprofile

The Script

All in a single bash script! Run this to build, sign, package and upload your app:
# Set These: APP_NAME="Your App Name Here" PROJECT_DIR="/path/to/tauri/project" APP_APPLE_ID="1234567890" APP_BUNDLE_VERSION="20011231.120101" APP_VERSION="1.2.3" APP_BUNDLE_ID="com.domain.app-name" USER="your-apple-id@domain.com" PASSWORD="abcd-efgh-ijkl-mnop" $APPLE_DISTRIBUTION_CERT="Apple Distribution: Your Cert Name Here" $THIRD_PARTY_MAC_DEVELOPER_CERT="3rd Party Mac Developer Installer: Your Cert Name Here" # Change if needed: APP_BUNDLE="$APP_NAME.app" APP_EXECUTABLE="$APP_BUNDLE/Contents/MacOS/$APP_NAME" APP_PACKAGE="$APP_NAME.pkg" # Build, Sign, Package, Upload: npm run tauri build -- --target universal-apple-darwin cp "$PROJECT_DIR/src-tauri/target/universal-apple-darwin/release/bundle/macos/$APP_BUNDLE" . cp "embedded.provisionprofile" "$APP_BUNDLE/Contents/embedded.provisionprofile" codesign \ --sign "$APPLE_DISTRIBUTION_CERT" \ --entitlements "entitlements.plist" \ "$APP_EXECUTABLE" productbuild \ --sign "$THIRD_PARTY_MAC_DEVELOPER_CERT" \ --component "$APP_BUNDLE" "/Applications" \ "$APP_PACKAGE" xcrun altool \ --upload-package "$APP_PACKAGE" \ --type macos \ --apple-id "$APP_APPLE_ID" \ --bundle-version "$APP_BUNDLE_VERSION" \ --bundle-short-version-string "$APP_VERSION" \ --bundle-id "$APP_BUNDLE_ID" \ -u "$USER" \ -p "$PASSWORD"

Links

App Store:
Apple's Transporter App
Apple Dev Account:
Your Applications Your Certificates Your Provisioning Profiles
Apple Docs:
Entitlements
SpeedSheets:
Rust SpeedSheet Tauri SpeedSheet