Difference between bedug and release

[DarkDaiver]

Hi, what's the difference between debug and release mode?
when I want to upload my application to apple Store do I need to compile it in release mode?

[baja_yu]

The build you send to the app store is a 'Distribution' build you generally create by copying the Release build, assign the the distribution certificates for code signing etc.

The main differences between the two are inclusion of debug symbols and lack of optimization in the debug build, which makes it a bit larger and slower then a release build, but much easier to debug during development. For release builds you will use symbolication to later check crash logs.

This is all covered in much more detail in the developer Documentation: iOS Developer Library

[Duncan C]

Originally Posted by baja_yu

The build you send to the app store is a 'Distribution' build you generally create by copying the Release build, assign the the distribution certificates for code signing etc.

The main differences between the two are inclusion of debug symbols and lack of optimization in the debug build, which makes it a bit larger and slower then a release build, but much easier to debug during development. For release builds you will use symbolication to later check crash logs.

This is all covered in much more detail in the developer Documentation: iOS Developer Library

Documentation? What is this "documentation" you mention? Never heard of it.