Mohammed Tarig Nour e98205f8ae
flutter_tools: correct iOS signing log for manual code signing (CODE_SIGN_STYLE=Manual) (#177852)
## Summary

When running `flutter build ipa` with a project that uses manual code
signing (`CODE_SIGN_STYLE=Manual`) for Release/Profile, the tool
currently prints:

```
Automatically signing iOS for device deployment using specified development team in Xcode project: x
```

This is misleading in two ways:

1. The project is not using automatic signing for Release/Profile, it's
explicitly using manual signing with a provisioning profile.
2. The build in this mode is typically for App Store/TestFlight
distribution, not just device deployment.

Users who rely on manual signing (for example, Push Notifications + Sign
in with Apple entitlements) often hit an `xcodebuild -exportArchive`
failure later (`"Runner.app" requires a provisioning profile ...`) and
assume Flutter overrode their signing, because of this log line. This
confusion has been reported in the context of `flutter build ipa` where
archive succeeds but export fails, and Flutter's messaging doesn't match
the actual signing setup.

**Related issues:**
- #106612 - Support `flutter build ipa` with manual signing and
provisioning profiles
- #113977 - Flutter build IPA with --export-options-plist not working

## What this change does

* Before logging "Automatically signing iOS ...", we now check the
active build configuration's `CODE_SIGN_STYLE`.
* If the style is `Manual`, we suppress the automatic-signing message
(since manual signing is not automatic).
* If the style is `Automatic` or not set, we keep the original behavior.
* No functional behavior of signing or export is changed.

## Before

```
Automatically signing iOS for device deployment using specified development team in Xcode project: x
```

(This message appears even when `CODE_SIGN_STYLE=Manual`)

## After

```
(No message when CODE_SIGN_STYLE=Manual, since signing is not automatic)
```

(The message only appears when `CODE_SIGN_STYLE=Automatic` or not set)

## Tests

* Added test in
`packages/flutter_tools/test/general.shard/ios/code_signing_test.dart`
to assert we don't emit the automatic-signing message when
`CODE_SIGN_STYLE=Manual`.
* All existing tests pass (40/40 tests in code_signing_test.dart).

## Why this helps

* Reduces confusion around manual signing / App Store export flows.
* Matches expectations from users who configure provisioning profiles
manually and expect Flutter to respect that configuration.
* Prevents users from thinking Flutter is overriding their manual
signing setup based on misleading log output.

## Breaking Changes

None. This change only affects log output and does not modify any
signing behavior, export behavior, or CLI interface.

## Verification

Reviewers can verify this fix by:
1. Creating a test iOS project with `CODE_SIGN_STYLE=Manual` and
`DEVELOPMENT_TEAM` set in Xcode project settings
2. Running `flutter build ipa --release --verbose`
3. Confirming the log does NOT show "Automatically signing iOS..."
4. Verifying the app still builds/signs correctly

The included unit test covers this scenario automatically.

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Supersedes #177851 (that PR accidentally included unrelated commits from
my fork history). This version only includes the intended change and
tests.

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Co-authored-by: Navaron Bracke <brackenavaron@gmail.com>
2025-11-13 18:43:47 +00:00
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