VS 2019 Archive Manager never finishes Archiving the (iOS) app bundle

Issue

I'm attempting to Archive my iOS app bundle using Visual Studio 2019 Version 16.11.1 and it never finishes. Just sits there sliding back and forth. Anyone know what that's about?

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Solution

To archive a Xamarin iOS project,

1. Check if build succeeded, or will be some exception logs in "Output" view

2. Check Mac connection is fine, which means a green monitor as below.
   

3. Choose your configuration correctly (e.g. release for archiving)

4. Select a real device (NOT a simulator) with correct Provisioning before starting as below.
   

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Updated as archive is available for iphone only.
Reference link in comment.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e55d3b38-4b05-4454-8d78-d29f5fe714cb/can-we-manually-install-an-xamarin-ios-app-to-a-simulator-without-deploying-via-visual-studio?forum=xamarinios

Answered By - Shaw