My Developer Quit, How to Edit and continue development on an ipa file (Half Built iOS App)

Question

The Developer I was working with quit halfway through the project and all I have is an .ipa file. The File installs correctly in all the test devices. I need some final changes to the app before I can publish it to the app store.

My question is Is the Ipa file connected only to that developer / his xCode ? He was using my Apple Developer account.

Can any other developer I hire start with the Ipa file and edit the app? The changes I need are adding a Msg box(Confirmation) and correcting some typos.

Alternatively to continue development on the app from this point forward what do I need to get from the company, I'd rather not go back to starting from scratch again.

Answer 1

You cannot do anything with an IPA file, it is the compiled version of your project. You need the source code to continue any development.

Maybe you can find a way to deassemble an IPA file, but it is an extreme case and I don't know how to do it.

Answer 2

Get the source code from your developer. Only with that, you can continue further development.