# Can't download to iOS; wants to publish instead

**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/cant-download-to-ios-wants-to-publish-instead/3477550
**Category:** Issues / Bugs
**Tags:** download
**Created:** [January 14, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/cant-download-to-ios-wants-to-publish-instead/3477550 "2025-01-14T17:09:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2025, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/cant-download-to-ios-wants-to-publish-instead/3477550/1 "2025-01-14T17:09:35Z")

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This morning when I try to download a project to iOS, it instead starts the app store publishing process:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/b/a/baa1e8eb45b50ba65fb1f446fc009d5eea95e7ef.png)

I also haven’t added any location tracking to my project:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/1/f/1faedfa052821586dd5e65afa8c982171f7105e5.png)

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### Author: ![matt\_conroy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/matt_conroy/32/150843_2.png) [@matt\_conroy](https://community.thunkable.com/u/matt_conroy)
#### Post date: [January 14, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/cant-download-to-ios-wants-to-publish-instead/3477550/2 "2025-01-14T19:25:09Z")

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Working with you on a different support channel on this. We’ll need to investigate the issue with the publishing prompt showing when you are attempting to download. I cannot recreate it on any of my apps. Is this happening for any app you attempt to download?

For the Tracking Usage Description, the build log is picking up the following components in your app.  
Screen  
TextInput  
Label  
ButtonTime  
Picker  
DatePicker  
List View  
Layout  
Scroll  
ViewImageLottie  
List Viewer  
Web Viewer  
Grid View  
BackgroundWebView  
Web API  
Alert  
ShareLocation  
SMS  
Tracking Transparency

Share Location is still being picked up, did you previously have any location blocks in your app?