diff --git a/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
index 30fcefc11..1768109a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bindings_ci.yml
@@ -161,9 +161,6 @@ jobs:
           # keep in sync with uniffi dependency in Cargo.toml's
           args: uniffi_bindgen --version ^0.18
 
-      - name: Generate .xcframework
-        run: sh bindings/apple/debug_build_xcframework.sh ci
-
       - name: Run XCTests
         run: |
           xcodebuild test \
diff --git a/bindings/apple/MatrixRustSDK.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/MatrixRustSDK.xcscheme b/bindings/apple/MatrixRustSDK.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/MatrixRustSDK.xcscheme
index 6644a0efe..9d3179964 100644
--- a/bindings/apple/MatrixRustSDK.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/MatrixRustSDK.xcscheme
+++ b/bindings/apple/MatrixRustSDK.xcodeproj/xcshareddata/xcschemes/MatrixRustSDK.xcscheme
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Scheme
    LastUpgradeVersion = "1320"
-   version = "1.3">
+   version = "1.7">
    <BuildAction
       parallelizeBuildables = "YES"
       buildImplicitDependencies = "YES">
+      <PreActions>
+         <ExecutionAction
+            ActionType = "Xcode.IDEStandardExecutionActionsCore.ExecutionActionType.ShellScriptAction">
+            <ActionContent
+               title = "Run Script"
+               scriptText = "PATH=~/.cargo/bin:${PATH}&#10;echo $ARCHS&#10;sh $PROJECT_DIR/debug_build_xcframework.sh &quot;$ARCHS&quot; CI&#10;">
+               <EnvironmentBuildable>
+                  <BuildableReference
+                     BuildableIdentifier = "primary"
+                     BlueprintIdentifier = "18CE89D327B2939900CA89E1"
+                     BuildableName = "MatrixRustSDK.app"
+                     BlueprintName = "MatrixRustSDK"
+                     ReferencedContainer = "container:MatrixRustSDK.xcodeproj">
+                  </BuildableReference>
+               </EnvironmentBuildable>
+            </ActionContent>
+         </ExecutionAction>
+      </PreActions>
       <BuildActionEntries>
          <BuildActionEntry
             buildForTesting = "YES"
@@ -38,16 +56,6 @@
                ReferencedContainer = "container:MatrixRustSDK.xcodeproj">
             </BuildableReference>
          </TestableReference>
-         <TestableReference
-            skipped = "NO">
-            <BuildableReference
-               BuildableIdentifier = "primary"
-               BlueprintIdentifier = "18CE89ED27B2939A00CA89E1"
-               BuildableName = "MatrixRustSDKUITests.xctest"
-               BlueprintName = "MatrixRustSDKUITests"
-               ReferencedContainer = "container:MatrixRustSDK.xcodeproj">
-            </BuildableReference>
-         </TestableReference>
       </Testables>
    </TestAction>
    <LaunchAction
diff --git a/bindings/apple/debug_build_xcframework.sh b/bindings/apple/debug_build_xcframework.sh
index 9639b74a0..10d7e0731 100755
--- a/bindings/apple/debug_build_xcframework.sh
+++ b/bindings/apple/debug_build_xcframework.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,23 @@ set -eEu
 cd "$(dirname "$0")"
 
 IS_CI=false
+ACTIVE_ARCH="arm64"
 
-if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
-  IS_CI=true
+if [ $# -eq 2 ]; then
   echo "Running CI build"
+  IS_CI=true
+  ARCHS=( $1 )
+  ACTIVE_ARCH=${ARCHS[1]}
+elif [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
+  echo "Running debug build"
+  ARCHS=( $1 )
+  ACTIVE_ARCH=${ARCHS[0]}
 else
   echo "Running debug build"
 fi
 
+echo "Active architecture ${ACTIVE_ARCH}"
+
 # Path to the repo root
 SRC_ROOT=../..
 
@@ -23,14 +32,22 @@ mkdir -p ${GENERATED_DIR}
 REL_FLAG=""
 REL_TYPE_DIR="debug"
 
-# iOS Simulator
-cargo +nightly build -p matrix-sdk-ffi ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-ios-sim"
-cargo +nightly build -p matrix-sdk-ffi ${REL_FLAG} --target "x86_64-apple-ios"
+# iOS Simulator arm64
+if [ "$ACTIVE_ARCH" = "arm64" ]; then
+  cargo +nightly build -p matrix-sdk-ffi ${REL_FLAG} --target "aarch64-apple-ios-sim"
 
-lipo -create \
-  "${TARGET_DIR}/x86_64-apple-ios/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi.a" \
-  "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios-sim/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi.a" \
-  -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi_iossimulator.a"
+  lipo -create \
+    "${TARGET_DIR}/aarch64-apple-ios-sim/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi.a" \
+    -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi_iossimulator.a"
+
+# iOS Simulator intel
+else 
+  cargo +nightly build -p matrix-sdk-ffi ${REL_FLAG} --target "x86_64-apple-ios"
+
+  lipo -create \
+    "${TARGET_DIR}/x86_64-apple-ios/${REL_TYPE_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi.a" \
+    -output "${GENERATED_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi_iossimulator.a"
+fi
 
 # Generate uniffi files
 uniffi-bindgen generate "${SRC_ROOT}/bindings/matrix-sdk-ffi/src/api.udl" --language swift --out-dir ${GENERATED_DIR}
@@ -60,8 +77,8 @@ xcodebuild -create-xcframework \
 
 # Cleanup
 
-# if [ -f "${GENERATED_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi_iossimulator.a" ]; then rm -rf "${GENERATED_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi_iossimulator.a"; fi
-# if [ -d ${HEADERS_DIR} ]; then rm -rf ${HEADERS_DIR}; fi
+if [ -f "${GENERATED_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi_iossimulator.a" ]; then rm -rf "${GENERATED_DIR}/libmatrix_sdk_ffi_iossimulator.a"; fi
+if [ -d ${HEADERS_DIR} ]; then rm -rf ${HEADERS_DIR}; fi
 
 if [ "$IS_CI" = false ] ; then
   echo "Preparing matrix-rust-components-swift"