Opening an .ipa file

Question, I'm just starting to dabble in XCode. I have an app in an .ipa file and wanted to know if there is a way to unzip the ipa so I can look inside the files that created the app?
I tried to do this in X Code and it gives me ( I would think its the developers id screen with the folders inside the payload only)
Is this even possible to open to see inside ( codes )?
RD

Yes a .ipa is nothing more than a zip file.  
Back in the day, way back in 2008 2009 early 2010 et... lol, you had to manually create them for distribution.  
All you need to do is create a folder called "Payload"   (note the capital "P") copy your ios app to it and compress. Then you simply change the extention to .ipa
If you want to include the itunes artwork in the .ipa, copy you art to the same folder as "PayLoad" and rename your artwork file to "iTunesArtWork" then compress and rename .zip to .ipa
It's been quite a while since I had to do it manually, but I think the iTunesArtWork file does not get an extention.  You'll have to try it make sure.

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