iOS Application Deployment Preparation to an iOS Device during Development

To limit who can install an iOS application on an iOS device during development, prepare the following 3 artifacts

• Certificate signing request (CSR)
  • A request to generate a development certificate to identify a developer
• Development certificate
  • Installed into a computer's keychain
  • Use to sign the iOS application
  • Otherwise a target built to a iOS device will fail
• Provisioning profile
  • To install an iOS app signed with a development certificate, a valid provisioning profile must exist on the device

Detail steps:

• Sign up for the Apple Developer Program - Standard Program cost $99
• Obtain the Device Id
  • Connect your device to a Mac and start Xcode
  • Select Window -> Organizer
  • Select the Device Tag
  • Select your device and locate the device identifier
• Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
  • On the Mac's Launch Pad, select Utilities -> Keychain access
  • Select Keychain Access -> Certificate Assistant -> Request a Certificate from a Certificate Authority ...
  • Select Saved to disk
• Generate the Developer Certificate and Provisioning Profile
  • Login to the Apple iOS provisioning portal
  • Select Launch Assistant to create the Development certificate & Provisioning Profile
  • Enter the name of the application, the device Id & the CSR file when asked
  • Tips: use the email addresses as the device name for the provisioning profile
  • Download the Provisioning Profile when asked
  • Connect the device onto a Mac
  • Drag and drop the downloaded Provisioning profile onto Xcode in the Dock to install the profile on the device
  • Back to the iOS Provisioning Portal page to download the developer certificate
  • Double-click on the downloaded certificate to install it into a keychain
• Install Application on to the Device
  • Back to Xcode
  • Select the correct device on top left
  • Hit run

Developer Certificate only need to be done once

To download an existing provisioning profile onto a device

• Add the new device Id onto the existing provisioning profile in the iOS Provisioning Portal
• Install the provisioning profile using Xcode
  • Select Window > Organizer
  • Select Devices
  • Select Provisioning Profiles
  • Select the Automatic Device Provisioning
  • Plug in the device
  • Select device & "Use for Development"
• Or download the profile, and install it in the devices organizer by dragging it to Xcode in the Dock

Archive, Share & Submit iOS Application

Select the build target and make sure the skip Install setting is Yes in the Release build configuration

Archive an iOS application

• In Xcode, select Product -> Edit Scheme
• Select Archive.
• Choose a build configuration
• Select Product -> Archive

Share an archive

• In Xcode, select Window -> Organizer
• Select Archive
• Select the application archive to share and click Share
• Specify the archive saving location
• Send the shared archive to the requester

Install iOS application from an archive

• Double-click the application archive
• It opens in the iTunes Applications list
• Sync your device with iTunes

Submit iOS application to Apple iTune Connect for testing & publishing

• Create a distribution provisioning profile in the iOS Provisional Portal
  • Distribution method: App Store
  • Profile name: <Application_Name> Distribution Profile
• Download the distribution profile and install it in the devices organizer
  • Drag the file to the Provisioning Profiles list in the Library section of the devices organizer
• Submit the iOS application
  • In the archives organizer, select the application archive and click Validate