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
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