I have multiple applications in my Appstore, now my distribution certificate is going to expire within 3 days. How can I renew the same? Do I need to create new certificate or do we have any option to renew the same?
If the distribution certificate get expired that's not going to affect your already publish apps on the App Store.
And possible you can not renew the certificate all you need to do is revoke the certificate and then create a new one. And all the App Store submission will be done using this new certificate.
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I got this mail from Apple.
Your iOS Distribution Certificate will no longer be valid in 30 days. To generate a new certificate, sign in and visit Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles.
I get some information from StackOverFlow but I want to know what I need to do if I modify my existing app. Will I able to update in future the same app with new certificate and new profile. Is that I need to revoke and generate the new certificate. Thanks for your help and comments.
As per new updates, you don't need to renew the certificate as a separate action. The renewal is based on the expiration of the Apple developer account. By taking the action of renewing your membership, this will automatically renew your certificates.
It is just a reminder of the certificate that is going to be expired very soon in future.
I want to know what I need to do if I modify my existing app. Will I able to update in future the same app with new certificate and new profile.
Yes, You can always able to create new certificates (Some has limitation to create) and use these certificate to generate new mobile provisioning profile or regenerate mobile provisioning profile using the new certificates.
Using old certificate (Expired) you can not able to run build on device and not able to publish app on App Store.
The new certificate will not affect on your app. In simple words, certificates are being used to run app on device, publish app on App Store, push notification, etc.
I have an Apple Enterprise membership and develop apps for In-House distribution.
I don't understand in which cases I need to rebuild my apps because of expired certificates and/or provisioning profiles.
Do I need to rebuild the App when the distribution certificate expires?
Do I need to rebuild the App when the provisioning profile expires?
Does the provisioning profile expire/become invalid when the included certificate expires?
Whether you need to rebuild when the provisioning profile expires depends on how you are distributing your apps.
If you are following best practice and using an MDM to distribute your apps then you can distribute a new provisioning profile when the old one expires.
If you are using some other distribution method (such as a plain web server) then you will need to rebuild your apps when the provisioning profile expires.
Regardless of the distribution method you need to build a new version and update the installed apps when the distribution certificate expires.
If the distribution certificate expires then the app will stop working, even if the provisioning profile is still valid.
You need to update the app with a new version, signed with the new distribution certificate before the old one expires.
This WWDC session has a good explanation of the process.
My app is already in Apple Store. Now my distribution certificate is expired. I know my app in Apple Store will continue running, but my questions are:
If now I have a bug fix in my app, does it mean I am not able to submit the updated app to Apple Store since my distribution certificate expired?
If I renew the distribution certificate, my understanding is that it is identical as revoke the distribution certificate and create a new distribution certificate, am I right?
If the answer to my 2nd question is "Yes", does it mean in future when I see my distribution certificate is expiring soon, I just revoke it and create a new one for existing app in Apple Store, am I right?
When you upload your app to iTunesConnect, Apple resigns your binary with their own certificate. This means that your distribution certificate is not used in the App Store. That said...
You can submit a bug fix, just recreate your certificate in the developer portal
I am unsure about this. Renew could simply be revoke+create in a single step.
You can do that, but it really doesn't matter. You only need your distribution cert to submit to the App Store. This means your distribution cert could be expired for a long time during development of bug fixes and you can just recreate one to submit to the App Store.
Today, I realized that My Distribution Certificate has expired and cannot see any certificate under distribution anymore.
Also AppStore provisioning profile is expired but still there. When I want to edit it, of course i need to create a new distribution certificate.
So the question is, will I be able to update my existing App with new certificate?
Thanks
when your certificates is expired making following scenario:
1.When your certificate expires, it simply disappears from the Certificates, Identifier & Profiles section of Member Center. There is no Renew button that allows you to renew your certificate.You can revoke a certificate and generate a new one before it expires. Or you can wait for it to expire and disappear, then generate a new certificate.
2.When your development or distribution certificate expires, remove it and request a new certificate in Xcode.
3.When your certificate expires or is revoked, any provisioning profile that made use of the expired/revoked certificate will be reflected as ‘Invalid’. You cannot build and sign any app using these invalid provisioning profiles. As you can imagine, I'd rather revoke and regenerate a certificate before it expires.
4.Apps that are already on the App Store continue to function fine. Again, in
Important: Re-creating your development or distribution certificates doesn’t affect apps that you’ve submitted to the store nor does it affect your ability to update them.
I have an app at the appstore.
Now I want to switch developers.
If the old developer won't give me the private key for the distribution certificate, what are my options?
If I revoke my existing distribution certificate and create a new one, I understand that my existing app in the store cannot be updated.
On the other hand, if I wait until my current distribution certificate expires, then create a new one, then my app at the store should be updatable?
Please whoever can clarify this issue will be blessed!
You will be fine with revoking your distribution certificate and making a new one. You can still update an existing app after doing this.
Relevant info:
Lost Private Key For iPhone Distribution Certificate. What could be solutions?
If I revoke an existing distribution certificate, will it mess up anything with existing apps?