I'm developing an iOS application and using App Distribution to distribute my test releases to QA Team, I didn't had any problem before, everything was smooth and pretty (estrange considering iOS development hehe)... but recently I face a problem that I can't resolve and I didn't found any documentation about it.
I constantly adds new Testing devices to the project (as the QA team grows) and follow the same steps...
Adds the new account to my tester list in Firebase.
Get the register attempt with the UDID of the new device.
Register the new device UDID in the Apple Developer Console
Distribute a new release of the app through App Distribution.
Install the certificate in the device
And voila, download the new distribution.
But this case is different... because in this iPhone XS Max with the latest iOS version, the download button never appears, and we just can see the following message: "Waiting for developer".
I try a lot of different solutions, redownload and import the Profile, to redistribute the app, create new profiles, force new devices in Fastlane, delete and readd the UDID in developer console... dammit... I create new certificates in my rage hahaha... but the problem persist, anyone face this problem before?
Update
I sent a ticket to Firebase support center, and they told me that the UDID wasn't in the distribution profile, so my solution was recreate the profile, because download and import the ad-hoc profile didn't work.
This issue isn't a Firebase problem, it was a classic issue related to iOS signing hell.
I had the same problem when tried to add device for Firebase Testing.
I made all instructions from Firebase troubleshooting.
If you're installing an Ad Hoc distribution, the Waiting for developer
button appears when the developer hasn't yet configured their app to
run on your test device. To make their app available to you, the
developer must complete the following steps:
Add the test device's UDID in the Apple Developer portal (the UDID is emailed to the developer when you register the device to
Firebase).
Include the device in the app's provisioning profile.
Build the app using the updated provisioning profile.
Distribute the new build using the Firebase console, the CLI, or fastlane.
https://firebase.google.com/docs/app-distribution/troubleshooting?platform=ios#waiting-dev-ios
Than I noticed that all of my provision files (for me it was folder /Users/user/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles) not include UDID of new device. Every file can be previewed if you will choose view mode or right click on it, select "Get Info" and expand "Preview" block. If you will scroll to bottom you will see block "PROVISIONED DEVICES" with codes of your devices.
For me the problem solved when I found files which descriptions had "IOS Team Provisioning Profile: my.bundle.name" and "Developer Profile Name: my.bundle.name" ("Developer Profile Name" is profile name which you see in your Profiles list at https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/profiles/list).
I moved 2 files (which descriptions started from "IOS Team Provisioning Profile: my.bundle.name" and "Developer Profile Name: my.bundle.name") from /Users/user/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles to another folder (I was afraid to lose it and not removed, just moved)
Opened XCode
Selected menu XCode -> Preferences
Selected Accounts
Chose my e-mail account name
Selected MyTeamName and clicked button "Download Manual Profiles"
Selected my Personal Profile and clicked button "Download Manual Profiles"
After it in the folder "Provisioning Profiles" appeared two new provision files and I found the name of my device in the bottom of their descriptions.
Than i cleaned project rebuild app-file and distributed it on test and all worked.
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I have enrolled to Apple Developer Program to release my first app. My app's bundle ID is the same at developer.apple.com, at appstoreconnect.apple.com and in my XCode project. However, XCode still gives the error in "Signing & Capabilities" tab:
Failed to create provisioning profile.
There are no devices registered
in your account on the developer website. Plug in and select a device
to have Xcode register it.
And another error:
No profiles for ‘com.xxx.yyy’ were found
Xcode couldn't find any iOS
App Development provisioning profiles matching ‘com.xxx.yyy’.
First error message made me think that a physical connection to an iPhone is required to create a provisioning profile.
I have never connected a physical device to my Mac before. I made my tests by iOS simulator. I was planning to do my physical device testing via Testflight.
Do I have to physically (via a USB cable) connect an iPhone to my Mac in order to create a provisioning profile? If not, what might be wrong?
Is it required to have provisioning profile in XCode to be able to use Testflight or publish an app to App Store?
Do I have to physically (via a USB cable) connect an iPhone to my Mac in order to create a provisioning profile?
Yes, if you want to use automatic signing. An automatic provisioning profile unites a computer and a device and an app; it says that this computer is allowed to build this app onto this device. Until Xcode sees the device, it can’t create the profile.
The alternative is to switch to manual signing. It’s more work but now you can generate the profiles yourself.
You do NOT need a physical iOS device (iPhone or similar) to upload an app to App Store! Whether for real or TestFlight.
I realize this qn is old now, but I'm writing this for people like me, who stumble in here fighting the same problem... 😏
What you need to upload apps on App Store:
A MacOS machine (not too old)
A paid Apple Developer Account
An app signing certificate from the above account
A provisioning profile, with or without a physical device
When trying to create a new provisioning profile in your Apple Developer Account, the first option is:
iOS App Development
Create a provisioning profile to install development apps on test devices.
See:
If you chose this option, you need a physical device! In fact, the way I understand it, you are supposed to register the UDIDs of ALL the phones and tablets that you want to test your app on...
If, like me, you don't have an iOS device, you can instead chose the last option in the list:
Developer ID
Create a Developer ID provisioning profile to use Apple services with your Developer ID signed applications.
See:
This one only requires an Apple Developer ID!
At the end of your create-provisioning-profile process, you have to download your profile and open it in Finder to install it (in XCode or whatever you're using). In your project, you have to switch from "automatic signing" to "manual signing". In XCode, this is done here:
If, like me, you had already downloaded your app signing certificate and installed it in your KeyChain app, you may run into this error when trying to apply your provisioning profile:
"Provisioning profile 'your profile name' doesn't include signing certificate 'your certificate name'".
The way I solved this error was:
In KeyChain:
Exporting my Apple Developer certificate to a .p12 file.
Deleting my Apple Developer certificates.
Re-importing the exported certificate file to keychain.
In XCode:
Close and re-start XCode
In the "Signing & Capabilities" tab in the project, de-select the newly downloaded profile and then select it again.
Now, it works! 🙂 From there, you should be able to follow any tutorial for uploading an app to App Store.
First this not duplicate of Test iOS app on device without apple developer program or jailbreak
I know it is possible to run app on device using Xcode 7 and free AppleId but i want to achieve this using terminal only Or in other words, Is there any way to generate provisioning profile & certificate using unpaid Apple Id through terminal.
If i will follow mentioned steps then my app installed and run successfully in device but i want to generate IPA using this free certificate and provisioning profile using terminal only.
In Xcode, add your Apple ID to Accounts preferences, described in
Adding Your Apple ID Account in Xcode.
In the project navigator,
select the project and your target to display the project editor.
Click General and choose your name from the Team pop-up menu.
Connect the device to your Mac and choose your device from the
Scheme toolbar menu. Below the Team pop-up menu, click Fix Issue.
Xcode creates a free provisioning profile for you and the warning
text under the Team pop-up menu disappears.
Click the Run button. Xcode installs the app on the device before launching the app.
I am working on some automation task and want to generate and install this signed iPA using unpaid Apple Id through Terminal.
I do not believe this is possible. The challenge is not just extracting the provisioning profile that is created in Xcode. That will not work because Xcode also manages the devices in the profile. So if your devices change, you need Xcode to register the new device and add it to the profile on Apple's servers, before re-downloading it. It also manages the bundle ID.
In theory, if you were to set up the app and all devices in Xcode before grabbing the provisioning profile from ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles, maybe it would work.
If you can successfully get the profile. maybe you can use these instructions to build and install on the device as long as it was set up ahead of time: install application in iphone device through command line
When I try to run an iOS app on real devices it give me the following error, but it works on simulator, also I uploaded test build on TestFlight successfully, I tried to use another bundle identifier but no luck.
The project is built using Swift and using CocoaPods to include Alamofire and other libraries.
Without having all the details it sounds like you need to update your Provisioning Profile for Distribution or Development.
You will first need to go to the Apple Developer portal and login in to your account. Then select "Certificates, Identifiers and Profiles", followed by "Devices". Add your iPhone's name and UDID to the list if it is not there already.
After your device is registered to your account you will need to update the Distribution Profile (to allow devices to open your app through the beta distribution channel of Test Flight) as well as your Development provision profile to allow team members to build and run the app through xcode on their device instead of the simulator.
First select Distribution and click on the preexisting Distribution Profile for your application. Select the edit option and make sure the check mark next to your device is selected. Then generate a new Distribution profile. This will cause a download to automatically occur in your browser window. Once its complete you should click the download and this will automatically add it to xcode.
Now create a new provisioning profile for your application. Add the appropriate App Bundle Id and select your device from the list. Generate the new profile and a download will again be triggered in the browser window. Once the download is complete again click the download which will automatically add the profile to xcode.
Your application should now be able to run on your device when building and running through xcode as well as when it is downloaded from your beta distribution channel.
I'm having trouble with the process. I have got push notifications working for Development. I have read multiple guides and questions, and for some reason - either their guides are deprecated in iOS 8 or my Xcode is bugged - I am having issues with provisioning profiles.
For the purposes of this question, I have generalized most of the terms for privacy concerns.
I'm currently greeted with the bug - Failed to code sign "App". There is a Fix Issue button, but I made sure I did not click that; I'm afraid it'll only complicate my problems.
I've followed the Parse iOS Notifications Guide and configured my app according to the guide. I've done the following:
Requested a certificateSigningRequest from Keychain Access
Created a new App ID in iTunes Connect, with a new bundle identifier. I made sure I went into my info.plist in my app to change and match the new App ID created in iTunes Connect.
Using the new App ID in iTunes Connect, I created the Production SSL Certificate.
Installed it to my KeyChain Access, and exported it to upload to Parse.
Next, I deal with the Provision profile. Once again, I went in iTunes Connect, created a new provisioning profile, made sure to link the correct bundle ID with it, and downloaded it.
Here comes the part that may have fudged up the process. In the Parse Notifications Guide, they instructed users to double click the downloaded file - in my case, it was called "AdHocDistribution.mobileprovisioning", which will install itself into Xcode.
Download the generated provisioning profile from the next screen by selecting the "Download" button.
Install the profile by double-clicking on the downloaded file.
This should open Xcode's Organizer in the Devices pane. Your new provisioning profile should appear in the Provisioning Profiles section of your Library. Make sure that the status for this profile is "Valid profile". If the profile is invalid, make sure that your developer certificate is installed in your Keychain.
Double clicking the mobileprovisioning file did not lead to any discernable feedback telling me that it was installed.
Finally, I modified the code signing fields in my project and target's build settings to match the one I downloaded.
Finally, I try running the app, and the error popped up. Please help!
Create a provisioning profile of the application using ADHOC from dev account.Download and control drag it to Xcode, Under provisioning profile in your screenshot select that.
Do the same for Target and project and you will be good to go!
P.S. also select the Team as your dev account
Please follow the following steps..
Check all your targets's Code signing Section. Like Project and Test Target.
Check the project "identifier" in all your .Plist file.
Add the account in Xcode Account section, by choose from :
XCode-> Preference - > Account -> click on +sign and add your apple developer account.
Hope it will help you.
I'm confused as to how to add a provisioning profile to a new device. So I'm using Xcode 4.3.2, and TestFlight. I was given a pre-existing project and a team license via the company I'm helping out. The provisioning profile on developer.apple.com had certain devices already set up. So I added all these devices as testers to TestFlight, sent out an archived build, no problems, worked fine.
Now, one of the testers wants to try out testing on an iPad. So, I sent them an invite via TestFlight, and their device automatically registered on TestFlight. I see their UDID, and device, etc. However, their device is listed under "Teammates Devices Not On This Profile". So, I followed the prompts, exported the missing UDID to a file, and uploaded the file to the Provisioning Portal. I see the iPad now under "Devices" in the Provisioning Portal, however it is listed with 0 profiles associated. How to I associate the provisioning portal of this app with the iPad? Is there some simple step I'm missing? Keep in mind this iPad is in a foreign location, so I have no control over it. I need to tell them what they need to do (or automate it myself). Please help!
You need to add the device to the provisioning profile. Then, build the project again using the updated provisioning profile. And upload that build to test flight.
Or, I believe TestFlight has a new feature that allows you to simply update the build with the new profile without having to create a new build.