I had created a provisioning profile for the app using Xcode(I have not joined developer program but I have an apple account).Now I want to revoke the provisioning profile (not just deleting it). But I'm not finding any provision to revoke the account in Xcode as well as Member center.
In Xcode 8, you can now set Xcode to automatically manage provisioning profiles, by checking the box in General Tab, this should fix any provisioning profile issues you may be having.
If you have created the provisioning profile using user account i.e. you don't have an apple developer account, then you have to run the app using new bundle ID so that your old Id gets revoked. Try chaing your bundle ID 3-4 times so that your old ID gets revoked. If you have used developer account you can visit developer site and manually revoke it.
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I am having a problem with distributing an app using Fabric. I don't understand what is happening.
On Xcode General tab:
- The name of the team is correct "My Company Name"
- The provisioning profile is correct, it matches the correct bundle ID
I am able to distribute it with Fabric without a problem with this provisioning profile and bundle id
However when I login to my company's Apple Dev account( I am a member) the provisioning profile is not there so I can't add the UDID of a new user. I can see all the other provisioning profiles for my company.
This app is for a client of my company. It's possible that the app is under their account I guess but it doesn't make sense to me as in Xcode the provisioning profile shows that it is signed by my company.
If I go to Xcode -> Preferences -> Account I actually see an account for the client. I guess that means that I had their credentials at some point(I have no recollection of that) but again... the current provisioning profile is signed with my company's name, not the client's. And if I use the client's account on Xcode it asks me to change the bundle id because it's already taken.
I am confused. What could be happening?
The problem was that the app was using a Xcode Managed Profile, that's why the Provisioning profile wasn't listed in the Apple Dev Portal.
The solution is to add the udid's to the Apple Dev Portal and re-download all the Provisioning Profiles.
I hope you can help me with this...
Situation: Regenerating a provisioning profile but still using the same developer certificates and app id:
What would happen to the app using the previous provisioning profile installed to users' device when the provisioning profile is regenerated in Apple Developer Center? Would the app still behave normally or no longer run?
If the app with the regenerated provisioning profile is being installed to a device where the app with the previous provisioning profile is already installed, would it be considered as an update or new install?
Thank you in advance!
As of questions #1, the app will work normally as long as:
The old provision profile has not yet expired.
The device UDID is included in the provision profile (relevant only
for developer certificate)
As of question #2:
As long as both apps has the same bundle ID it will be considered as
an update.
If both apps does not have the same Bundle ID, it will be considered
as a new install.
If the old app was deleted before installing the new one, it will be
considered as a new install.
If provisioning file is regenerated for same certificates i.e.., same bundle Id then it will be considered as an newly signed identity rather than an update. But if you revoke the certificates then the previous apps built with existing certificate will stop irrespective of provisioning files regenerated.The above situation applies only for Enterprise builds and not for Ad-Hoc builds.
I have created a totally new TestFlight account, when I add the build to the account I see 79 users under TestFlight Users In The Provisioning Profile. The problem is that I have built the application using an ADHoc provisioning profile that contains just 3 devices, so why I'm seeing the full list of devices that I've registered with the Apple Developer Portal and not just the device that are available in the Provisioning profile (as stated by the sentence TestFlight Users In The Provisioning Profile) ?
I occasionally run into this problem and get it working again after trying a few things.
Restart Xcode. (It's amazing how often that solves the problem.)
Make sure that you are bundling the correct provisioning profile with the app when archiving and exporting. If you're using Xcode 6, the process has been changed a bit and you might be including the wrong profile. (Look in your Build Settings and then also look at the details on each screen as you are exporting the archive.)
Try re-generating your provisioning profile.
Make sure you have refreshed your account in Xcode so that it has the latest provisioning profile.
If those don't work, try creating a new signing certificate and generating your profile with that.
Then refresh your account in Xcode again.
If that's still not working, try removing your account from Xcode completely, restarting Xcode, and adding your account again.
Those are some of the tricks I use to get things working again. Maybe there is a more definitive answer out there.
I have also face the same problem.
This is because the provisioning profile you create from apple developer account.
Have that 79 devices register with that apple developer account.
Please check that account once.
I have a strange issue.
I have a distribution certificate for my app in my developer portal with two App IDs (one wildcard and one explicit) and I've had to adjust the app ID to include the iCloud entitlements because I'm working on an update (iOS 7 only) with iCloud support.
I'm now ready to distribute and so I created a new provisioning profile in the developer portal with that certificate. As soon as it's added to Xcode, it shows up as "invalid" in the Developer Portal.
If I archive and validate my app before the app distribution in Xcode, and use my Apple ID and this provisioning profile, it says "it passed without any errors".
I'm extremely nervous about uploading this to Apple because it doesn't make sense to me.
The other provisioning profiles I have in the developer portal are the iOS Team Provisioning Profile (managed by Xcode).
I've got the entitlements in Xcode and my app works in development with iCloud, but I really want to distribute this.
If I add in more distribution profiles, as soon as it's added to Xcode, it shows up as invalid in the developer portal member centre. That's with using the explicit App ID. If I create one using the wildcard ID, it remains active, but I've read on the Apple documentation that for iCloud, you have to use an explicit App ID.
I have managed to solve this, thankfully.
I contacted the Apple Developer Support team by phone with this (without having to create a new support request and have that take a while) and was sent the following link:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/MaintainingCertificates/MaintainingCertificates.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40012582-CH31-SW34
The specific header is "Re-Creating Certificates and Updating Related Provisioning Profiles”,
basically went through and revoked all of my certificates in the portal and removed the certificate and private key in the keychain access. From there, I removed all of my provisioning profiles as well.
Within Xcode on the accounts section, I got a popup asking if the development and distribution certificates should be generated. I said YES and it did it. In the developer portal, I now had two certificates. I created a developer profile and tested my app; it worked. I then created a distribution certificate and added it to Xcode. After refreshing the portal, it still showed active. I archived and validated my app, with no issues and then uploaded. The new distribution profile is still active.
This was great and I'm happy to have this resolved.
I'm looking to add a new device to a provisioning profile for an app I'm developing. My concern is that there are already a few devices outside our office running a test build that was installed using an existing version of the provisioning profile.
If I update the the provisioning profile to include the new devices, will the provisioning profile on the existing devices become invalid and stop that existing version of the app from running properly?
No, the old provisioning profile(s) will remain valid. The only way for an app to expire is if the development certificate used to sign the code/profile is revoked or expires.