What happens if I renew my iOS membership few days late? I know that Apple will deny "my ability to distribute applications on the App Store and your access to the iPhone Developer Program Portal." and that all my existing certificates and provisioning profiles will be revoked and invalidated. BUT, what will happen if I renew few days after that? I did not get any emails from Apple about renewal and I just found out that today is the last day to renew. Since I am from Croatia I can not pay with my credit card online, I have to send a fax. I don't think that Apple will send me a renewal code immediately and I just want to know what will happen when I renew it? Will I still have my existing apps? Will I lose anything? Thank you.
To answer my own question. I renewed my iOS membership one day later than the due date. All my apps were "unavailable for purchase". Customers contacted me with questions why is my app in appstore if it says that it is unavailable for purchase. Everything went to normal the day that my membership was renewed. All my apps were still there and they became available for purchase again. So, it looks that it is not so much of a problem if someone is late a few days with iOS membership renewal.
Related
I would like renew my annual developer account.
It was not set to automatic renew. But there was still no renew button. So i updated my credit card information and filled out that weird new "survey". Still no renew button.
So i turned on automatic renew. It then said that the renew date would be 16. January (it was 15. January when i did it). But now nothing happened. It now says renew date is 30. January 2023. But there is no way i can wait that long. Apps we are using are not working anymore.
So how can i just give Apple my money and renew my membership now?
Tried enabling auto renew. Switching on and off.
The quickest way to renew your membership is to contact Apple's developer support team. They will be able to help you renew your account and resolve any issues you may be having. You can reach them by visiting the Apple website's developer support page or by emailing developer#apple.com
So, my first App is on the AppStore for almost a year now. I started receiving notices from Apple that my iOS Distribution Certificate will expire in 30 days time. That's fine — they expire.
But, the email says to go to Certificates, Provisioning and Identities to renew — only there is nothing there that specifically guides me through such a process that I can see — and it's a very clean, spartan portal so I imagine I would see something especially if I was directed to go there specifically for this reason.
As I've never renewed a certificate, I wonder if anyone might be able to guide me through the process? There seems to be no clear answer.
My concern is that the expired certificate would somehow break the App currently in the store? (I don't know that it will, or will not — but I'm not excited to find out in real time.)
Am I meant to create a new certificate in Xcode? Does it need to be somehow applied to the current version of the App, or the one in the App Store, meaning I may need to publish a new version of the App for hygiene?
Any pointers or help are greatly appreciated.
Julian
If your Apple Developer Program membership is valid, your existing apps on the App Store will not be affected. However, you will no longer be able to upload new apps or updates signed with the expired or revoked certificate to the App Store.
https://developer.apple.com/support/certificates/
For updating the app you need to generate new certificate.
I've created an app that I'm using for research for general data collection/exporting. As of right now I have to reinstall the app every 7 days or so because the certificate it's signed with becomes invalid and it crashes on startup. From what I can tell the only way to achieve this is to buy a developer license. I just wanted to make sure there was no other way.
You’ll have to sign up for a paid Apple Developer account. Then your apps can be tested for a year before having to be reloaded, you have access to more in-app capabilities and can submit apps to the App Store. Hope this helps.
I submitted an app to the iOS store about 2-3 years ago. This was back when iOS 6 was still around. My Apple Developer account has been inactive since ($99 / year fee, bah!). When I attempt to log into my account, I can't seem to access iTunes connect even though I was the primary developer for my apps.
I'm wondering about if it is still possible to get access my apps without paying the $99 enrollment fee again?
Might there be a repo somewhere that I can access my uploaded files I sent over to Apple?
The answer is No. You can't access the applications that submitted.
Your submitted applications will disappear from the app store within a short period time after expiring your Apple developer account.
The glad news is, if you renew your membership later, you can see your apps in the App Store within 24 hours. That means, you do not want to resubmit them.
Please read the Developer.Apple section about the program-renewals.
Currently, I can not use my devices in Xcode. When I checked my keychain, i saw that this certificate has expired, and I can't download it from member center but my certificate expire date is about next month. Is it a usual thing? Did anyone have such situation before? I renewed my developer certificate and waiting for activation e-mail from Apple for two days. I could not find enough information about it.
Thanks
You will need to renew your developer certificate. The answers here will be able to guide you through the process.
Apple take its own time to renew your Apple developer a/c and probably its two days as it verifies your payment etc first. At present the Apple developer site is down and up for maintenance. May be this is the reason why you are not able to get any info about it.
Regards
Rajeev