I have read the Apple documentation, and many postings on the subject on SO, along with various tutorials, and yet I have to admit I don’t 100% understand what profiles to use when and how, and usually resort to trial and error until I find a combination that works.
However at the moment I’m in the situation that an ad-hoc app (that used to install) via iTunes now no longer does either on my phone or on tester’s phones, though it will install using XCode. The error message on the phone is juts “ZZZ failed to install.”.
I have the following profiles installed in XCode:
1) Ad-hoc distribution profile
2) Team provisioning profile
3) Development profile
4) Apple Push Profile
Some questions:
1) Which profile should I use in the Code Signing Identity section of the Target Build Settings and why?
2) Which profile should I use when distributing an Ad-Hoc Deployment?
I would assume for 2) it should be the Ad-hoc distribution profile? If not what/when should that profile be used?
If the Ad-Hoc distribution profile is used in step 2) then I guess I have to use the Apple Push Profile in step 1)? Otherwise how can I receive APNs?
When then should I be using the other profiles?
A few follow up questions:
3) In what circumstances would or should you set a different code signing identity in the Project to the Target?
4) By default there are 5 sections in the Code Signing Identity (Code Signing Identity, Debug, Debug Any iOS SDK, Release, Release Any iOS SDK). In general should these all be the same? Under what circumstances would or should they be different?
5) What is the Code Signing Entitlements section used for?
I’ve been working with iOS development for quite a while, and would consider myself advanced in many areas, but this one just does my head in.
Many thanks if somebody can demystify this.
1) Development profile, must be generated after APNS profile. You don’t sign bundles with APNS certificate, it is for server. But in you development and ad-hoc profile will be part with info about Push Notifications, so you need to re-creare dev and ad-hoc profiles after changes in APNS settings in provisioning portal. For proper usage of APNS you should read additional materials, like that or any other. If app has no APNS, you can use team provisioning profile with your developer name for debugging as well.
2) Yep, Ad-hoc.
3) If you have more then one target in the project
4) I used development profile as “Debug” (same in “Debug Any iOS SDK”) and ad-Hoc profile as “Release” (same in “Release Any iOS SDK)”.
Welcome to crazy world of app signing!