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Asked: 2026-06-10T05:51:27+00:00

I’ve been reading loads of Apple docs and SO questions lately about this topic,

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I’ve been reading loads of Apple docs and SO questions lately about this topic, and all I can say is that my head is full of concepts like bundle id, app id, certificates… but I’d need your help to clarify.
I have an apple developer certificate, that was used to develop an app for a third party. Several provisioning profiles for ad-hoc distribution were created, in order to let the client testing the app. It was signed with the iOS Wildcard AppID and everything went fine. Now that the day of uploading the app is getting closer, I’d like to change the bundle id. So, first question:

  • If the bundle id is changed, will the client be able to test the app with the same provisioning profile I’ve provided them before?

In order to submit the app, a new record in iTunes Connect must be created. Marketing and sales stuff can be managed from this platform:

  • As the application is for a client, should it be submitted through a client’s apple account? He would create an user with acces to manage applications for me, and I could submit the app signed with a distribution profile created by myself, is this right?

Thanks in advance!!

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  1. Editorial Team

    “If the bundle id is changed, will the client be able to test the app with the same provisioning profile I’ve provided them before?“

    I may be wrong but after using Test Flight, I started to realise, the reason why one can put an app on a device is because the provisioning profile has certain device id marked as part of that “group”. Your provisioning profile is like a group, if your device ID is not part of that group, then you can’t put the app on your device.

    For testing, you should use Test Flight, it allows you to send apple binary over the air (assuming you’ve added your client’s device ID to your provisioning profile and refreshed your provision profiles in Xcode)

    “As the application is for a client, should it be submitted through a client’s apple account?“

    If your client is fine with it being under your own company’s name, then you can submit the app using your Apple ID. Otherwise, he’ll need to probably add you to his iOS developer account.

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