My client is using the iPhone Configuration Utility to install builds on their devices. They are asking me for a separate .app and .mobileprovision file. In xCode 4/4.2 whenever I do a build I get a .ipa file. How do I get xCode to spit out the two separately? I tried unzipping the .ipa and sending the included .app file plus the embedded.mobileprovision file from the .app separately. This didn’t work.
Ideas?
The iPhone Configuration Utility works great with *.ipa files.
The *.mobileprovision file is used to code-sign your application. You can create & download it in your Apple-Developer Member Center (developer.apple.com) at iOS Provisioning Portal -> Provisioning.
In XCode4 you can use the Archive Build (Project -> Archive). Make sure you use “iOS Device” as platform. After the archiving is finished, the Xcode Organizer opens and you can select the mobileprovision file to sign your app & export your app (via “Share”) as an .ipa file.