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Hello. I’m hoping someone will clear up this confusion for me. In my iOS Provisioning Portal I don’t understand the difference between Development and Distribution Profiles and which one to use when building my iOS app.
My goal is to build a test app only for Ad Hoc use, so it seems to me I should use the Distribution profile when building the app. However when I select that profile it doesn’t match with any Bundle ID I enter. Yet when I enter my Development profile I can basically type in anything and it will let me proceed.
Nowhere in the Development profile indicates ad hoc distribution only, so I’m afraid if I proceed my app will end up being submitted to Apple.
Please help me understand this.
Thanks.
Paul
Hi Paul,
Are you following the steps in next doc? https://www.genuitec.com/mobile/docs/appledigitalsignature/appledigitalsignature.html
Hi Paul
Its not easy to understand, Apple make it so complex its not funny. It is the provisioning profile which determines whether your app is for testing or distribution.
Add your devices you want to test on, then set an app id with a testing name. Then make a new provisioning profile and use the adhoc distribution method as your testing your app.
Don’t worry if you select app store as the distribution method it won’t automatically submit to the app store. You’ve got far more fun to have before that happens. You’ve got to use the Apples application uploader and spend hours filling out online tax forms and contract stuff before you get there. You will need a mac to upload to the app store or use appuploader.com and he will do it for $5.
Once you have your profiles done and downloaded into a file then you can build your app and use the profiles you created to put your app on your testing devices.
I ended up printing off mobiones tutorial and going through it line by line to get my app delivered. Its probably one of the most complex, convoluted procedures i think i’ve ever done on a Computer. Why Apple make it so complex i will never know.
I felt like Keanu Reeve’s against the Matrix. “I know Kung Fu!”
Good luck
Paul
