Xcode 6 - How to pick signing certificate/provisioning profile for Ad-Hoc distribution?

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Legoless picture Legoless · Jul 31, 2014 · Viewed 95.2k times · Source

To distribute the app to our testers we use Xcode, which we do using the following process:

  • Archive application
  • Distribute for Ad-Hoc
  • Choose provisioning profile
  • Save the .ipa to a folder

But with Xcode 6, this workflow was changed a bit. I can still select the Ad-Hoc distribution option, but I cannot select the provisioning profile I want. This gives us no control over which signing certificate is used and the provisioning profile configuration (we use push notifications).

By default iPhone distribution signing identity is used and some kind of XC Ad Hoc provisioning profile is generated, which can be seen on image below:Exporting IPA If you click the arrow near provisioning profile, it opens the folder with provisioning profiles.

So my question is:

Is there any way in Xcode 6 to select the provisioning profile used with Ad Hoc distribution?

Thanks!

Answer

Aqib Mumtaz picture Aqib Mumtaz · Oct 10, 2014

I was facing same issue, resolved using command line "xcodebuild" tool script, which is preinstalled with Xcode 6 (didn't need to re-install Xcode 5).

http://www.thecave.com/2014/09/16/using-xcodebuild-to-export-a-ipa-from-an-archive/

Script in terminal:

xcodebuild -exportArchive -archivePath $projectname.xcarchive -exportPath $projectname -exportFormat ipa -exportProvisioningProfile 'Provisioning Profile Name'

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