How Do You Embed a Provisioning Profile in an iOS App
I read in the iOS Enterprise Developer Program docs that a provisioning profile can be embedded with the application.
I am wondering how this is done. Is it simply added to the Payload directory of an IPA, or included in the project directory?
I also wonder whether this technique is generally available for all deployment modes/Programs, or is it just for Enterprise distribution deployments?
Answer
The file should be called embedded.mobileprovision
It should be placed inside the .ipa zip file, in the directory Payload/.app/
XCode's "Build and Archive" then "Share..." functionality automatically adds it (so you can use unzip on the .ipa generated by XCode's share feature to see where the files should go).
I'm unclear exactly which scenarios this is supported in, however it definitely works for adhoc builds when you're installing directly from the web onto the device (ie. using the method described here: http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/featuredarticles/FA_Wireless_Enterprise_App_Distribution/Introduction/Introduction.html )