Separate Provisioning Profiles?

[j9v6]

Hello all,

Are separate provisioning profiles needed for Development and then for Distribution.. or can I just have a single profile that will let me build and test on the simulator and locally connected iPhone, and also let me upload to the App Store with Transporter?

Thanks,
Al.

[jmburnod]

Hi Al,

Are separate provisioning profiles needed for Development

Yes
I dont know for simulator i dont use.
You may have only development profile for test on your devices and 100 other devices (you have to get udid of them and fill devices formular in your account
For testflight or transporter you need a distribution profile.
Best regards
Jean-Marc

[j9v6]

Thanks Jean Marc.

[jmburnod]

I forgot that you have to set the "beta" checkbox to true for testflight and false for Appstore in standalone setting.
Good luck
Jean-Marc

[j9v6]

Thanks for the tip.

I've created a Distribution profile, built my executable for the AppStore, changed the folder name to Payload, Compressed it, renamed the zip to filename.ipa but get stuck with Transporter refusing to upload my app.

I've gone through the lessons several times and still get the same problem:

How to setup a distribution profile
http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4069/l/32 ... le-for-ios

How to submit an app to the AppStore
http://lessons.livecode.com/m/4069/l/33 ... -app-store

The error I get is:

Failed to create the .itmsp for 'Payload.ipa'
No suitable application records were found. Verify
your bundle identifier 'com.xxxxxxxxx.yyyy' is correct.

I've checked and my bundle identifier is the same in LiveCode and in Identifiers in the Developer portal. I spent half a day yesterday going round in circles trying to get it to work. I feel like I'm slowly going out of my mind !

Have I missed a step, or selected something wrong somewhere?????

TIA

Al.

[jmburnod]

It seems that is the creation of your .ipa file. I never used the two ways you describe above.
I use AirLaunch to create my .ipa file with success.
It is a stack developed by Jacqueline you may get it here:
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
Best
Jean-Marc

[j9v6]

Hi Jean-Marc,

Thanks for the information about Jaqueline's plugin.

I don't have any problems testing the app on my iPhone - that works just fine.

I have a problem uploading it to the AppStore. Transporter keeps reporting an error with the Payload.ipa and I can't get any further.

[jmburnod]

I don't have any problems testing the app on my iPhone

Yes, it is not an .ipa file
I think the checking is less tolerant for AppStore.
You may try a testflight upload that seems more tolerant than appstore
Jean-Marc

[jacque]

I forgot that you have to set the "beta" checkbox to true for testflight and false for Appstore in standalone setting.
Good luck
Jean-Marc

That changed recently. I spent 2 days figuring it out. The "beta" checkbox now has to be set for both testflight and distribution. And the error message Apple gives you isn't clear about that at all.

[jacque]

@j9v6: When you do the build, are all the files in the mainstack folder? I was using a custom plist file stored in another folder and got a similar error when trying to submit. If you don't have any files in the Copy Files pane of the standalone settings then this isn't the problem.

[simon.schvartzman]

@j9v6:

"...changed the folder name to Payload, Compressed it, renamed the zip to filename.ipa..."

as far as I understand you have to rename your ziped file to "application.ipa" and not filename.ipa as you said you are doing.

Hope it helps.

[j9v6]

@j9v6: When you do the build, are all the files in the mainstack folder? I was using a custom plist file stored in another folder and got a similar error when trying to submit. If you don't have any files in the Copy Files pane of the standalone settings then this isn't the problem.

Thanks for the tips there. My app is a single LC file with no included modules or libraries. I've not created or modified a plist either, so don't believe that to be the problem. Still stumped at the moment though.

[j9v6]

@j9v6:

"...changed the folder name to Payload, Compressed it, renamed the zip to filename.ipa..."

as far as I understand you have to rename your ziped file to "application.ipa" and not filename.ipa as you said you are doing.

Hope it helps.

Thanks for your message, filename.ipa was actually a typo on my part. The LiveCode lessons tell you to build the stand along application, rename the folder that gets generated to Payload, then compress it and rename the compressed file from Payload.zip to Payload.ipa which is what I've been doing. But sadly (even with the beta check box marked), I still cannot get Transporter to accept my app and still get the .itmsp error

[j9v6]

I forgot that you have to set the "beta" checkbox to true for testflight and false for Appstore in standalone setting.
Good luck
Jean-Marc

That changed recently. I spent 2 days figuring it out. The "beta" checkbox now has to be set for both testflight and distribution. And the error message Apple gives you isn't clear about that at all.

Oh man 2 days! I tried checking the beta tick box, and although my LiveCode builds without an error, Transporter still refuses to upload it. . Got any more tips?

[simon.schvartzman]

@j9v6, hi again

...rename the compressed file from Payload.zip to Payload.ipa...

In my experience it has to be renamed to "application.ipa" and not "Payload.ipa"

I guess it would be worth to try....

Good luck