> On May 20, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Alex Zavatone <[email protected]> wrote: > > My god, I figured it out. No idea how though. > > This process is simply hideous. > > The error messages in the edge cases point everywhere except the correct > solution. > > Basically, I was trying to codesign and distribute an ad-hoc app. > > It's amazingly obtuse and even harder than it was 2 years ago due to the > potential paths for failure. > > So nice to see that things are improving for us iOS developers form the tools > side. > > > But we have new animations everywhere as compensation, so we have that. > > > Ugh.
I here ya. One thing that worked for me was trying to use the managed-by-xcode certificates because they seem to update themselves better now, especially for teams. That way you can just choose “Automatic” for provisioning profile and “iOS Developer” or “iOS Distribution” for code signing identity in the project settings or target settings. Also if you go to Xcode->Preferences…->Accounts->View Details and click the reload icon in the lower left, it seems to fix strange problems that the normal fix certificate issue dialog doesn’t. I honestly don’t remember whether Ad-Hoc requires development or distribution certificates, or other trivia like that. I just keep it all in a big notes file and fall back to trying every combination if in doubt. It all reminds me of the time back in the 90s when you used to have to type in a bunch of TCP parameters to connect to your ISP, or fill out a bunch of POP/IMAP info to connect to an email account, when username and password should have sufficed. For provisioning, the only thing that should be needed is a private key (everything else is friction) so I’m hopeful that Apple will come around and axe most of the manual data entry that’s required now. It’s not just Apple’s problem though, because right now the way that keys are managed for things like SSL and SASS APIs and push notifications, or anything that requires server communication is such a convoluted mess that I simply don’t think it’s the way it will be done in the future. Probably what’s going to happen is we’ll get something like OpenID for private communication and you’ll just keep all of your keys in a private wallet like Bitcoin and any protocol that requires more than that single key will be considered antiquated and fall out of fashion. Zack Morris _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Xcode-users mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/xcode-users/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
