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Apple’s Development Console explained (Part 2)

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Creating a certificate First we need to decide what kind of certificate we need, In this tutorial I will explain only the Distribution certificate, the others has just about the same basic setup. NOTE: if you don’t know the meaning of having a Certificate please start by reading my previous article that explains it.  LINK Generate a “certSigningRequest” file Step 1 —  open the “Keychain Access” app, then on to top menu tap on Keychain Access => Certificate Assistant => Request a Certificate From a Certificate Authority… Keychain Settings Step 2 —  fill in your email and name, check the “Saved to disk” option, tap on continue and save the file on your desktop. proceed to Step 3 Step 3 —  On the web, Login to your Apple developers console, and navigate to the certificates page. Tap the blue plus button (+) Step4  — Follow the following quick steps- Choose iOS Distribution, Tap Continue, Choose your previously created file from your desktop, Ta
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Apple’s Development Console explained

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Recently I’ve been asked to explain what is a development certificate, and why do we need a Provision file ?! And also what the hell is an Identifier ??? So in the next few minutes I will try to explain as simple as I can, all of the terms that Apple use in the Developers Console. Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles Snapshot Certificates Certificate is like a contract between your development machine (your shiny new MacBook Pro) and Apple Developers console, for example the basic certificate is in order to certify so that  You  and your machine are eligible to develop apps. Anyone can develop apps without having a certificate ?!  — Yes, that’s true, but without the certificate you actually can’t sign and submit your app to the Apple Store. There are also different types of certificates to use, for example Push Notifications Certificate is for the server side of the Pushing and more. Creating a Certificate Tutorial Identifiers (previously App ID) Identifier
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