Create a team configuration file

Create a team configuration file

Xcode creates the necessary signature identities and configuration files. Specifically, Xcode creates a team profile that allows your app to execute on your device.

If you only allow the app sandbox, you don't have to use a development profile to manage your team profiles with Xcode, making it easier and less prone to error.

About Team configuration files

Provisioning is the process of preparing and configuring an application to start and use application services on a device. During the development process, you can choose which device to run your iOS app and which device can access the app service. A provisioning profile is downloaded from within the Member center and embedded in the app package, and the entire package is identified by code. The embedded provisioning profile is installed in the system before the app is launched. If the information section within the provisioning profile matches certain criteria, then the app will not start. You can use Xcode to indirectly configure provisioning profile.

To save you time, Xcode creates and manages provisioning profile, which is known as Team provisioning profile. It allows all your apps to be labeled to run on other devices that are all team members. For individuals, Team Rovisioning profile allows you to develop apps that run on any of your devices. Xcode can also configure each step individually for each app service. Xcode simplifies this process by helping you understand code signing and provisioning assets, and knowing where they "live"

Xcode creates a team rovisioning profile and the necessary components in the Member Center. If it is lost, Xcode requests a development certificate. Develop certificate terminology to identify developers. A device must be registered to create a provisioning profile, so Xcode may ask you to connect to an iOS device. For Mac App,xcode will automatically register your Mac development machine

Xcode creates an app ID to match your bundle ID, a unique identifier to store the app bundle. An app ID is used to identify one or more apps. An app ID is compared to the app's bundle ID to determine if it matches. It can be an explicit app ID to match a single app, or an app ID wildcard to match multiple apps. Xcode initially creates a generic app ID and creates an explicit app ID if necessary. For example, if you allow an app service, then it needs an explicit app Id,xcode to create and use an explicit app ID in team provisioning profile. So you may have a team provisioning profile for all apps or for multiple app-specific team provisioning profiles.

You use a signed identity to identify your app. When Xcode requests your development certificate, the certificate uses its public key and the private key in your keychain to sign the app. Without this private key, you won't be able to identify it with code

Set Bundle ID

The bundle ID cannot be changed after the app is available in the store. Verify now and change it if necessary.

The App Store and service are used for bundle IDs to uniquely identify a single app. Bundle ID string when reverse DNS format. Create a default bundle Id,xcode for a new project to connect the company ID and product name, for example, com.example.louislam.MyFirstApp. Bundle IDs are case-sensitive. You might prefer to use the lowercase bundle ID.

If you need to change the bundle ID, you can replace the company ID, which is the bundle ID prefix. Alternatively, you can either replace it in the Info.plist file or replace it directly in the project information editing panel, and let's change the prefix of the bundle ID in Xcode

1. Open the Project Navigation interface

2. Select the target

3. Click on the General tab on the right.

4. Replace the bundle ID prefix in the bundle Identifier field

Assign your app to a team

You can use the same Apple ID to join multiple teams, for example, you can register as an individual and later join another team.

Assign a Xcode project to a team

1. In the Project Navigator, select the target, then click on the right

2. Under the Signig tab, select the Mac APP store to use as an identity type.

3. Choose your team

If you are a personal developer, you can choose your name

If you have a device that is connected or previously enrolled. The warning message under the pop-up menu may change.

Create a team configuration file

Xcode in order to save your time, you can create a team profile on your behalf by performing multiple steps (provisioning profiles). For example, Xcode automatically registers your device and requests a developer certificate, both of which need to create a team profile. When you click Fix Issue this button, Xcode performs these steps. Xcode can also perform these steps in Accounts preferences when you assign a team to your project or refresh the configuration file. If there is no warning message and the Fix issue button appears below the Team pop-up menu, Xcode has created the team profile and you can skip this paragraph. Team members note: A team broker or administrator needs to create a team profile for a delegation team member. A team broker or administrator also wants to enroll team members ' devices and approve their development certificates. If you are a member of a team, you can skip this section and you just need to take the device ID to your team broker or administrator and ask them for your developer certificate. Wait for a team broker or administrator to create a team profile, and then refresh the configuration file.

The next step is to create a team profile:

1. In the Project Navigator, select the target, then click General on the right and click on the Yellow small triangle

2. For iOS app, connect an iOS device for development, this iOS device needs to be connected to your Mac and qualified to register. If you can select it from the Scheme pop-up menu, it means that it is eligible

If your iOS device is not eligible, please resolve this issue before proceeding. For example, if the device does not match the deployment target, upgrade the iOS version or select the target version you want to deploy, you can find it in the Deployment info field of the deployment target pop-up menu, and then select the iOS device from the scheme pop-up menu

3. Select your team in the Team pop-up menu if necessary

For Mac apps. Mac APP store must be selected

4. If the Fix issue button appears under the Team pop-up menu, you need to click this button

Xcode starts all the steps to create a team configuration file

When Xcode finishes executing all the steps to create a team profile. Xcode may request your developer certificate. If Xcode has successfully created a team profile, this warning message will not appear. The following is the case where the team profile was successfully created

Export your Signature ID

After you create a team profile, you can export your signature ID to back up your private key. Xcode exports all the signature identities and configuration files to a file. The signature ID includes your public key and private key. You can import this file from another Mac and then continue to sign your app. You can download your profile in the Member Center, you are primarily exporting your assets and backing up your private key. Because your signature logo is displayed in the App Store certificate, this file is encrypted and stored in a safe place. If you remove the private key from the keychain, you'll lose the backup file and you'll need to recreate the certificate.

To export a signed identity:

1. Choose Xcode > Preferences

2. At the top of the window, click Accounts

3. Click the action button in the lower left corner

4. In the pop-up menu, select Export Accounts

5. Enter the file name next to the Save as tab and enter the password below. Files are encrypted and password protected

6. Click Save. The file is saved in the location you specified, and the extension is. developerprofile

7. In the dialog box that appears, click OK.

In this chapter, you learned how to enter identity information about your application and create your team profile. You also learned how to back up your signature identity to keep them safe. In the next chapter, you will learn how to sign code and start your application on the device via Xcode.

Create a team configuration file