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Set up an Xcode Development Certificate
This is how
In this article I’ll walk you through how to set up a development certificate and provisioning profile. I’ll go slow and explain things on the way. Xcode does much of this work, so it should be a reasonable tutorial to follow for beginners!
Difficulty: Beginner | Easy | Normal | Challenging
Prerequisites
- Be able to produce a “Hello, World!” SwiftUI project or using UIKit
- Access to Xcode
Keywords and Terminology
App ID: An identifier assigned by Apple to one or more iOS App. It allows apps to communicate with Apple’s servers and access certain services, such as push notifications and in-app purchases.
Bundle ID: A unique identifier assigned to an iOS app that specifies the app’s identity and distinguishes it from other apps, and is used in various contexts such as code signing and provisioning.
Certificate: A certificate is a digital file used to identify the developer or organization and verify the authenticity of an iOS app, obtained from a trusted third-party certificate authority.
Digital Certificate: A file that contains information about the developer or organization, and is used to verify the…
