Back to Home

Which Certificate does Xcode Need for Code-signing?

You have to do pretty much two steps before you have the ipa file: archive then export. There are code-signing actions in both steps.

Archive

You create an archive of your app regardless of the type of distribution method you select. Code-signing happens roughly after building. Which certificate is needed here really depends on your project config: archive needs the type of certificate you specify in building settings with respect to the build configuration specified in your schema. So yes, if you specify Don't Code Sign in building settings, archive won't do code-signing.

Export

What kind of certificate is needed when exporting from archive to ipa is straight-forward: depending on what kind of export you are doing.

---

GitHub • Twitter • Telegram • Email