I work in an organisation which outsources the development of iOS apps to external companies. to avoid sharing the developer iOS distribution certificate with them, we were asking them to export the ipa file (unsigned, without the developer accounts). we were then signing the ipa file in house and performing the distribution ourselves.
The reason for this is because sharing the iOS distribution developer certificate would (in theory) allow them to publish whatever app in the name of our public organisation in the App Store, which we must avoid.
The steps we used to follow were:
3. Requesting the unsigned ipa with the correct bundleID previously created by us.
4. The development company would then deliver to us the unsigned version
5. We were then signing the ipa file
6. Finally, we were perform the app upload together with: print screens , description, price, all the Apple required info.
The problem is that step 4 does not seem to work anymore in the new xcode.
Do you have any workaround which does not involve the sharing of the iOS distribution certificate ?
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. Much appreciated !
The reason for this is because sharing the iOS distribution developer certificate would (in theory) allow them to publish whatever app in the name of our public organisation in the App Store, which we must avoid.
The steps we used to follow were:
Requesting the app bundle id, and we were creating it.
3. Requesting the unsigned ipa with the correct bundleID previously created by us.
4. The development company would then deliver to us the unsigned version
5. We were then signing the ipa file
6. Finally, we were perform the app upload together with: print screens , description, price, all the Apple required info.
The problem is that step 4 does not seem to work anymore in the new xcode.
Do you have any workaround which does not involve the sharing of the iOS distribution certificate ?
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. Much appreciated !
