Hello there,
Apologies for this most basic question!.
We have an iOS application and no developers left to work on it. That is fine as we are not planning on making any changes to the app for a long time, however, we have just received an email stating that our "iOS Distribution Certificate" is due to expire soon.
We have looked through the documentation but it is very technical. Firstly, what I am trying to understand is:
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The only options we have under "Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles" on the Apple Developer web site are "Download" and "Revoke". Do we have to "Revoke" the certificate before creating a new one? If so, won't this stop the released app from working?
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Is it possible to just re-create the certificates from the Apple Developer web site without re-releasing the iOS app? Or do you have to sign the app with the new certificates in XCode and re-release it?
Many thanks!
Don't revoke. Just ask for a new certificate. It will automatically replace the existing one when it expires. No need to resign app either.
You can do it in Xcode:
- Xcode Preferences
- Select Accounts tab
- Select proper ID
- Click on Manage certificates
- Click on + at the lower left and select Distribution certificate
