Add device to Xcode-managed profile

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Created Mar ’17

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I'm now using Xcode 8.3 and creating a development build (ad hoc) of a tvOS application. I need to distribute the app to a remote location for some QA testing. They have provided me with their device ID and I have added it to the correct team through the development portal.

Previous methods of revealing profiles in Finder and trashing them seem to be gone from 8.3. The "General" tab shows me information about the old profile that it's using but doesn't seem to have a way to invalidate it. The portal doesn't show me Xcode-managed profiles, so I can't explicitly download it.

How do I tell Xcode that it should update its provisioning profile to one that includes the new device?

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pmills OP

Mar ’17

I may have been able to get an updated profile by means of scavenging through the /Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/ folder for things that were created on a date that matched the expiry of the profile I wanted to replace (minus 1 year). By dumping profile content, I could verify that one was a tvOS profile with the expected devices. I deleted that, reloaded Xcode, and saw that my new profile had an additional device included.

I'm going to hope that this is not the expected method of refreshing these things....

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wesib OP

Mar ’17

I now have to download a profile from the app portal (or from the old /Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning Profiles/ ) > Import into xcode . Every time i want to change provisioning profiles. The "download" link just crashes unless you have the exact bundle ID input. Xcode 8.3 is rediculous for provisioning profiles.

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