Hi,
Do we need a new Certificate, a new Identifier and a new Profile for each app that we want to create?
Thanks,
Best,
Steeve
Certificates, Identifiers and Profiles
In general:
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Don’t create new certificates for each app. Rather, in most case you create a new certificate for each team member.
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Create a new App ID for every app you ship (and every app extension and system extension embedded within that app).
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That means you’ll need a new provisioning profile, because the App ID is encoded in the profile [1].
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It’s best to enable automatic code signing in Xcode and let it sort out all the details.
However, there’s a bunch of edge cases here. For example:
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If your app is very simple, you might be able to get away with a wildcard provisioning profile.
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On macOS, Developer ID certificates are precious and you must be very careful about how you manage them. See The Care and Feeding of Developer ID.
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[1] If you’re curious, see TN3125 Inside Code Signing: Provisioning Profiles.
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