App Insights

How to make a mobileprovision file

Date Published: 20th January, 2015

To publish your app on the Apple App Store, you’ll need to know how to make a mobileprovision file. After you’ve made a p12 file, follow this guide to create a mobileprovision file.

Requirements

• An Apple iOS Developer account (https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action

The Process

• Log in to https://developer.apple.com
• Click “Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles”

• Click “Provisioning Profiles” from the left-hand column

• In the “Provisioning Profiles” (bottom left-hand panel), click “Distribution”

• Click the “Add” (+) button at the top-right of the main panel
• Select “App Store”

• Click Continue
• Select the relevant app ID in the drop down

• Click Continue
• Select the certificate to sign with (you may only have one option)

• Click Continue
• Give your profile a relevant name (e.g. “App Name, Year”)

• Click Download to save your provision file

• Click Done once the download is finished

You’ve now got a mobileprovision file, allowing you to submit your app to the iOS App Store.