TIP: How to Make a Beta Version of an App.
VoidedSky
Member Posts: 1,095
There has been many questions on the forums about beta testing your app, and questions on how to use the provisioning portal, so I created this short guide on how to make a Beta version of your app.
Hope it helps!
Go Here: http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action
Log in
On the right hand side, click on iOS Provisioning Portal
Add The UDIDs of the test devices in the "Devices" tab
Create and App ID (1 Per App)
Click on the "Provisioning" tab
Click on the "Distribution" subset tab in the "Provisioning" tab
Create a new profile
Choose Ad Hoc as your Distribution method
Name it
Choose the App ID
Select Devices
Submit
Download the profile
Drag the profile over Xcode
Publish the app in GS
Select the provisioning profile from the drop-down list
Send Beta testers the .app file, and the .mobileprovision file
Import both the .app file, and the .mobileprovision file into iTunes
VISTA BETA TESTERS: If the app comes in a .zip, DON'T use the built in un-zipper, it will corrupt the files. Download a 3rd party un-zipper.
I hope this helps anyone who needs it!
~CTM
Hope it helps!
Go Here: http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action
Log in
On the right hand side, click on iOS Provisioning Portal
Add The UDIDs of the test devices in the "Devices" tab
Create and App ID (1 Per App)
Click on the "Provisioning" tab
Click on the "Distribution" subset tab in the "Provisioning" tab
Create a new profile
Choose Ad Hoc as your Distribution method
Name it
Choose the App ID
Select Devices
Submit
Download the profile
Drag the profile over Xcode
Publish the app in GS
Select the provisioning profile from the drop-down list
Send Beta testers the .app file, and the .mobileprovision file
Import both the .app file, and the .mobileprovision file into iTunes
VISTA BETA TESTERS: If the app comes in a .zip, DON'T use the built in un-zipper, it will corrupt the files. Download a 3rd party un-zipper.
I hope this helps anyone who needs it!
~CTM