Why do "provisioning profiles" expire?

chaley

I just got a notice on my iPhone that my provisioning profile will expire in 29 days. Why? What is the point of the "provisioning profile" and why is there a time limit?

I just remember setting it up & it was a tedious and annoying time. Now, I have to hunt down the tutorial and do it again.

Does anyone have info on how to set it permanently?

tenrdrmer

They expire so you cannot just use them to distribute your apps without using the app store. The point is for testing not long term use. If yo want a permanent one you need to publish it to the app store.

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JohnPapiomitis

there really not as tedious and annoying as they seem the first time you make them. Once you get use to it there a breeze. And no you cant set one up permenatly they alwasy expire after a certain amount of time (except for appstore)

Rob2

Use a development provisioning profile - lasts a year

tenrdrmer

Rob2 said:
Use a development provisioning profile - lasts a year

I think you mean Adhoc Distribution

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Rob2

No, why do you think that?

JohnPapiomitis

Rob2 said:
No, why do you think that?

becuase development provisiong profiles expire after 3 months, not a year

tenrdrmer

JohnPapiomitis said:
becuase development provisiong profiles expire after 3 months, not a year

Yep

Rob2

nope thats adhoc at 90 days

JohnPapiomitis

Rob2 said:
nope

yep, not sure why you think that

Rob2

I guess only time will tell

chaley

Damn... Oh well. Looks like I'll have to commit the procedure to memory.