Red dot next to app title?

Question

On the simulator I have noticed that my app has a red circle next to the app title, similar to the blue circle that appears next to newly downloaded apps, however just red instead.

This is what it looks like:

What does this imply?

Answer 1

If to believe to other answers here, there might be several reasons for this red dot.

In my case, the reason appears in TestFlight's docs:

How will I know which apps on my device are beta apps?
Beta apps will be indicated with an orange dot next to the app name on your device.

Got a lead for finding this thanks to Ashish's comment to one of the answers here.

Answer 2

I got the Actual Solution for this problem it is due to provisioning Profile. if you are using live app provisioning profile in your app Build setting , change it and after that you will never see that orange circle.

Thanks

Answer 3

As far as I can see the red dot near an app name indicates that you enabled some capability (for example HealthKit) in the 'Capabilities' menu of your target, which isn't allowed for your app ID. It appears only on iOS 8+ simulators.

If so, you also will see this red sign in 'Capabilities' menu:

You need to go to Apple developers portal and enable capability you need for your app ID.

If after that you still got red dot in springboard and red sign in 'Capabilities', try to go to Preferences -> Accounts -> Double click your account -> refresh button. I got rid of mysterious red dot after this.