Do i need a separate Distribution for each Apple A

Question

I'm so confused -

after an entire day's struggle, i finally figured out how to submit my app to Apple via archiving & distributing from xcode.

... that was my free version

now i made my code changes, and on my pList file, i changed the Bundle Identifier to com.blah.mygame.pro instead of com.blah.mygame.lite

i also changed the Bundle name to be My Game Pro instead of My Game Lite

but now i'm confused - when i click on the project in Xcode, and i hit "Target" instead of "Project", i can't find my release/distribution profile! (my develop/debug profile) is still there.

if i were to click Project instead of Targets then i actually do see my previous distribution profile.

however, in my develloper portal, i had actually set my distribution profile to be linked up with the "com.blah.mygame.lite" identifier. was i not supposed to do this???

weirdly enough, when i made my distrubution profile earlier today, i say something like "mygame * -" or something that i coulda linked it to. but i just chose com.blah.mygame.lite without thinking

are you supposed to have multiple distribution profiles? one for every app? what i just want a lite and pro version?

** edit:

bonus points for this:

if i only needed 1 provisioning profile, (and since i messed up naming my previous provisioning profiles)... how do i rename all my distribution profiles without it interfering/messing up with my apps?? it's already submitted and awaiting approval

* EDIT # 2:

okay, i got both apps submitted with 2 separate distribution profiles.

however, is there any way that i can rename a distribution profiles while the app being submitted is still using it??

i had mistakenly named it "My Company Distribution Profile" when i should have named it "Distribution Profile for My Game Pro Version"

Answer 1

You have two options for fixing it:

• Use a AppId like. com.blah.mygame.* . You can replace the * with any number of strings and use it for creating different application.

  I won't recommend this approach, because the issue with this is you won’t be able to use push services or in-app purchases. You might not plan to use these services now, but if you change your mind, you won’t be able to change your app ID without creating a new app.

• Create different AppId for different Apps. It'll be a good approach

Answer 2

Sounds like you're using a single AppID for both of your apps. You can only use one provisioning profile for multiple apps only if the AppID bound to that profile has a wildcard (e.g. "com.sample.*").

quoted from the iOS Provisioning Portal:

The Bundle Identifier portion of an App ID can be substituted with a wild-card character (asterisk '*') so that a single App ID may be used to build and install multiple applications. If the wild-card character is not used, the Bundle Identifier portion of your App ID must be input as your CF Bundle ID in Xcode to allow the application to install on your device. The Bundle Seed ID portion of your App ID does not need to be input into Xcode. Wild-card App IDs cannot be used with the Push Notifications or for In-App Purchase.

Answer 3

I hope you have created an AppId with this bundle identifier com.blah.mygame.lite and created a distribution profile linked with this AppId. By doing like that, you can run or archive your apps only if it is having the same AppId like this com.blah.mygame.lite. If you want to create an AppId to run all apps, then you need a Wildcard AppId like this com.* . And If you think you need to run the app with AppId com.blah.mygame.pro then you need to create another appId like that and associate that appId with another distribution profile or modify the old one and download and install it and use.

Answer 4

There is no need of distribution profile for every app....one is enough for every time but

your bundle identifier is same as you given in your distribution provisioning profile when

you create it first time....