Using an Existing Signing Environment
If you are already developing on a Macintosh for iOS and intend to use the same machine for developing iOS applications with Mobile Designer, you can use your existing signing environment.
To use an existing signing environment on the same machine
1. Start the Keychain Access application, which is in the Applications/Utilities folder.
2. In the Keychain Access application, in the Keychains panel, ensure that login is selected.
3. In the Category panel, select Certificates.
4. Note the following information so that you will have it available to configure Mobile Designer.
Full name of your iPhone Developer certificate. The full name is typically:
iPhone Developer: Firstname Lastname
Full name of your iPhone Distribution certificate, if applicable. The full name is typically:
iPhone Distribution: CompanyName
You will need this information when you configure the
Mobile Designer ios.devcodesign and
ios.distcodesign properties. For more information, see
Configuring
Mobile Designer for the iOS Platform.
5. Locate your .mobileprovision files and note the path to the following so that you will have it available to configure Mobile Designer.
Ad-hoc profile you intend to use for development
Distribution profile, if you have one
You will need path to the .mobileprovision files when you configure the
Mobile Designer ios.adhocprov and
ios.appstoreprov properties. For more information, see
Configuring
Mobile Designer for the iOS Platform.
6. Export your existing certificates using one of the following methods:
If you use Xcode to automatically manage your certificates, you can export your existing certificates using the Xcode Organizer.
