What is a provisioning profile? | Aquro Help Center

A provisioning profile is a file that will be bundled into your app during the build and signing process.

The provisioning profile contains information about how you app may be distributed. The provisioning profile is generated in the Apple Developer portal.

To generate a provisioning profile follow these steps:

  1. Login to Apple Developer at https://developer.apple.com/membercenter/
  2. Click on Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
  3. Click on Provisioning Profiles
  4. Click on the PLUS icon
  5. Select Distribution > App Store
  6. Click on Continue
  7. Select the App ID for this app (read more about AppID here)
  8. Click on Continue
  9. Select the signing certificate you will use to sign the app. Please make sure that it is very important to choose the right certificate. If the certificate used for signing differ from the signing certificate choosed when the provisioning profile the build will fail.
  10. Click on Continue
  11. Give your profile a name
  12. Click on Generate to generate your provisioning profile
  13. Click on the Download button to download your provisioning profile

To add your provisioning profile to Aquro App Studio follow these steps:

  1. Navigate to RELEASE MANAGEMENT > NEW BUILD
  2. Click on the IOS tab
  3. Click on the PROVISIONING tab
  4. Click on the UPLOAD PROVISIONING PROFILE
  5. Under Profile alias enter a name of your provisioning profile
  6. Under Profile select the file you recently downloaded
  7. Click on ADD to add the provisioning profile

Now your provisioning profile have been added to your app. To use this provisioning profile when building your app select the provisioning profile in the list.