Signing IPA for Ad Hoc distribution?

[Greg Allensworth]

Hey all. I'm having a devil of a time, trying to generate an IPA for Ad
Hoc distribution to beta testers.

Scenario and bug:

I have the Cordova app running A-OK on my cable-attached iPad, via
"cordova run ios --device" I can also download and install the IPA over
the air on that very same iPad used for development. So my manifest file
and hyperlink used for OTA are okay.

On the beta tester's iPhone 4, the application will download but not
install. On its console, the errors are "could not install embedded
profile" and "MISValidateSignatureAndCopyInfo failed" which indicate
something with the code signing.

I've tried about 40 combinations of signing identity and provisioning
profile, and no luck. Maybe someone could point out where I'm going wrong?

- In Xcode, I use Preferences/Accounts and see that it has my
Distribution PP named "Ad Hoc Beta", and the company Distribution
Certificate. I select these in the Code Signing settings, and check that
Release is configured to use the Distribution identity and Ad Hoc Beta
is selected as the PP.

- I build for iOS with "cordova build ios --release --device" and
ultimately get a .app directory.

- I verify the signature on the .app directory:

codesign -d -vvvv platforms/ios/build/device/MyApp.app
It shows the right signature (iPhone Distribution: GreenInfo Network).
Identifier (org.greeninfo.myapp)

- I check the provisioning profile in
platforms/ios/build/device/MyApp.app/embedded.mobileprovision and see that:
* the wildcard identifier is being used
* it was signed a few minutes ago and expires in about 6 months
* the list of ProvisionedDevices definitely includes the UDID of my beta
tester's iPhone 4

The app does not use any additional capabilities nor entitlements.


So, does anybody have some ideas on how I continue troubleshooting? I
can share the content of the mobileprovision file, for example...

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[Greg Allensworth]

Okay, I figured it out. After two days...

The UDID reported on the phone was inaccurate.
Apparently the Get Your UDID apps no longer work, and report incorrect
UDIDs.

Fetching the UDID via iTunes gave us the correct UDID, and had his app
installed OTA about 15 minutes later.


In the process, I have learned a lot about the code signing process,
I'll give it that!

[jcesarmobile]

I think everybody should use testflight for testing (apple bought it last month), you get the tester UDID when the tester registers his device, and it's easier to track the app installations by the testerts too

You can get the UDID without itunes on this web http://get.udid.io/

[Greg Allensworth]

On 4/11/2014 12:12 AM, jcesarmobile wrote:
> I think everybody should use testflight for testing (apple bought it
> last month), you get the tester UDID when the tester registers his
> device, and it's easier to track the app installations by the testerts too

Thanks for the tip. I'll check it out.

> You can get the UDID without itunes on this web http://get.udid.io/

This is the app that gave us the wrong number, one starting with FFFFFF.
Apparently that's a new privacy measure in iOS 7 ?

[jcesarmobile]

Really? I get mine right and I'm using iOS 7

BTW, that's not an app, it's a web that installs a certificate to check the UDID, testflight uses this too to check the UDID, the wrong UDID is returned if you check it with native code on a native app.

[Greg Allensworth]

Interesting. I'll touch base with my beta tester, and see if I can get a
more complete story. Testflight may be just the ticket if it removes
both parts of the guesswork.

-g

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