A question about App IDs.

AfterBurnett

So are we supposed to have a separate App ID for each app? Not very well explained on the dev site and when I tried to install my second app on my iPod it said I was about to replace a pre-existing version... even though both apps have different names... do I need to go through that whole bullshit certificate/profile crap for each app?

AfterBurnett

Basically, what does an App ID do and what does a provisioning profile do? SOOOO confusing...

beefy_clyro

Everytime you create a new app you need to;

Go to the dev site, create a new app id, go to provisioning and build selecting that app id and build for distribution (if its for the app store and not ad-hoc). The profile will be pending, refresh and it will be available for download, do that and drop it into itunes. Then launch GS and build using that profile.

Rob2

You can make your life much easier (and many Devs do) by using a wildcard app id.

You can do all your development with one certificate (developer) and one provisioning profile. App ids are about inapp purchasing and push notifications. You could have 100 apps on the app store, and if you were not using IAP or push they could all be using the same app id!!

Jumping in and out of the dev portal every time you want to test a new app on your phone is crazy.

Rob2

The GS support/wiki is quite wrong (maybe just very misleading) on this subject and I'm sure has led to a lot of unnecessary visits to the dev portal (and subsequent cert/pp cock ups), I'm off to touch an iPad but will produce some better info on the subject later.

AfterBurnett

Cheers mate