How to install the certifcates?

To distribute iOS app, you need all the necessary certificates generated by the iOS Provisional Portal. You will have a login ID and password after you have registered successfully with Apple.

To start the distribution or testing the app in any iOS devices, you need this:

1. provisioning certificate - this can be generated automatically by xCode.
2. app ID - this can be generated automatically by xCode.
3. distribution certificate - you need to manually do it.

The easiest way to generate the provisioning certificate is through your xCode 4.2 IDE. Run xCode and open any project. Click on the "Organizer" button located at the top right corner and you will get the following screen. Right click on Developer Profile and follow the options as shown below.

In the iOS Provision Portal, ensure that you have created the Development certificate and also the Distribution under Certificates section.

For the App IDs, it supports wildcard characters. So, it's upto you whether you want to create a new App ID or continue with the one that was generated by the xCode.

In the Provisioning section, you will see Development and Distribution as well. For the Development provisioning, the xCode will handle it. For the Distribution provisioning, you will have to generate it manually (after you have visited Certificates \ Distribution option as highlighted in the above).

Another thing is to import the certificates that you have downloaded from the portal (in case you want to create the certificate with your preferred name). Below is the steps to call out the Keychain program to install the certificates into your computer:

This is the Keychain program:

If you double click the certificate in the Finder, you will receive a warning because those certificate requires admin permission to get install. The proper way to do this is run the Keychain program, select File \ Import Items. Then, choose the certificate that you want to import. You need to key in your user name and password so that it can be installed.

Please take note that once you have installed the certificate manually, the xCode will pick it up automatically (but, you might have to refresh the list by selecting different node).

As for the "xxx.mobileprovision" certificate, you may double click on it and it will get install into xCode. Since there is no changes in the system, there will be no prompt for the admin password.