问题
I have an app that is loaded onto one of my development phones. The provisioning profile that was used for this app will expire in a couple of days. So, after the provisioning profile expires will the app will cease to function? or does the provisioning profile expiration only affect building and installing the app on the device?
回答1:
Once the profile expires you will be unable to launch the app. You can go to the Provisioning Portal ( http://developer.apple.com/ ) on the apple site and renew the provisioning license - once an updated provisioning license is installed on the phone the app will function again (i.e you won't need to do a rebuild).
回答2:
There are reports that if you delete all the expired provisioning profiles from the device, a previously running app installed using one of those expired profiles might still continue to launch on that device, but I haven't had a chance to test this on a recent OS release.
A non-expired profile with an appropriate Developer and app ID on the device (even if not the one used to install the app) may or may not be required.
回答3:
The app will cease to function. It will launch then exit immediately.
回答4:
As davbryn says you won't be able to launch the app, except you do not need to go to the provisioning portal as XCode should take care of things automatically these days.
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4740382/will-an-app-continue-to-work-if-my-provisioning-profile-expires