What is a provisioning profile used for when developing iPhone applications?

Question

What is the purpose of a provisioning profile and why is it needed when developing an iPhone application? If I don\'t have a provisioning profile, what happens?

Answer 1

You need it to install development iPhone applications on development devices.

Here's how to create one, and the reference for this answer:
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Provisioning-Profile-for-iPhone

Another link: http://iphone.timefold.com/provisioning.html