Unable to export Apple production push SSL certificate in .p12 format

Question

I am using Urban airship in my application for push notification. So, I need to download the push SSL certificate from Apple developer portal. After downloading, I added tha

Answer 1

In order to export as p12 you either need to generate the cert from your machine or have the key that was used to generate it on your machine.

To ensure this will work:

1. Log in to Apple's Dev Center

2. Go to the Provisioning Portal or Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles

3. Go to Certificates and create a Apple Push Notification service SSL From here on you will be guided through the certificate generation process.

4. After you download the generated cert, install it in your keychain (double click the cert file or drag and drop into the keychain window.

5. Then select "Certificates" from the left panel. Right click the cert you want to export and the p12 option will be there.

Note: it won't be there unless you generated the cert from your machine