How to request iOS Development Certificate in 2013?

Question

In the past we create a CSR file with Keychain Access then upload the file via the Apple Dev website. Now with the latest Xcode (4.6.1) it seems we\'re supposed to be able t

Answer 1

I don't think your understanding is correct. I have generated my CSR "by hand", and then I've downloaded the rest via XCode once uploaded on the portal.

I understand the XCode feature is useful for teams, since you have a team Provisioning profile, and a user certificate. It might also be the case for multi-Mac development (like when I'm on my MBA or my iMac, which requires importing the private key from one keychain to the other).

Edit: I'd love to help out more, but when running the "refresh", XCode crashed on me :-)

UNCAUGHT EXCEPTION (NSInvalidArgumentException): *** setObjectForKey: object cannot be nil (key: teamId)
UserInfo: (null)
Hints: None
Backtrace:
  0  0x00007fff89ffcaee __exceptionPreprocess (in CoreFoundation)
  1  0x00007fff8b3de3f0 objc_exception_throw (in libobjc.A.dylib)
  2  0x00007fff8a08b5b7 -[__NSDictionaryM setObject:forKey:] (in CoreFoundation)
  3  0x000000010acffd88 +[DTDKTeamBasedService _createRequestDictionaryForTeam:andPlatform:] (in DTDeviceKit)

Bizarre that it seems XCode tries to set the TeamId to null :/

Answer 2

You need to remove all your expired certs before you can request for a new cert.

Answer 3

You can still use your keychain to create the CSR, and then upload it on the new provisioning portal. Just did it the other day.

Answer 4

Nowadays iOS App Development option is getting greyed out don't know why.

Even I had this situation and I solved it (made it enabled) using the following steps.

1. Remove the expired development certificates from Certificates/Development.

2. Revoke the unused development certificates.

3. Now click on the + button and you are free to select the

4. iOS App Development option.

Answer 5

My development profile expired while the iOS dev subscription was still valid, so I ran into this same problem. Thanks to you all!

Here is what worked for me, after playing around with the certificates/profiles/etc for a while:

• Removed old expired certs online as described here
• Generated a new development cert request as described here
• I had XCode "Refresh certs" crash multiple times as well.
  • updated XCode from 4.6.1 to 4.6.2 which was just released, still crashed.
• Manually downloaded the "Provisioning Profile/Development" which was listed as "Active (Managed by XCode)" from the dev web site and double-clicked it and only then it was added to XCode OK. It seems you may have to do this manually, the the XCode Refresh button would not do it automatically?
• Finally, to solve a compile (for iOS device) error "The identity 'iPhone Developer' doesn't match any valid, non-expired certificate/private key pair in your keychains", I needed to change the "Project settings-Targets-Code Signing Identity" to my current identity, as described in Code Sign error: The identity 'iPhone Developer' doesn't match any valid certificate/private key pair in the default keychain. Then the signing was successful.

For other Google searchers benefit, the error message I got was "your team has no current iOS development certificates ... please wait a moment and refresh".

Answer 6

I had the same issue. It's not very clear but you need to remove the expired certificate first.

• Click into Certificates/development.
• Click on the expired certificate and revoke it. (This will then allow you to create a new one.)
• Click the plus icon and select iOS App Development.