Randy Thaks for that info. You are correct that I load them from the ide. I notice that with lc9 I can load directly from the Developer menu. Nice. Maybe I didn’t notice it for older versions.
I’ll get that into my notes. Bill William Prothero http://ed.earthednet.org > On Apr 29, 2018, at 8:24 AM, Randy Hengst via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Bill, > > Sounds like you’re loading your apps to your iPhone and iPad via the Xcode > Devices and Simulators window… apps loaded in that way will cease to work > when your provisioning profile expires. As far as I know (and have > experienced), that is the “normal” way it works. > > However, those same apps if approved by Apple and made available in the App > Store will not cease to work when the profile you used to make the app > expires. > > be well, > randy > > Randy Hengst > www.classroomFocusedSoftware.com > > >> On Apr 29, 2018, at 9:51 AM, prothero--- via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I write a couple of apps for myself, that run on Apple iPhone and iPad. I >> have to buy certificates from the Apple Developer site. They stop working >> after a year. However, some of the apps I get on the Apple store haven’t >> been updated for more than a year, yet they still work. I wonder if it has >> something to do with the way I provision them, as developer apps. >> >> Building standalone, provisioning them, etc is always a painful process for >> me. I think one of the problems is the infrequency that I need to do this, >> the ever changing way it needs to be done, and the interactions between >> Xcode, the Apple developer web site, and the keychain. Finding and deleting >> old certificates seems to be some of the problem for me. They seem to be >> stored in multiple places and it isn’t obvious which place is accessed by LC >> when building. >> >> Eventually I get it working, but I’m still not sure why always. It seems >> that there could be more docs on this, but I know it must be an enormous >> challenge to keep up with this. Perhaps the alerts that come from LC could >> be more explanative? Or maybe there are simply too many complications. >> >> Currently, I create the certificates and provisioning profiles on the >> developer site, download them to my downloads folder, double click on them >> and hope they get into Xcode correctly. Certificates load into the keychain. >> This seems to work for me. When I update from old certificates, I need to >> delete the old ones. Finding where these are stored (multiple places) seems >> to change, but eventually I find them. >> >> Various postings of procedures by folks here have been extremely helpful. >> >> So, I hope my rambling explanation of my experience with some of my >> challenges with getting my apps on my own devices is informative to those >> who might be working with the docs. >> >> Best, >> Bill >> >> William Prothero >> http://earthlearningsolutions.org >> >>> On Apr 29, 2018, at 3:35 AM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> Sorry Mark, I’ve just switched countries and I haven’t got all the info to >>> hand, but I think the length of validation depends on the certifcate(s) one >>> buys - you can get them for different lengths of time. From memory, mine >>> are three-year certificates, but you can get shorter and longer ones. >>> >>> HTH >>> >>> Graham >>> >>>> On 28 Apr 2018, at 15:21, Mark Smith via use-livecode >>>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> graham, do your apps expire and need resigning after a year? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from: >>>> http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> use-livecode mailing list >>>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>>> subscription preferences: >>>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
