Can't install iOS Player

john26

Sorry for the newb question. I'm trying to install Gideros iOS player on my iPad and can't get it to work. Xcode keeps saying

"A valid provisioning profile matching the application's identifier 'com.giderosmobile.GiderosiOSPlayer' could not be found"

I initially created a provisioning profile associated with app ID com.simpleinteractive.* (wildcard) but this did not work. I tried changing the settings in GiderosiOSPlayer-info.plist so that it would look for com.simpleinteractive instead but this had no effect. That is, whatever I change "bundle Idenfier" to it still looks for com.giderosmobile.GiderosiOSPlayer. Xcode seems to ignore all settings in .plist and continue to look for com.giderosmobile.GiderosiOSPlayer.

So I then tried it the other way and created a provision based on App ID com.giderosmobile.* but this didn't work either (same error message). Finally I tried a specific App ID com.giderosmobile.GiderosiOSPlayer but the Apple website would not generate this for me (perhaps because others have already made this app?). I then tried com.giderosmobile.GiderosiOSPlayer2 which it did create but back in Xcode same problem, it still needs com.giderosmobile.GiderosiOSPlayer even when I make changes in .plist.

Can anyone help with this, there seems to be no way to do it!

I must be missing something obvious...

techdojo

Provisioning on iOS is the biggest ballache going.
If you set it up from scratch with all the latest versions of XCode etc, then the whole process *should* be handled automagically. When you plug your iPad in and look at it in the organiser window you should be able to click "use this device for development" or something like that.

If for any reason you've tried to change it or mess with it in any way shape or form the best advice is usually to go to your keychain and delete ALL certificates etc relating to iOS development, then goto the member center at developer.apple.com and revoke all certificates for all users and delete all linked devices - ie, start again from scratch - also remember to go to the settings app on your device and delete all the profiles from there as well.

Then do a full restart, open XCode generate a simple stub project and make sure it compiles and run's in the simulator, then connect your device and check it appears ok in the organiser window and then try and change the build target to your device.

XCode should then go off and do it's thing and request and regenerate all your profiles, install them on your iPad and you should be good to go.

When you can run one of the XCode generated apps on your device, try opening the gideros iOS player and just build and run it on your device - it *should* just then work (fingers crossed!)

john26

Many thanks, I certainly agree it's a ballache. Unfortunately I have various firewalls and proxy servers going that prevent Xcode from accessing the internet directly (in fact I cannot browse any secure site on the Mac!). So I have to do the provisioning manually. I access the Apple dev website from my PC, download the various files Apple provides (.cer, .mobileprovision etc) and then transfer to the Mac by memory stick.

Is there any box in Xcode where I can tell it what application ID to look for. At the moment it constantly looks for "com.giderosmobile.GiderosiOSPlayer" even if I try to change the settings in .plist. But perhaps this is not the right place. I think Gideros will always create iOS projects with "com.giderosmobile.*" identifiers, right? But I will need to change this in future as I don't work for gideros mobile!

Nascode

Hi @john26

You must install your downloaded provision before. Just doble click it on your mac.

Then open your xcode project, click on "info" tab. Then on Bundle Identifier row change it to match your provision bundle id (such as com.simpleinteractive)

Hope it helps

john26

Thanks, but it still doesn't work. Whatever I type in it cannot find a matching provisioning profile. Could you please post a screen shot of what you do?

ar2rsawseen

@john26 here is the tutorial that I followed when first setting up ios account
http://www.raywenderlich.com/8003/how-to-submit-your-app-to-apple-from-no-account-to-app-store-part-1

john26

I finally sorted it out thanks to this advice

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11985611/a-valid-provisioning-profile-matching-the-applications-identifier-could-not/16488288#16488288

Turns out provisioning profiles need to be installed in TWO different places within Xcode, under the test device itself AND within "Library". I had only loaded the provisioning profile into the device settings.

How anyone is expected to know this remains a mystery...

Thanks very much for your help.