Apple requires you to create a Certificate for the intended purpose of your app. Because all of the development components of building an app are set up through Liquid State, you do not need to request any development Certificates.
To create a production certificate you need:
- Mac Computer
- Keychain Access
- Apple Developer
You must create both a production (App Store) Certificate and a push notifications Certificate for your app - even if you do not intend to use push notifications.
The production Certificate you create can be used to set up Provisioning Profiles for both Ad Hoc testing and distribution of your app through the App Store.
To create a Production Certificate:
- Login to Apple Developer
- Navigate to the iOS Certificates section.
- Click the plus symbol ( + ) button to register a new Certificate.
Choose the App Store and Ad Hoc option, under the Production heading.
- The following screen will describe a process whereby you request a Certificate from your Keychain. Login to a Mac Computer
- Open Keychain Access program on your Mac
Request a Certificate from the top menu toolbar
- Enter Certificate information
- Save your CSR to your computer by selecting Saved to Disk and Continue
- Open up your browser and Choose File... to upload your CSR
- Click Continue
- Download your Production Certificate
- Open the certificate on your Mac and add it to your Keychain
- Download the Apple Push Notification Certificate and add it to your Keychain
- Click the drop-down next to your Keychain on the Apple Push Notification certificate
- Right-click on on the private key
- Export the key and save it as a .p12 file
Backup the
.p12. You will be using this.p12
in Setting Up Push Notifications for iOS
to somewhere safe