Xamarin.Forms - Should the provisioning profiles be added to the solution?

Ganesh Gebhard 366 Reputation points
2022-05-23T17:30:35.96+00:00

Hey!

I have a Xamarin.Forms app (Android and iOS) and I want to deploy this on App Center. Everything is ready to go: I have added the provisioning profile and personal information exchange (so .mobileprovision and .p12) to the App Center build, but I'm wondering one thing: should the provisioning profile and personal information exchange be added to the solution as well? It seems that it should work without those two in the solution, but I'm not sure.

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  1. Yonglun Liu (Shanghai Wicresoft Co,.Ltd.) 35,966 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2022-05-24T03:11:04.567+00:00

    Hello,

    You need to add provisioning profiles for signing apps for security when distributing.

    You could refer to this documentation Package Your Cordova App for Publishing to an App Store to get more details and steps.

    If you want to know more information about device registration and app re-signing, you can refer to this documentation Device registration and app re-signing.

    Best Regards,

    Alec Liu.

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