[iphone] ad hoc distrib

there is an updated pdf on installing multiple apps (link is on the main iphone dev page after you login). It now says to remove the code sign string on the project info page and leave the profile there as the default string; then, on the target info page enter the iphone distribution: companyname string for code sign and the corresponding provisioning file in the profile string area. However, I did all that and still get the E8000001 error, so not sure if its accurate yet (although I don't have a company name, so just entered my first and last name - which corresponds to the certificate.

good luck

No go for me. I tried the instructions as well and all I get is the 0xE8000001 on my wife's phone which is not provisioned for development.

I am getting rather annoyed by this whole process. Now with 3 device in my home, I can not get Ad Hoc to work on anything. I have an app in the store, and it works, great. The only way I can put apps on devices for testing is with development profiles. I really need to be able to send outside testers the apps for pounding.

The directions re pretty straight forward, but iTunes fails every time to install it. There has got to be a better way of verifying and doing this.

Another "me too" but I've submitted this issue to Apple's bug reporting as issue #6075508.

I'll let everyone on this thread know if I get a resolution!

I have been out for a couple of days.

Did this issue get resolved?

Not resolved yet, I wish! However, this morning, Apple did ask me for more information, as unfortunately I didn't copy my entire log over, and they were looking for a specific line in the error output, which was:

Thu Jul 17 09:20:48 unknown mobile installationproxy[2558] <Error>: entitlement 'get-task-allow' has value not permitted by provisioning profile

Not sure what that means, but they were specifically looking for that.

A Terminal one-liner to get the iPhone/iPod identifier:

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType | grep 'Serial Number'


An easier way to get the iPhone/iPod identifier:

1. About this Mac in the Apple menu
2. Click more info
3. Click USB under Hardware
4. Select iPod under USB High-Speed Bus
5. Copy the string after Serial Number: ,that is the identifier

SOLVED.

First, look at your ad-hoc provisioning file in text edit (just view it, don't overwrite it!)

If it does NOT contain a line that says "<key>get-task-allow</key>" then you need to go to the program portal and get a NEW ad-hoc provisioning profile. There is a workaround where you can use the provisioning profile without this key, but Apple apparently has added this key to the ad-hoc provisions, and you might as well have the latest.

However, that is not the final fix.

The next thing you have to do is add a new file to the root of your project ... file, new file, iphone, code signing, entitlements. Call it "dist.plist" ...

Open that file, and it will say "get-task-allow" with a checkmark for "true" -- this needs to be FALSE. Uncheck the checkbox, or if in text mode, type in "false"

OK, almost there!!!

Open the target build info window and where it says "Code Signing Entitlements" add "dist.plist"

+*CLEAN THE BUILD*+

BUILD AND GO

ENJOY.

No luck. Tried on both itunes and xcode. Got a new file which had the above tag (the previous didn't), and created dist.plist, unchecked the option, and set it as entitlements in my release file.

Still getting a signing error.

Haven't restarted the computer yet. If others are going to try this, and it doesn't want to work, maybe try restarting everything .. computer / iPhone / xcode / etc.

I got it to work on my phone. Trying it on a buddy's right now. Will report back.

Ad-hoc seemed to work for my buddy too. Glad to see it working!

Blazespinnaker: What's the output in your XCode Organizer's console window when you deploy in xcode? There are other entitlements that it may be complaining about (you might have the old "forgetting the * in the app id" problem instead.

Was this with or without binding to specific devices in the Ad Hoc mobileprovision file?

dstewartms, it works following your explaination!

BRAVO

How did you get this information? It is ok if you do not want to say. At least you find the Solution for ADHoc distribution, I will be able to start beta testing my app

Did you have to bind to specific devices? (The ad hoc provisioning setup claims device identifiers are optional, but I've not heard anything definite on that.)