Can't select a provisioning profile (it doesn't appear in the drop down)

Thanks for your reply, Max.

Regarding your checklist:

You are indeed properly included as developer in the provisioning profile

I am indeed. There are just two developer certificates, the profile shows "2" certs and when I check the profile using "modify" my name "Doug Lerner" is listed as one of them.

In XCode Build-settings under Code Signing->Code Signing Identity->Any Iphone Device you have the following String:"iPhone Developer: YOURNAME"

Actually, in my friend's Xcode, she said when she tried that it STOPPED working. But as per your suggestion I tried that just now, correct case, with and without a space after the ":" and stopping and restarting Xcode, but still, to no avail.

All your certificates are properly part of the keychain

Well, this is an interesting question that hasn't come up yet. My own developers cert was created using a request string generated from my keychain utility. I took the string and requested the certificate in the Certificates panel in the portal. And the certificate shows it is using the provisioning profile in question. So, is that enough, or is there something else I needed to do after downloading the certificate. Maybe that is a step I am missing!

Thanks,

doug

Max, I can't thank you enough!

I apparently completely overlooked the part about "installing the downloaded cert in my keychain".

I did that and, voila, it started appearing in my popup menu. I also made sure to set the iPhone Developer name as you suggested.

So it seems I should be able to proceed from here now!

One question if you don't mind. In the instruction section I had previously overlooked, it says:

1. In the ‘Certificates’-->’Distribution’ section of the Portal, control-click the WWDR Intermediate Certificate link and select “Saved
Linked File to Downloads” to initiate download of the certificate.
2. On your local machine, double-click the WWDR Intermediate certificate to launch Keychain Access and install.
3. Upon CSR approval, Team Members and Team Admins can download their certificates via the ‘Certificates’ section of the
Program Portal. Click ‘Download’ next to the certificate name to download your iPhone Development Certificate to your local
machine.
4. On your local machine, double-click the downloaded .cer file to launch Keychain Access and install your certificate.
5. Team Members can only download their own iPhone Development Certificates. Team Admins have the authority to
download the public certificates of all of their Team Members. Apple never receives the private key for a CSR. The private keys
are not available to anyone except the original key pair creator and are stored in the system keychain of that Team Member.

I didn't do (1) and (2), just (3) and (4). What is that WWDR Intermediate Certificate about and how important is it for what I am doing? What is the purpose of the WWDR Intermediate Certificate?

Thanks for your help, Max. You got me to look at what I had overlooked and the setting seems to work now.

It seems, by the way, that in order to distribute a test build to somebody that all you need to give them is the build and the provisioning profile for that build that includes their device.

And the only thing you need to change in Xcode to generate the build appears to be the active SDK (change from simulator to device) and make sure the provisioning profile is selected.

There was other stuff in the instructions about a new Entitlements.plist, but even without doing that the app seems to install and run. Maybe just because the app is so simple and doesn't need it?

Anyway, thanks!

doug