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Hi Folks,

I am very new to iOS development; actually I'm just starting to learn, so this may be a very stupid question but I hope someone here can provide some needed information. I have setup the profile's "Mobile Support" option and I get the green box and a list of the SDKs and simulators installed. However when I go to the "Standalone Application Settings" menu I am not able to select a profile; it just says (none). I've read that one must go to the provisioning portal to get a profile, but it appears that one can not get a profile unless they join one of the paid registration development programs. I also read here:

http://lessons.runrev.com/s/lessons/m/2 ... -developer

that "Membership is free if you are testing your applications in simulation", so I am hoping someone can clear this up for me. Is it possible to create an iOS standalone application for testing in a simulator or do I have to join a paid developer program? When I try to build the standalone application I get a popup that says "device build required a provisioning profile to be chosen" and then it fails with the following error:

There was an error while saving the standalone application device build requires a provisioning profile to be chosen

Any help would be greatly appreciated. If I can supply any additional information, please let me know.

Thanks,

Daryl

Hi Daryl,

That's not a stupid question at all! The documentation on getting provisioning profiles ready and working is very sparse and hard to follow. Here's the steps I usually follow in order to get a new provisioning profile:

1. You have to be registered with the Apple Developer Program, which costs money, in order to get a provisioning profile.
2. Open up the Xcode and then open up the organizer window (under Window->Organizer in the menu) and go to the top tab on the left, which says "Provisioning Profiles"
3. You should be able to request a new provisioning profile using the "new" button (a circle with a plus sign) at the bottom of the Xcode organizer.
4. That should get you a new provisioning profile to use with your devices.

If that doesn't work, or the profile doesn't work on your device, you should check out the Apple iOS Dev Center, where you can also request provisioning profiles. This can be found at developer.apple.com. From there you have to navigate to "Certificates, Identifiers, and Profiles" where you can request new profiles.

Hope that helps. I've found that programming for iOS is very confusing with all of the hoops you have to jump through to get anything to work. So if it doesn't work out or if I need to clarify anything let me know.

Jacob

Hi Jacob,

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate the detailed steps. I also have found the iOS documentation to be somewhat confusing, so it is nice to get a clear answer
The paid registration was the bootstrap question for me, as I had read in a livecode tutorial that one could join for free if you only wanted to test in a simulator.
I look forward to getting down to development now. Thanks again.

Regards,

Daryl