Sign, Notarise and Distribute the App
In order to distribute the app you need to:
- Change the app bundle identifier;
- Archive it;
- Sign it;
- Send it to the Apple notarization service;
- Export it for distribution.
The process has been made really easy and fast from Apple using Xcode.
Let's see in detail how it looks like.
- Apple ID enrolled in your company's Apple Developer Enterprise Program;
- Latest Xcode (available on the App Store);
- Your team Developer ID Application certificate installed in your Keychain.
- The first mandatory task is to follow the steps to rebrand the app if you haven't done it already.
- Once you're ready to distribute the app the first thing to do is to Archive it: go on "Product" -> "Archive"
- It will take a while but at the end you'll se the Organiser window with the archives list for your app. Select the latest one and then hit "Distribute App".
- Chose Direct Distribution.
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Hit "Distribute" and wait until it finish.
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Now it's time to wait until the Apple notarisation service doesn't do all the needed checks. At the end of this process the archive in the organiser window should present the "Ready to distribute" status.
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Last hit "Export Notarized App" to save the signed and notarised app locally. It is now ready to be distributed!
