What is (Xcode: Wildcard AppID) in my iOS Provisioning Portal?

Question

Suddenly I saw now a new App ID in my (iOS Provisioning Portal) with description of (Xcode: Wildcard AppID), is it added recently by Apple or by me? But I never added it!

And there is no (configure) link for this App, only (details) link where I can't configure anything!

Regards

Subservient

That's probably connected to the Xcode team provisioning profile that Xcode sets up automatically. – Arie

if the Erik B's answer helped you, then mark it as correct :) – Schumann

Answer 1

Xcode now creates a provisioning profile automatically, so that you don't have to. This wildcard app id is part of that provisioning profile.

Spend

What is the benefit of this Wildcard app? – Subservient

@DeZingy That you don't have to create a provisioning profile yourself. The provisioning profile needs an app id, so Xcode creates a generic one, the wildcard app id. If you've already created a provisioning profile manually, you won't have much use for this wildcard app id, but having it will not hurt you. – Spend

I'm sorry, I still don't understand. Would that mean, that if I create a new AppID in the future, I do not need to create a Provisioning Profile ? Apple will create one for me ?? I don't get it ! – Avaunt

Answer 2

My understanding is that it means that you can create one provisioning profile for a device that can be used to test multiple applications (rather than creating a new provisioning profile for each device AND each application).

Mellon