Xcode 8.3 / Xcode 9.0 Refresh provisioning profile devices

Asked 19/5, 2017 at 2:29 Answered 30/5, 2018 at 6:53

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I have added some new devices. How can I refresh the provisioning profile, as Xcode 8 automatically manages signing assets?

I have found this question: Refresh devices in team provisioning profile managed by Xcode 7? – but we can't do that in Xcode 8.3.

I don't have the device with me so I manually added it in the portal and also edited the provisioning profile but Xcode is not re-downloading it.

Brotherly answered 19/5, 2017 at 2:29 Comment(0)

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This is what you need to do:

Go to ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\ Profiles/ and delete all the provisioning profiles from there.
Go to Xcode > Preferences > Accounts and select the Apple ID.
Click Download Manual Profiles or Download All Profiles. And it will download all the provisioning profiles again.

Brotherly answered 19/5, 2017 at 4:33 Comment(10)

What a hassle for such an easy task. Every new xcode version the shortcut to refreshing the prov profiles seems to be removed. Thanks for this – Tartan 3/8, 2017 at 1:16

I can't find any MobileDevice folder in Library – Orna 30/8, 2017 at 12:20

@Ionut use terminal to open this folder: open ~/Library/MobileDevice – Tessellation 26/9, 2017 at 8:38

If the app is open in Xcode, and you can match the date of the provisioning profile in ~/Library, you can delete one profile and by the time you've returned to Xcode, the profile has already being used. – Mcgarry 7/2, 2018 at 20:34

omg what the hell apple, always put us in embarrassing situations with clients. – Casework 18/4, 2018 at 8:6

is this the right way to go also with Xcode 9? c'mon Apple?! – Rudolph 8/5, 2018 at 9:31

@Rudolph yes it is! – Calash 8/5, 2018 at 12:26

@RenePot well... this is sad. They should provide a better way. – Rudolph 15/5, 2018 at 10:16

been struggling with this for hours, absurd. updated to iOS 12 and Xcode 10 and now my Profile is always None. tried everything, removed provisioning profiles and downloaded them again from Xcode. even revoked certs and created new ones. nothing works. older packages validate just fine, I need to release a new version and I'm stuck. what the hell do I do. – Alluring 21/9, 2018 at 13:50

btw, for all non-mac users like me - Library is a hidden folder, you can open it via terminal by using: open ~/Library/MobileDevice/"Provisioning Profiles" – Eustatius 13/3, 2019 at 11:29

Remove the .mobileprovision file for the app this way :

The command in the terminal is : rm

Paddle answered 21/4, 2018 at 7:50 Comment(5)

this forces you to use a new bundle id on Xcode 8.x – Branen 4/6, 2018 at 4:33

@vishaldharankar No, this has nothing to do with the bundle id – Paddle 5/6, 2018 at 3:9

when you delete the profiles it tries to register as a new app and generate profiles and thus when it uses existing bundle id which is already registered it gives error. – Branen 5/6, 2018 at 3:54

jesus, it never ever crossed my mind that I could do something like this, thank you very much! – Brasher 5/9, 2018 at 14:36

@Erik-Mueller haha, I can relate :D try dragging the tiny file icon on top of any open file (e.g. pdf or text file) for accessing the file itself :D THAT blew my mind.. – Accommodating 18/9, 2018 at 9:35

Step 1. Click on desktop then from top menu Go > Go to Folders...

Step 2. Write/Paste following path and enter:

~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\Profiles

Step 3. Select Provisioning Profiles folder and delete all provisions profiles in it

Step 4. Go to xCode Preference > Accounts > Apple ID and then click on Download Manual Profiles button

G answered 30/5, 2018 at 6:53 Comment(3)

The first image solved my search. I didn't know where to find 'MobileDevice' folder . I tried with finder for path ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\ Profiles/ but no luck, this ended my search. – Ferryman 18/1, 2019 at 7:18

I had to restart Xcode after doing this to get this to work. (Possibly I could have just restarted Xcode) – Gona 29/6, 2019 at 2:1

Thanks. I needed to do this after upgrading to Xcode Version 13.0. – Indictable 29/9, 2021 at 5:4

First delete the provisioning profile from ~/Library/MobileDevice/Provisioning\Profiles/ , then edit provisioning profile from developer portal and select all devices while editing Provisioning profile. Then download this profile and open in your Xcode.

Submersed answered 19/5, 2017 at 5:8 Comment(0)

To add devices to your provisioning profile in Xcode 8 with automatic code signing, you simply need to build to the device in Xcode. Xcode will add the device's UDID and regenerate the provisioning profile automatically. If you don't have physical access to the device, I don't think there is a way to add it to your provisioning profile without going back to manually managing your devices and profiles.

Ethelyn answered 19/5, 2017 at 4:3 Comment(2)

This won't work for phones you don't have access to though – Irregular 1/9, 2017 at 18:43

That is true, My answer was to the original question, which made no mention of not having the device and manually managing the provisioning profile. The original question stated just that they were using Automatic Code Signing (they apparently aren't). – Ethelyn 1/9, 2017 at 19:28

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