Introduction to system Environment:

System: macOS Monterey

Processor: Intel

Memory: 16 gb

Xcode Version: Version 12.5.1

Application for Issuing a Certificate

1. Download the latest Xcode

Open the AppStore on your MAC, search for xcode, and download it

Installation completed:

2. IOS certificate application there are two types of iOS development certificates: development certificate and release certificate

Apple Distribution, shown above, is a Distribution certificate

3. Generate the APP description file

Log on to the Apple Developer

Verify that the certificate is successfully applied for

Download the distribution certificate to the local PC

Generate APP description file

Select the App ID:

Select the distribution certificate that you have just applied for

Enter the name of the description file to be created, and then click Generate

After the file is successfully generated, download the description file to the local PC

Ensure that the distribution certificate and app description file have been downloaded locally

Application for development Certificate

Open Xcode and do the following

Log in to Apple Developer to view the certificate status

As you can see from the figure above, the development certificate has been created successfully

Download the development certificate to the local PC

Create a development description file

1. Create a device for debugging

Enter Device Name, Device ID

For details about how to obtain Device ID, open the following website on an iPhone or iPad

getupdraft.com/get-my-udid

Obtain the Device ID according to the prompts on the web page (you can also refer to other ways to obtain the Device ID online)

After Device is added, create a description file for development

Select the development certificate you just created

Select an added device

Enter description file name, build

Finally, download the description file locally

At this point, iOS development required four certificate files have been created successfully!