How to Create a Provisioning Profile for iPhone: 9 Steps

If you're making iPhone and iPad apps, there are some processes you must work through to go from development to testing on actual Apple devices. A Provisioning Profile is necessary in order to install development applications on development iPhones and iPads. We'll show you how to do it.
STEPS

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LOG IN TO THE IOS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT HTTPS://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action

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ENTER THE DEVELOPER PROGRAM PORTAL. Click on the "iOS Developer Program Portal" on the right side of the page, under "iOS Developer Program".
Note that if you are not a registered Apple iOS Developer, you will need to sign up for this program before proceeding so that you can run a simulation on your IOS device. Currently the development program is currently a $99 annual fee to join.

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CLICK ON PROVISIONING ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE. Once ou have logged into the iOS Provisioning portal, you can do this.

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CLICK ON THE "NEW PROFILE" BUTTON.

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ENTER A PROFILE NAME. Select the certificates and devices you would like to associate with this profile, then choose an app ID.

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CLICK SUBMIT. This will generate your profile.
METHOD 1 OF 1: DOWNLOADING A DEVELOPMENT PROVISIONING PROFILE

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LOG INTO THE IOS PROVISIONING PORTAL. Once logged in, click Provisioning on the left-hand side.

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SELECT THE APPROPRIATE TAB. Click either the Development or the Distribution tab to show your profiles.

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DOWNLOAD THE PROFILE. Locate the desired Provisioning Profile, and in the Actions column, click the Download button.
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A Development Provisioning Profile, which is valid for one year, ties developers and devices to a particular dev team.
If your device doesn't show up under the list of devices, please add your device before creating your profile, or create your profile and modify it after adding your device.
When choosing devices and certificates, select _all_ devices your team will use for testing and _all_ certificates for developers working on the app.
After the team admin creates this profile, you will be able to download and install it on your device and test the app.
Only team agents and admins may create a Development Provisioning Profile. This profile contains a name, development certificates, device IDs, and an app ID.
If the team admin recently enabled an app ID for Apple Push Notification Service, make sure there is a new provisioning profile containing that app ID. Provisioning profiles created before an app ID was enabled for APNS do not work for testing APNS.