How can I use the renewed provisioning profile for existing apps?

Question

I have developed a couple of applications in iOS. Few days before my provisioning profile got expired. I renewed and downloaded it from apple developer portal. Now my question is how this new profile will get reflected in existing applications? Since there are many applications I won't be able to build it again with a new provisioning profile. So please let me know how to add this new profile with existing applications without a rebuild.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The answer depends on what kind of builds you're concerned about:

• App Store: expired provisioning profiles don't affect builds that have been downloaded from the App Store. You don't need to make a new build with the provisioning profile. You will, however, need to use the new provisioning profile if you update the app on the App Store.
• Ad Hoc: builds will stop running if the provisioning profile used to create them has expired. You will need to make new builds and distribute them again.
• Enterprise: you can update the profiles using the MDM protocol. See the "Provisioning Profiles Can Be Installed Using MDM " section in the MDM Protocol Reference.