ios相关ipa应用签名证书的类型说明

For an app that is not online in the app store, generally speaking, if developers need to install the app on some users' devices, they need to export the app as an installation package (. IPA file) that can be directly installed on these devices. Whether the installation package can be correctly exported is the key factor to determine whether the app can be correctly installed on the device. Among them, the most critical factor is the certificate (i.e. signature method) used by the application when exporting the installation package.

Developers can choose the following two certificate signature methods to export the application installation package:

Ad hoc mode

In house mode

Which way to use depends on the type of developer account the developer owns. For example, if a developer has an apple personal developer account, he can use ad hoc; if he has an apple enterprise developer account, he can use in house. For the certificate types supported by Apple Developer account, please refer to the following table:

Account type ﹣ price ﹣ can publish app store ﹣ can install through dandelion ﹣ support the number of installed devices ﹣ application conditions ﹣ certificate type

Personal account $99 ﹣ can ﹣ 100 ﹣ unlimited ﹣ ad hoc, App Store

Company account $99 ﹣ can ﹣ 100 ﹣ Duns ﹣ ad hoc, App Store

Enterprise account $299 can't be changed, can't be changed, can't be changed, Duns code can be changed, ad hoc, in house

Education account $0 ﹣ can ﹣ can ﹣ 100 ﹣ educational institutions ﹣ ad hoc, App Store

For the specific operation mode when exporting, please check: IPA file of packaged IOS

The difference of three kinds of certificate signature

So far, Apple has provided three types of certificate signature methods for IOS applications, each of which has a unique purpose. The three types are as follows:

Ad-hoc

In-house

App-Store

Dandelion will be displayed as internal test version, enterprise version and app store version according to different packaging certificates.

The differences between the three types of certificates are as follows:

Certificate name ﹣ dandelion display ﹣ dandelion supported installation scope ﹣ supported Apple Developer type

Ad hoc internal beta needs to add device UDID to the certificate to install personal account, company account, education account and enterprise account

Any IOS device can install an enterprise account

App store ﹣ app store ﹣ can only install ﹣ personal account, company account and education account through app store

When the app is packaged and uploaded to the app, it shows which way the certificate will be distributed.

Certificate type

At the same time, in the application download page and application management page, you can also see the packaging method of an application.

Note: This article is only applicable to IOS applications.