Up to Date Deployment instructions?

Targets iOS
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I’ve been going round in circles trying to deploy an iOS app onto a device for testing.
It seems all the instructions I can find are well out of date… dead links, descriptions of XCode7, advice to create a new AppleID which is not(!) your developer account in order to get profiles (seems that last one is a waste of time)

Is there a set of instructions that relates to 2018 anywhere?

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[h]Certificates[/h]

  • From the list on the left click on Certificates

  • Then click on the + button at the top right

Select iOS App Development, then click on Continue button
Follow the instructions to create a CSR file from your mac and upload it

[h]Identifiers[/h]

  • From the list on the left click on App IDs

  • Tap the + button to create a new App ID.

Enter a description such as “My first iOS App”
Select Explicit App ID and type the Bundle ID that is also set in Xojo. Such as com.yourcompany.appname
Click Continue button

[h]Devices[/h]

  • In Safari, click on Devices > All

  • Click the + button at the top right

  • Plug your device (iPhone or iPad) on your mac then open Xcode.

  • Hit cmd+shift+2, shortcut for Menu > Window > Devices & Simulators

  • Select your device from the list on the left and copy the device identifier (UDID)

  • Back in Safari, give a name to your device then paste the UDID

  • Click Continue button

[h]Provisioning Profiles[/h]

  • Click on Provisioning profiles > All

  • Click the + button at the top right

  • Select iOS App Development, then Continue button

  • Select the App ID you create previously, Click Continue

  • Select the certificate your uploaded previously (iOS Development), Click Continue

  • Select the device you identified previously, click Continue

  • Give your profile a name such as “AppName Development”

  • You will then be prompted to download the provisioning profile. Downloading it is quite useless.

[h]Refreshing Xcode profiles[/h]

  • In Xcode, open the Preferences, go to accounts tab

  • Sign in with your Apple ID if you haven’t previously

  • Then click on “Download manual profiles”

[h]Xojo[/h]

  • Quit Xojo

  • Open your iOS project in Xojo

  • Go to Build settings > iOS from the Navigation tree on the left

  • Now in the Inspector on the right, select your Team (should be your name or company name)

  • Uncheck “Build for App Store”

  • Build your App !!

[h]Deploying the App to your device[/h]

  • Open Xcode, Hit cmd+shift+2, shortcut for Menu > Window > Devices & Simulators

  • Plug in your device

  • Drag the .app file created by Xojo to the “Apps” section displayed in Xcode

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I hope I didn’t forget any step. It can be quite difficult the first time, but should go much faster when you create other apps.

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The iOS deployment docs are all up-to-date with Xcode 9.

http://developer.xojo.com/userguide/device-deployment
http://developer.xojo.com/userguide/ios-app-store