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Ios p12 certificate is just for one app?
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Hello

I have created the builds for my IOS app and everything is working fine. Now I need to create the builds to another ios app and I no longer have distribution certificates, does anyone know if I can use one P12 certificate to all the apps of my environment or I have to create one for each app?

2019-04-25 14-57-49
Mike Neyman
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I just barely came across this post, and you probably already have the answer, but in case anybody else is searching for this, yes, you use the same p12 certificate for multiple apps.  Provisioning profiles and app identifiers are unique to specific apps, but certificates are linked to an account.  So, while you can have multiple certificates, you don't have to.

2022-02-21 18-52-02
Carlos Lopez

Hi Rita


If you have the .p12, the provisioning profile, its password, and the app id, in theory you could generate the second app with the same parameters as the first one, however as the certificate is linked to a unique app identifier, you won't be able to install both apps on the same device, and you will definitely not be able to upload them to the app store.


Cheers,

   CLSJ

2019-01-04 09-09-42
Rita Araújo

Hello 


Only the provisioning profile is linked to an app identifier, the (.p12) certificate doesn't have any app information therefore that wouldn't be a problem. My only concern is that when you create a provisioning profile you associate it to a (.cer) certificate, and if I have several provisioning profiles with the same (.cer) will it work?

2019-04-25 14-57-49
Mike Neyman
Solution

I just barely came across this post, and you probably already have the answer, but in case anybody else is searching for this, yes, you use the same p12 certificate for multiple apps.  Provisioning profiles and app identifiers are unique to specific apps, but certificates are linked to an account.  So, while you can have multiple certificates, you don't have to.

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