55.1 Verifying the iOS Distribution Certificate
The chapter entitled “Joining the Apple Developer Program” covered the steps involved in generating signing certificates. In that chapter, both a development and distribution certificate were generated. Up until this point in the book, applications have been signed using the development certificate so that testing could be performed on physical iOS devices. Before an application can be submitted to the App Store, however, it must be signed using the distribution certificate. The presence of the distribution certificate may be verified from within the Xcode Preferences settings.
With Xcode running, select the Xcode -> Preferences… menu option and select the Accounts category from the toolbar of the resulting window. Assuming that Apple IDs have been configured as outlined in “Joining the Apple Developer Program”, a list of one or more Apple IDs will be shown in the accounts panel as illustrated...