How to update provisioning profile that has expired (in testflight)

Question

We have an ios app managed through testflight which has an expired provisioning profile. We have generated a new profile in the apple developer portal, downloaded it, and uploaded to testflight, under the specific build (using permissions, add/update profile.) The uploaded profile is saved, and appears in a green notification in testflight. However, when trying to open the app from a device, a message is shown stating that the provisioning profile for this build has expired.

Is it necessary to re-compile the app and upload a new build to testflight? Or is it possible to somehow have the app utilize the new provisioning profile without a new build?

Answer 1

It is possible to do this without recompiling. Not directly through Testflight though.

All you need is the old build (.ipa) and check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10905855/3619504 . It shows everything you may need. When you download the scripts sources, there's an example in Readme.md file on how to use ipa_sign script.

After resigning you will be able to reupload the newly signed build to Testflight.

Answer 2

Yes it's necessary to recompile unfortunatelly.