iOS Certificates Expiry

Question

I have an app which has an expired provisioning profile. It still seems to be in the app store so I assume you only have to update the provisioning profile when you next do an update (is this correct?).

The only problem I have is that the app uses push notifications and they seem to have stopped working, when the provisioning profile expires, do push notifications also stop working?

What would I renew every year? Would I have to create a new certificate, generate new provisioning profiles from that certificate and then recreate the push notification certificates every year?

Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

There is 2 different certificates, one for your app and one for the push in your app.

The Apple Push Notification Service (APNS) certificate, lasts for one year and must be renewed annually. You can create a new certificate or renew your older certificate. Their expiry is not linked to the provisioning profiles that [indirectly] reference them.

Here is a tutorial to help you renewing you certificate : how to renew push certificate