ios.md

looking for ios publishing

in-app purchases

read https://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtpurchasing-appstore.html

add new subscription

• go to: https://appstoreconnect.apple.com > In-App Purchases Manage
• click +
  • Auto-renewable subscription
  • Reference name: mergin_tier_ (where is 1,2,.. representing are 1GB, 10GB... tiers)
  • Product ID: apple_mergin_tier_ (where is same as reference name)
  • Subscription Group: mergin_1
  • Add and fill subscription duration and prize
• create the SAME subscription plan in Mergin via Admin interface

to do apple in-app purchases test (without actually paying)

https://itunesconnect.apple.com

• create InputApp test user in https://itunesconnect.apple.com: Users and Access > Sandbox Testers > New Tester (create your user)
  • You may want to test different location (for QLocale)
  • Create unique email (group/alias) for the new user
• create the Mergin Account for the user on test.dev.cloudmergin.com and/or dev.dev.cloudmergin.com
• you need to logout your regular MacOs/Ios Apple User from device before trying to purchase something
• login as test user and you can simulate purchasing
• note that this works only for test.dev.cloudmergin.com and dev.dev.cloudmergin.com. It will not be possible to use test user on public/production server.

development certificate

• device UDID: either iTunes or about this mac->system report->USB->find iPAD (Serial Number) https://deciphertools.com/blog/2014_11_19_how_to_find_your_iphone_udid/
• register app
• create dev ios certificate
• generate profile
• install all on device
• set in Qt Creator

production certificate

1. Create new iOS distribution certificate

• open Keychain Access -> Certificate Assistant -> Request certificate (see https://help.apple.com/developer-account/#/devbfa00fef7)
  • User email: peter.petrik@lutraconsulting.co.uk
  • Common name: LUTRA CONSULTING LIMITED
  • CA email: None
    • Request is: Saved to disk -> creates CertificateSigningRequest.certSigningRequest file
• click + on https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/certificates/list and create new iOS Distribution Certificate
• Download it (ios_distribution.cer) and double click to open in Keychain Access
• In Keychain Access, right click and export p12 file (iPhone Distribution: LUTRA CONSULTING LIMITED (xxxxxxxxx)), with passport (IOS_CERT_KEY)
• Store request and cer file, p12 in passbolt.lutraconsulting.co.uk

2. Create/Update provisioning profile

• Go to https://developer.apple.com/account/resources/profiles
• Edit LutraConsultingLtd.Input.AppStore and assign the certificate generated in 1.
• Download the LutraConsultingLtdInputAppStore.mobileprovision

3. Encrypt the files for GitHub

• Create IOS_GPG_KEY
• install gpg brew install gnupg
• Encrypt p12 file with command (use space in front of command to not end up in history!) gpg --symmetric --batch --passphrase="<IOS_GPG_KEY>" --output ./Certificates_ios_dist.p12.gpg ./Certificates.p12
• Encrypt mobileprovision file with command gpg --symmetric --batch --passphrase="<IOS_GPG_KEY>" --output ./LutraConsultingLtdInputAppStore.mobileprovision.gpg ./LutraConsultingLtdInputAppStore.mobileprovision
• Copy both files to .github/secrets/ios
• Update secret (passports) on github

application icon

see: https://appbus.wordpress.com/2017/10/06/ios-11-and-xcode-9-in-qt-5-9-x-projects/

NOTE: icon must be without transparency!

brew install ImageMagick
git clone https://github.com/smallmuou/ios-icon-generator
chmod 777 ios-icon-generator.sh
cd <repo>/input/app/ios
<path_to_generator>/ios-icon-generator.sh ic_input_no_transparency.png appicon/

launch screen

• iOS7: use http://ticons.fokkezb.nl/ and rename
• iPhone6: (XIB) generate in XCode (https://medium.com/better-programming/swift-3-creating-a-custom-view-from-a-xib-ecdfe5b3a960)