Generating .p12 using iOS Developer Certificate

[megharajdeepak]

Hi there,

We have a iOS developer account and we also have a certificate under 'Certificates'. This certificate is .cer file. But to package iOS app in flash builder, the certificate should be of .p12. There are so many articles which give all the details right from building and deploying the app. But whenever certificate conversion is mentioned, everyone says we need to click on 'Request Certficate' and upload our CSR(Certificate Signing Request, which is generated from openssl) file. But I cannot see 'Request Certificate' option, since a certificate is already there.

My question is how can we convert existing or revoked \ renewed certificates (.CER files) to .p12 ? It can be done with this .CER file and a .key file using openssl. But how can I get .key file? I have same question for iOS Distribution Certificate as well. I have both MAC and Windows, wherever it is easy to convert, I'll do it there.

Kindly let me know how can this be done.

-Deepak

[iBr3nt · Accepted solution]

Hi Deepak,

The simplest way to generate the .p12 from the Apple developer certificate is to export the private key from Keychain on a Mac. You will need to use the same computer that created the .cer file that's listed in the developer portal. If you didn't create the certificate from your machine that's currently on the Apple website, then you can just revoke that certificate and create a new one.

I've recorded a number of tutorials that explain this process for both Mac and Windows. It is much easier to do this on a Mac, since all of the online documentation references the Mac process.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA9AF0005B1B5ED1D

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL57C122F59F8F1A43

Let me know if you have more questions.

iBrent

[megharajdeepak]

Hi Brent,

Thank you so much. The certificate wasn't created on my system, someone else had created it. So, as you said, I'll try to revoke and see if that helps on Mac. That's great video set, btw! I'm sure it's gonna help lot of people

On completely another, I'm also stuck with another major problem and I have posted it right here:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1166190

It would be great if you can spare few minutes of your time on that as well and that if there is any solution\alternative to that problem, in case if you had come across similar problem.

Thank you once again.

Warm regards,

Deepak