December 2011
Beginner
182 pages
4h 26m
English
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Chapter 7. Passes
Apple introduced Passes with iOS 6 to allow merchants to create digital wallet contents for the iPhone/iPod touch Passbook app (at the time of this writing, Passbook does not run on the iPad or iPad mini). This chapter covers setting up the Passes development framework (Pass Type IDs, certificates, and keys), so you can create and sign Passes locally in order to verify the Pass Type signing certificate is set up correctly. In a production environment, Passes are generated on a server, signed, and compressed into a binary. That binary is then delivered to your customer(s) using push notifications. For more information on the development aspect of Passes, refer to the Passbook Programming Guide.
Pass Type IDs
This section covers creating a Pass Type ID followed by the
configuration process necessary to generate a signing certificate that
can be used to sign your Pass. On the iOS Provisioning Portal, a Pass
has a globally unique identifier used to distinguish the different
Passes a developer is creating for different products and services. A
Pass has the format Team_ID.Pass_Type_ID,
where Team_ID is the 10-character account ID
for your iOS Developer Program, and
Pass_Type_ID is what you define when creating
the Pass. Because the Pass consists of your Team ID along with your Pass
Type ID, the Pass becomes unique throughout the Apple system.
Creating a Pass Type ID
Things to note regarding Pass Type IDs:
Similar to App IDs, Pass Type IDs can be created or configured only ...
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