Creating an App ID

Every app you write must be assigned an App ID, which is a unique identifier used by iOS.

There are two types of App IDs: Explicit App IDs and Wildcard App IDs. To ease development, you can use a wildcard rather than an explicit App ID. This removes the need to generate an ID for every single app and will be particularly useful when it comes to working through and testing the examples within this book.

Let us create a wildcard App ID that can be used across multiple apps.

How to do it...

Execute the the following steps:

  1. Log into the iOS Dev Center at http://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios and make your way to the Provisioning Portal.
  2. Move to the App IDs section by clicking on the link on the left-hand side of the Portal's home ...

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