Appendix A. Managing Your iOS Devices

If you’re developing for iOS, sooner or later you’ll want to test your apps on physical devices to make sure they work properly before submitting them to the App Store. To do this, you must provision your devices for use in development. Provisioning requires a current iOS developer account and enables you to install and debug your own applications as well as access the device’s console logs, screenshots, and more. In this appendix, you’ll learn how to link Xcode to your developer account, provision your devices for development, and generally manage the device.

Using the Organizer’s Devices Tab

The Organizer’s Devices section (Figure A.1) lets you manage the iOS devices you use for development, as well as ...

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