ios - Xcode 8 asks for a device to be registered to create provisioning profile

Question

I am trying to publish an app for testing, without having to connect a device in my mac.

I have created a developer account, created an app in itunes, generated bundle id, signed into xcode with the developer account, generated a distributor certificate.

When I tried to archive the app, I got the error "conflict provisioning setting. app is automatically signed for development ..."

I read in this post and followed the tip of unchecking and rechecking the option "Automatically manage signing". After re-choosing my team, I get the error "There are no devices registered in your account on the developer website. Plug in and select a device to have Xcode register it".

The goal all along was that I wouldn't need an ios device, because I intended to immediately publish the application and invite people to test it via testflight. Is it not possible to do it like this? Am I missing something.

I have read lots of documentation, but being a first timer in this, everything seems confusing.

Edit: I created a provisioning profile as distributor. Even after creating and installing the distributor profile (it now appears also in xcode at Account -> provisioning profiles), I still get that same error. I also noticed that in signing, The signing certificate is iOS Developer. I am sure

Answer 1

The solution (though I would welcome more elaborate, insightful explanations):

• @General -> Signing, disable the option "Automatically manage signing"
• @General -> Signing and certificates choose your team

Though in my case that was not the issue, I would recommend making sure that in the device list, you choose Generic iOS device in your target devices.