UDID Tool for iOS

Dec 16

MongoiPhone, Software Development , , , , , , No Comments

If you ever want to work with an iOS developer in order to beta test their application, the first thing they will most likely ask for is the UDID of your device.  The UDID is a unique id that is on every iOS device.  Developers needs this ID in order to provision your device for a special “pre-release” ad-hoc build.  Getting the UDID of the device is not hard, but the typical way of getting it involves plugging your device into your computer, launching iTunes, etc etc.  Luckily, there are a ton of apps in the app store that are both free and can grab that ID for you.  I’ve looked at a number of them, and most either contain ads (really? for a one time use app?), or have other features you don’t need or care about.  After all, I just want the damn UDID to send to the developer after all.

After doing some searching and testing a number of apps, I ran across an app  (appropriately named “UDID Tool“) that met all my requirements:

  • Straight and to the point, show’s me the UDID immediately, no having to tap another button to get it
  • Can send an email with the UDID from the app OR copy to the clipboard
  • Clean interface, not something I’d be hesitant or embarrassed to send to a client.
  • Designed to run on the iPhone, iPod, and the iPad

While true, an iPhone app can run on the iPad, it sure is nice to have an app that is already designed for the iPad and not look like crap when blown up to 2x.  The other big thing for me was to have an app free of branding, spam, ads, etc that I could send to potential beta testers or clients, and this app fits the bill.  It’s clean, looks like a tool, and does exactly what it advertises, and is free.

If you are in need of a tool to send to beta testers, or are a beta tester that needs a quick way of finding your UDID to send to the developer, this is the tool for you.

You can download UDID Tool from Apple’s app store by clicking this link: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/udid-tool/id377602501?mt=8

Invalid certificate for certificate signing request

Nov 04

Mongocertificates, iPhone, Mac, Software Development , , , , 1 Comment

Part of the process of setting up iOS apps for push notifications involves signing and submitting certificate signing requests in Apple’s iOS Provisioning Portal.  Typically, if you can read and follow directions, this is not too big of a deal.  However, if you do end up getting the dreaded “The Certificate file is invalid.  Please check the file and try again.” error, then the cause may just have nothing to do with you, and everything to do with your browser.

I have run into this a couple of times now, and both times it was because I was using Google’s Chrome browser.  For whatever reason, Chrome can’t seem to play nicely with the iOS provisioning portal and screws up the upload.  If you switch over to Safari, you should have no problems submitting the certificate signing request.  If you are still getting an error, then the problem is some where else.

If you get this screen and are using Chrome:

fail sauce

Switch to Safari and you should get this:

Much Win

Moral of the story: