updating an already existing iOS App

Question

I am facing a problem working on an iOS App for a client. I have created a new version of the client's app as he requested and he seems very happy with it. Now I have to publish it on the App Store, the only problem is the app has to be updated to a newer version. The previous developer had published the app using his own provisioning profile and refuses to share any code or the provisioning profile now. To make it more precise I don't have the client's certificate, private key, and the correct provisioning profile used to originally launch the app on the app store. If I create a completely new version of the app and even somehow manage to have the previous developer delete the old app from the app store, the client looses a lot of app's users.

Can you guys please advise what is the best way to sort this mess? Many Thanks

Answer 1

You will need acces to the account which published the app. Once you have acces just create new certificates and provisioning profiles.

If you do not have access to that account there is no way you can update that app.