ios provisioning portal certificate can't be install…?

Question

I have an iphone application which was created by other and now I'm on the work. Provisioning portal of client already have Development and Distribution certificate. Now I want to install that certificate and work on that application, so I download that certificate and install(just double click), so it showing me in my "keychain access" but I think they are not install properly because of no private key. Can anyone help me what is the process to work on this...!?!

Answer 1

You need to private key for the certificate, which is in the keychain of the mac that requested the certificates.

if you can't get the private key you will need to create a new certificate.

Answer 2

You have to ask the client to send you the private key. He can export from his keychain the private key as .p12 file.

Answer 3

This may be a issue with creation of certificate.

This video will help you.

or follow the below steps

Click on the Keychain Access menu-->CertificateAssistance -->Request a certificate from Certificate Authority.

A new window will appear with the Emailaddress,common name etc.. sections.

Type in the email address you used for your appledeveloper certificate in the 'user email address' field.

Use any one name as Common Name.

Click 'Saved to disk' button.

create certificate from developer portal.

Answer 4

You need to ask them for provide certificate.p12 file from previous dev or whoever created the certificate signing request to create new certificate.

He can just import the certificate.p12 file form keychain access.