List of provisioning profiles should be in alphabetical order

Originator:m4ttcheetham
Number:rdar://27080297 Date Originated:29-Jun-2016 04:15 PM
Status:Closed Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:8.0 beta (8S128d)
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
In previous versions of Xcode (I believe it was Xcode 5) the list of provisioning profiles were in alphabetical order. Working for a company that has many accounts we have literally hundreds of provisioning profiles and finding them in date creation order is a nightmare.

Please revert the list of provisioning profiles to alphabetical.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to Xcode Build Settings on an app
2. Select Provisioning profile drop down menu
3. Observe list that is 300 items long and not in alphabetical order

Expected Results:
List should be alphabetical

Actual Results:
List is not alphabetical but instead ordered by creation date

Comments

Reply

Thanks for pointing this out. I had totally missed that the list was separate when switching to non-automatic. This meets my need, thanks! This issue has been verified as resolved and can be closed.

By m4ttcheetham at July 8, 2016, 7:49 a.m. (reply...)

Apple Developer Relations

If you use “Customized Provisioning” (non-automatic) you should be able to manipulate profile selection in the Project Editor. The list of profiles are sorted here alphabetically in a Eligible and Ineligible bucket. Is this malfunctioning or not meeting your need?

Please provide your response or results by updating your bug report. If uploading files, please compress first.

By m4ttcheetham at July 8, 2016, 7:49 a.m. (reply...)

Reply

Xcode 8's automatic management of code signing is good but it does not meet our requirements. We regularly need to switch between enterprise and development certificates in our workflows as well as having some projects where we have to regularly switch between 10-20 profiles. We endeavour to use the automatic management where we can but it isn't always appropriate for us right now.

Changing the list to be in alphabetical order would not have a negative impact on the automatic signing of Xcode 8 as far as I can see.

By m4ttcheetham at July 5, 2016, 12:24 p.m. (reply...)

Apple Developer Relations

01-Jul-2016 00:16 AM

Engineering has provided the following feedback regarding this issue:

Please try the Betas of Xcode 8 which has improved these workflows. Please let us know what you think! I recommend taking a look at what's new in Xcode signing

Please let us know whether the issue is resolved for you by updating your bug report.

By m4ttcheetham at July 5, 2016, 12:20 p.m. (reply...)

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