Lost secret key for iPhone distribution certificate. What could be the solution?

Question

I lost my secret key for iPhone distribution certificate during OS update. Now I want to download the new iPhone application in the App Store, and I need to sign the application with the iPhone profile / distribution certificate. Is there a way to create a new iPhone distribution certificate. On the developer portal, I did not find the option "New ..".

One more question: should I sign the code with the iPhone distribution certificate for sending to the App Store? Or can I sign up and upload it to the App Store with an iPhone development certificate?

Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

Cancel the current certificate, wait a few seconds and refresh the page and you will see the "Certificate Request" button. You will need to follow the certificate signing request instructions again and upload the .csr file. Then you have to wait for your team administrator (maybe you too) to accept the new certificate before downloading it and installing it in your KeyChain.

You will need to create a new provisioning profile for the application using the new certificate.

Hope this helps :)

Answer 2

Yes, you may have a solution for this. Cancel the certificate that you have in the distribution and get the CSR again (it should be from the Mac, where you need the key) and create a new certificate. Once you do this, you will have a certificate, now go to the profile, you will find an invalid profile, edit it and get a new certificate created and restore it again. Download the certificate and profile and use it in the code and you will go well