40+ builds in one day just to submit. Is building an app always this messy?
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Hey everyone, first time posting here. I've been wrestling with production all day.. ended up hitting over 40 builds just trying to get the app to successfully submit.
Nobody really warns you about the absolute nightmare that is app store guidelines and provisioning profiles when you're first starting out.
For the seasoned devs here: does this deployment process ever actually get smoother, or do you just get used to the chaos? Curious what your worst submission horror stories are, or if anyone has a workflow that keeps them sane.
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Every mobile dev has a why is this certificate invalid today when it worked yesterday? story. It’s practically tradition at this point.
@gabriel_brooks1 The "invalid certificate" jumpscare is a rite of passage.. glad to know I'm officially initiated into the tradition now.
Honestly hitting 40 builds on an early production push is more normal than most people admit. Mobile deployment has a steep learning curve that nobody really prepares you for.
@geoffrey_reed Hitting that 40-build mark was definitely a wake up call; nobody prepares you for how steep that deployment learning curve actually is.
Honestly, it never really becomes a smooth process, you just get better at predicting where it's going to break. The provisioning profile and certificate dance is basically a rite of passage for eveery indie dev.
@bellamynina698 Presicting where it's going to break sounds like the ultimate superpower... guess I'll just keep dancing with these provisioning profiles until then.
it gets easier but never easy. the provisioning profiles thing specifically is one of those problems that feels like it should've been solved 10 years ago and somehow hasn't