Building an app for someone else

Getting Started Newbie Questions
#1

Lets say I hypothetically am asked to make an app for someone else.

They have their own Apple Developer account and are an Obj-C/UIKit shop. I want to use Corona SDK because it’s the right tool for this job. They do not have Corona SDK.

I know the **right** answer is to have them buy Corona SDK and build the app themselves from my code base.

But, let say, they don’t (at least not right away)

Would having them generate a Distribution provisioning profile from their account, send it to me, I install it in my Provisioning Profile folder, hit build for distribution, send them the resulting .zip file and then they upload it to the store… work?

I’m getting the feeling that somewhere along the process it’s going to want to see something from my Apple account.

Any one here doing that kind of development for others? So far when I’ve done this the other person was a Corona user, so I just shipped code and resources.
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#2

Hey Robmiracle

You can definitely do that. I do mostly work-for-hire and sometimes clients prefer to have their own licenses (so the app would be in their name and not mine).
Usually they don’t want to deal with Apple at all so I do the submitting anyway.

I created a new distribution license with their apple ID, installed on my computer and submitted the app on their name.

it can be a hassle sometimes so I suggest you would use the wizards that apple supply and pay attention to all the steps in the way so you won’t waste as much time as I did…

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#3

Have them grant you admin access to the apple dev portal so you can create profiles, etc.

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#4

@robmiracle - I have done it in the past. I use my corona license to build for my client. My client has given me admin access to their account, so i go in a create all the required provisions and then install them on my machine. I then do the app-store build using corona and upload the binary to the appstore using client login on itunesconnect.apple.com

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#5

I have admin access to my current clients, easiest way. [import]uid: 13560 topic_id: 20398 reply_id: 79849[/import]