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Customer's Account

To establish our CI flow and be able to deliver builds to customer's App Store Connect account and maintain app submission we need:

  1. add ops@futured.app user to customer's App Store Connect account

    Steps
    • go to App Store Connect and login
    • if your account is in more organizations make sure the correct one is selected

    • select Users and Access

      Step 1

    • click + button

      Step 2

    • fill a new user and click Next button

      • First Name: Futured
      • Last Name: Operations
      • Email: ops@futured.app
      • Roles: App Manager
      • Additional Resources: Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles.

      User's role

      We need App Manager role to be able to maintain app submission. For more information about App Store Connect roles see documentation.

      We also need access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles to be able to properly setup out CI flow via Fastlane. For more information about Fastlane see documentation.

      Step 3

    • select desired app (if created) or keep selection blank and click Invite button

      Step 4a

      Step 4b

    • accept the invitation, you can find credentials in Futured's Bitwarden account (if you don't see it there please contact some senior developer)

    Fastlane errors troubleshooting

    Multiple App Store Connect teams found, please enter the number of the team you want to use:

    If you don't see newly added organization for ops@futured.app

    1. click ops@futured.app user in User and Access tab
    2. in Additional Resources section, deselect Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. and click Save button
    3. select Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. and click Save again

  2. create App Store Connect API key

    Steps
    • go to App Store Connect and login
    • if your account is in more organizations make sure the correct one is selected

    • select Users and Access

      Step 1

    • select:

      Step 2

      First App Store Connect API usage

      In case you haven't granted App Store Connect API permission yet:

      • click Request Access button

      Step 3

      • check the checkbox and click Submit button

      Step 4

      1. Integrations
      2. App Store Connect API
      3. Team Keys
      4. copy Issuer ID and save it to company's Bitwarden (see for example Futured App Store Connect API Key entry, don't forget to select iOS and Operations collections)

      5. click + button, fill key name (there's no naming convention), App Manager access role and click Generate button

        Step 5

        Access

        We need App Manager access to be able to maintain app submission. For more information about App Store Connect roles see documentation.

        We also need access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles to be able to properly setup out CI flow via Fastlane. For more information about Fastlane see documentation.

      6. new key will appear in the list, please copy KEY ID and save it to company's Bitwarden (to the same entry as in step d.)

      7. key is downloadable only once, please download it and save it to company's Bitwarden (to the same entry as in step d.)

        Step 6

    • add customer's App Store Connect API key to project's repo secrets

      • go to your project GitHub repo

        Step 7

        1. open Settings (you need repo admin role to see Settings option)
        2. select Secrets and variables section and Actions subsection
        3. click New repository secret button

      • add following secrets (keep naming!):

        • APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_ISSUER_ID_CUSTOMER = Issuer ID
        • APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_KEY_ID_CUSTOMER = KEY ID
        • APP_STORE_CONNECT_API_KEY_KEY_CUSTOMER = key content

      Step 8

      • result:

      Step 9