TestFlight - How to Upload and Distribute Your App | App Store 2021

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In today's video I show you how to upload your app for beta testing on Test Flight. We walk thought creating an App ID, registering with the App Store, archiving and uploading your build and distributing the app to your beta testers via email and a public link.
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[@oseiyeboahjohnson2854]

The failed frustration. I felt that.

[@I4NI_]

You're name 😅

[@Omeir34]

How the hell did you know I was looking for this tutorial?

[@seanallen]

Hehe, this has been on my to-do list for a LONG time. I finally got around to it.

[@Omeir34]

Thank you so much Sean! Really appreciate it

[@clayfulgham21]

Hands down the most relatable and authentic reaction to an error at 12:57 .. Excellent video Thanks

[@cjw6659]

That made me laugh! Been there so many times 🤣

[@samarghourab5545]

😂 Hahaha I felt his pain too.

[@superkaboose1066]

This is possible the most clear and best tutorial ever made, perfect man!

[@rhk231]

exactly no doubt :)

[@johncummins1515]

Agreed

[@roysnell6748]

Very clearly and completely explained (which is not the norm with the majority of how-to videos). The presence of error messages during the process and description of how to correct the errors was invaluable.

[@kaylahandley5625]

Literally the perfect tutorial. Im only 16 so this is my very very very first app ever. But this video made it so easy to upload thanku so much!!!

[@seanallen]

Glad it was helpful, Kayla 😀

[@behzad5849]

Did you paid 99$ ?

[@hoshyarkarimi]

Thank you Sean. You inspired me to develop apps for Apple. Unfortunately I'm an Iranian developer and we are under sanctions and can't get connected to the international banking. Talked to my sister who lives in Stockholm she opens a master card account and lets me use it for Apple development like dev subscription and incomes from my work. I'll be your loyal channel member as soon as I receive bank account. Thank again.

[@seanallen]

It's all good, Fernando. I appreciate the support 😀

[@selectivemusictracks3372]

Everyone's facial expressions to issues related to appstore or xcode (Only dev's know ) . 12:58

[@tucristo]

Excellent Video. I need this to learn this process.

[@CraigSchubert]

Thanks for helping demystify this process - doesn't seem quite so scary now. :-)

[@zeeshanahmadkhalil8920]

Thank you very much. I just have 1 question. How your head is still shiny after 3 days?

[@leighsmith2206]

Great tutorial, but it doesn't work for me. When i try to archive my project it keeps saying "build Failed". Followed you step for step and I have had no luck. Any Idea's as to why that might be happening? Does it make a difference if I'm using React Native?... Thanks in advance.

[@husen5384]

Thanks For your Explaining in Detail because I am Beginner so this video helps a lot me

[@seanallen]

Happy to help!

[@thomasfriehoff8448]

Thank you for this video. The current version of XCode and the appearance of the websites did change a little since the video was recorded, but still *VERY* useful! It helped me to upload my first IOS App in less than 3 hours. After another 5 hours the app was available to the Beta-Testers.

[@thejovanfoster]

Really great tutorial, however, I keep getting an error when I try to archive that says "failed to create a provisioning profile". Do I have to create a profile to test my app? I should mention that I also don't have an iPhone. If anyone could help with this I would really appreciate it!

[@ml4922]

Hi. I had the same issue. It was my first time developing an ios app. You need to plug an iphone into your mac for the initial setup. Then select your phone from the drop down in xcode (instead of the simulator). Follow the setup for syncing your iphone and after that you can sync the profile to the mac. This resolved the issue for me.

[@martin.m.kloeckener]

@@ml4922 Thank you so much!

[@joshadams8761]

I can’t wait to deploy my new French-verb app to TestFlight.

[@obtusei]

Here I am, watching Sean's tutorial like always while my Apple Developer Program Enrollment process is still pending.

[@ScottBarrettihq]

Great stuff - seriously... so great. Here's a thing that kept catching me up, was the icons being saved without an alpha - they NEED to NOT have an alpha and that doesn't necessarily work using photoshop. What worked for me is opening the icon in preview, exporting and unchecking 'alpha'. then swap out the 1024 store icon with that new one. Took me probably 8 tries to finally get it right and I see on a 5 year old forum that the problem was happening back then. Hope this helps someone.

[@ashwinyedavalli3782]

Glad you included the app icon bit, because I had the same error. Super helpful video!

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Ashwin!

[@PowerToSing]

How can I make it very easy for my testers to login to the app? Getting to many errors and they are unable to log in to begin the process.

[@Three_Crazy_Hounds]

Very helpful tutorial and walk through. You speak very clearly and easy to follow along. Thank you Sean!

[@seanallen]

Glad you enjoyed it, Krissy!

[@AC-wh9lv]

This was so helpful - just an FYI for those working with WatchKit/Apple Watch: Make sure if you are changing the version number: change them on all targets (main/extension) and to go pricing and availability and uncheck "Apple Silicon Mac - Availability." Take care everyone and stay safe!

[@seanallen]

Glad you found it helpful and thanks for pointing out changing the build numbers on the extensions as well!

[@samuresin]

Excellent video. Everything in the video, including the error about icons, are absolutely very helpful. Thank you for sharing your knowledge through this video. You now have a new subscriber to your channel.

[@seanallen]

Happy to hear you found it helpful, Samuel 😀

[@milanvala7940]

thanks for the greate explaination, it was my first time uploading from scratch in a very tight deadline. it helped me a lot.

[@seanallen]

Glad it helped!

[@pravinprince3221]

Thank you for the wonderful video sir it is very helpful for me and my team, Thanks again sir

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Pravin.

[@ycls1981424]

Forgive me laughed when those errors appeared. Great tutorial though. Thanks a lot.

[@seanallen]

Glad you enjoyed it, Trina!

[@jasonchan6273]

Bump into this video of yours while looking for something similar, most helpful video ever, thanks a lot man

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Jason 👍

[@susuhabibi]

you saved me man thank you so much for this tutorial!!!! i used transporter to upload my build but i was so confused on what to do next thank you so much

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Bella!

[@alejmc]

Thanks for this comprehensive walkthrough to submitting and testing apps. Greatly appreciated. When looking for it there was a ‘fastlane’ thing going on with CI and whatnot, utterly complicated for just starting... but later down the line maybe it would be great to have some pointers of how to set that up or maybe first just your thoughts and if it is even necessary for 1-2 man dev team.

[@Dragonboh1]

keep doing what you doing man

[@MayurPatilishere]

Thank you so much. You've helped a lot in my iOS dev journey. Keep up the awesome work. ✌🏼

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Mayur!

[@samr.4692]

I always wanted to try this out but was scared! Thank you very much demonstrating the process here! Great tutorial!

[@mamun001]

Thank you!

[@seanallen]

Happy to help!

[@KimbrellBrad]

Excellent succinct and direct to the point guide to TestFlight! I am at the first 90% and very close to stepping into the second 90% lol (check the advice to new devs video from Sean). I have already started gathering my close contacts info so I can get this off the ground. I am sure I will refer to this over and over. Many thanks Sean!

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Brad!

[@iankamau6598]

Thank you, Sean. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@seanallen]

Glad it was helpful, Ian!

[@alecmather]

Absolutely excellent video, thank you so much for creating clear, concise, and thorough educational content

[@seanallen]

Thanks Alec! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@BanCorporateOwnedHouses]

One of the best tutorials I have ever seen for Apple. Clear, simple, and to the point. Thank you!

[@seanallen]

Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful, Brandon!

[@Randor10]

Following along here step by step....

[@HaiderAli-oi5fm]

Hi Sean, really a great tutorial. But i have a question and it is confusing me a lot. Which app name will show on app store? Can anyone clear my doubt on this? 1 - App name we chose while creating a new app on app store connect. 2 - Name we provide under App Information section in Localizable Information.

[@muhammadnaveedkhan6739]

Absolutely awesome bro. You just explained every point. well done. Cleared my all points. thanx man

[@seanallen]

Glad it helped!

[@marksmith2738]

Wow, can't believe I was the last commentator 2 years ago. Anyway, your advice was so helpful I'm back again, this time with a Mac app (Mac OS) not iOS. Do you know to upload that Sean? (into TestFlight). Thanks

[@juha-pekkaheikkila4437]

Really good video. Commenting here on July 2023 when these instructions from video were perfectly valid still.

[@seanallen]

Glad it helped!

[@5522shashi]

Please make a video How to resolve this error, ERROR ITMS-90081: "This bundle is invalid. Applications built for more than one architecture require an iOS Deployment Target of 3.0 or later."

[@mohamedshawky7971]

Thanks for this awesome touturial but I'm facing wieard problem :") It says successfully upload but when go to app connect nothing appears and sometimes only version appears but with no build idk what's happening here

[@danno5645]

Thanks for this video, this was exactly what I needed!

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Danno.

[@shrikantthorve5701]

Very comprehensive explanation...

[@seanallen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@yashaswiification]

thanks for the video sean. helped me lot :)

[@seanallen]

Glad it helped!

[@acavals8080]

Nice and clean. Thanks for all the explanation

[@seanallen]

No problem 👍

[@libertyvirtual3985]

This bundle is invalid. Applications built for more than one architecture require an iOS Deployment Target of 3.0 or later. 😓

[@KroWhite]

Hi, I have a problem when i open this application, basically it says that you must be 13 or older to use it, I put my real age in my apple id account and it says that I'm almost 14, but i can't still use it because it says that I'm not 13 i guess, any fixes?

[@majdkhasib76]

Thank you sooo much, Amazing vid

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Majd.

[@deracketclub1695]

Thanks Sean, very helpful. With my 1st iphone app making available on Apple connect, it is not clear when to use internal group or external group and how to use an internal group. Now it is "Internal testing", i thought that this is only used for close people that you invite with an email. But at the end I see this is also possible with the external group.

[@michael.burbank]

I always appreciate Sean and his tutorials. No matter the focus, he does an excellent job adding in his own experience to help paint a better picture. This video is outdated but it will still work for someone brand new using TestFlight. Thank you as always.

[@seanallen]

Thanks for the kind words! I'm going to create an updated version of this video, but waiting until after WWDC to make sure there's no major changes.

[@yusufkorkmaz4588]

I have a problem. When I want to distribute an iOS application that I developed using the Flutter unity widget, I don't see "App Store Connect" choice. Also my app created under "Other Items" section, not under IOS Apps section. How can I solve this problem?

[@M-ABDULLAH-AZIZ]

Getting below error: Your team has no devices from which to generate a provisioning profile. Connect a device to use or manually add device IDs in Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles.

[@kranthikiran2145]

Waiting for video on Testflight finally my wait is over....just awesome man Thank you

[@KimbrellBrad]

And from the "right guy" too! Sean is awesome!

[@UnLauf]

UPLOADS MINECRAFT People: IMPOSSIBLE!

[@aleksandrkurdiukov2835]

12:57 - so familiar emotions 🤣

[@iulianflester]

Does not work.Most likely you skip a step (Cert creation). Warning: unable to build chain to self-signed root for signer "Apple Development

[@timeforanap6836]

You really need to update this video; the process is quite different for Xcode 14.... (apple loves to keep changing crap to keep you guessing)

[@senihergordugumde]

It was work fine. I have invited 2 people. But suddenly its says No Builds Available. and saying my app expired can you help me?

[@salexkorsan8790]

I want to send to my Client, he don't want to upload on App Store, also he changes his mobile in few months, so UDID is not possible, for him, is there any way to increase test flight expiry to one year, and renew Every Year, ?? I'm new please tell me what to do ??

[@s.m.abutaher1073]

Great tutorial, thank you.. it helps me a lot

[@seanallen]

Glad it helped!

[@jasontaylor2142]

Super helpful. Thanks so much!

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Jason!

[@jubairhossain2117]

thank you

[@arjunlahiri2790]

I'm unable to get past the keychain step and gives me the message: "My Name" has one iOS Distribution certificate but its private key is not installed. Contact the creator of this certificate to get a copy of the private key. The thing is I did not generate a certificate on another computer, so I'm really confused lol

[@CasBox]

Thanks a lot man! Great tutorial, helped a lot!

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Cas!

[@yugasamuel6402]

Hi Sean, can I remove iPad support from my app on a new release? I forgot to uncheck the iPad in the supported destinations when uploading the app to App Store.

[@timeforanap6836]

Let me just re-emphasize that you need to update this video because the steps you say to follow (I assume for Xcode 12) will really screw up someone using Xcode 14. I suspect that in Xcode 14 you are supposed to let it create the proper app record at app store connect - and if you create one ahead of time - you will be in circular hell.

[@E_g_g-]

I downloaded the testflight app and i also got the beta test app i wanted. The problem is that it tells me to update the app on app store which is impossible since app store does not contain any beta app downloads or updates. When i click on the ok button, instead of updating it takes me to a website and the website does not respond. Please help me that how can i update apps downloaded on testflight 🙏

[@F16_viper_pilot]

Apple seems to be the master of obfuscation. Seriously, how is a normal person supposed to know that all these steps need to be performed? Thank you for explaining!

[@moises32123]

12:56 We are good, 3 seconds later... Nope we aren't xD I will call this: a day in a life of a software developer xD

[@seanallen]

We've all been there... 😀

[@Смотритель-у3ю]

Thank you, Sean It's my fourth video tonight and I'm enjoying each one

[@seanallen]

Glad you're enjoying the channel, Mikhail 😀

[@sunnymalik7286]

When I upload ipa file, I refresh the test flight it shows the version with blank box similarly you got at 15:22 in the video but I again refresh the test flight it shows you have no builds. I think you got the same issue but you cut that part from the video. Please tell what was the issue? It's really important

[@Bob..]

Everytime i try to get into TestFlight it says it’s not available for users under 13,although im 15

[@WorldwideLoveStory]

Thank you so much, this was a game changer for me yesterday. I appreciate you and the tips.

[@seanallen]

Happy to hear it was helpful, Alicia 😀

[@jordanbanya8230]

Very interesting video but had an issue after sending my app on test flight, my app stop working and had an issue (all the text ellenement became errors) please what can I doo

[@lalala7129]

Hello! Thanks for the video, It’s helping a lot ! Do you have another one publishing an app? Thanks again!

[@PabloDarde]

Hey, Sean, great tutorial! I'd like to know if the test flight works as a Staging environment.

[@prosperva]

Hi Allen. Thanks for this awesome tutorial. One thing I still find most frustrating is Provisioning Profiles, especially when it comes to Push Notifications. Do you create different profiles for when developing, when in testing in TestFlight and when the app is released? Thanks again.

[@nurilloumarov3015]

Hey bro thank you for helping

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Nurillo 👍

[@RobertoAntonacci]

Great content, thanks buddy!

[@seanallen]

Glad you got value from it, Roberto! Best of luck on the App Store and Test Flight 🚀

[@tftsuport7426]

Hello Sean Allen I want to create apple tvos browser (safari) to enter the apple tv browser we can not see anything, can you create a passage for this application thank you friends super tutorials

[@asadabdulmajid6270]

Mate I followed your tutorial. My app uploaded successfully but its not showing in the test flight?

[@elliotching1142]

I love your reaction on 12:54 - 12:59 , but anyway i hit the subscribe and Like button for you :) chill and thanks for hard demo

[@LTNKidd]

Thanks Sean, mine took 5 minutes!

[@seanallen]

Glad it went smoothly!

[@danielwatson6529]

If you lose the Archive window because of screen sliding between Xcode and Seans vid go menu > window > organiser

[@mohamedramadan4896]

Thank you Sean for this awesome tutorial, can you explain in another video how to automate build/upload process using ex. Fastlane or any automation framework ?

[@seanallen]

To be honest, I've never used fastlane so I'd have to get some experience with it first.

[@pedrootaviovieira2870]

Sean Allen can you help me? n I am managing to use the app because it says that I have less than 13 when in fact I have 15 how to fix this problem

[@klemn0291]

I have no option for external group

[@klemn0291]

I just realized I needed to create an internal group for the external group to show for the first time

[@kulgony4130]

Hi, do you have a tutorial on how to publish an app for a client? If not can you please make it? Thanks!

[@michaelbouril5278]

This is by far the best walkthrough/tutorial/guide for TestFlight I have seen in the near decade I have been working with iOS apps, you rock man!

[@seanallen]

Thanks for the kind words, Michael!

[@gyanadeeppiriya6080]

great video very helpfull !!!!!!!!

[@seanallen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Hennik_]

I found your video so clear and understandable. But how can I register and download the Xcode?

[@JucaMelancia]

after the app was tested in testflight how I can procede to distribute the new version of the app?

[@tylerstevensx]

Appreciate the walkthrough

[@seanallen]

Happy to help, Tyler!

[@Mini-nh6gd]

Is this for available for iPadOS and iPhone and Mac to?

[@davidagyakwa288]

I am a newbie developer and I have an apple developer account and I want to create different team for my contracts to client but I don't know how

[@rayanabid]

im sorry but is there any free way to provide app for testing ? i saw it is available for free but how can we use it

[@mrwaynemsmith]

Great tutorial man thanks!

[@seanallen]

Glad it helped!