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Question

I am trying to build my ionic 3 application and deploy and live reload on my device for that reason I am trying following command:

ionic cordova run ios --de         


        

Answer 1

To deploy and test an app on an iOS device you need to create a developer certificate and a provisioning profile.

iOS developers need to generate a provisioning profile to code sign their apps for testing. The good news is that, as of iOS 9, you can develop and test your apps on your iOS device without a paid Apple Developer account. This is particularly great for developers who want to try out mobile development with Ionic since it saves the cost but still provides a lot of the features of having a full Apple Developer account. For a full breakdown of the features included, check out Apple’s docs.

Basic Requirements to run your iOS app:

• MacOS (10.10 or higher)
• Xcode 7 or higher
• iOS 9
• A free Apple ID or paid Apple Developer account

Need to Generate Certificate & Profile:

Open your Xcode > Go to Preferences > Account > Add account

Add Your Apple account credential:

Now Come back to the ionic project and follow below steps:

• Run a build (production or debug) of your app with below command

  $ionic cordova build ios --prod

• Open the .xcworkspace file from path platforms/ios/ in Xcode.

For Profile Selection from XCode follow below steps:

Now Go to your App Setting (By clicking on App name in Left Menu panel)

Check "Automatically manage signin" (by checking this Xcode will create a profile automatically)

After setting all this now your app is ready to test on the device there are 2 ways to run your app on the device.

1. Directly run your app from XCode by hitting on the play button on the top left corner.

2. run $ionic cordova run ios --device through your ionic project terminal.

Hope above steps will help to run your app on the iOS device.

Useful links :

1. How to deploy app on device (android & iOS)
2. Apple Certificate Sign in flow