what kind of certificate do I need to test apns using ad-hoc distribution?

Question

I can\'t understand from Apple\'s docs if I need a production certificate or a development certificate...

Answer 1

The SSL certificate you need is for production when you're building with a distribution provisioning profile. As far as push (apns) is concerned, ad hoc == app store. This is quite helpful, as you can test how push will work in the app store build by building an ad hoc app and using the production certificate.