Bypassing code sign with xcode 4.5 for iOS6

Question

We used to modify the SDKSetting.plist to allow the build of unsigned apps, by setting CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED to NO.

But since xcode 4.5, th

Answer 1

sudo cp /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.0.sdk/SDKSettings.plist ~/Downloads

sudo chmod 777 ~/Downloads/SDKSettings.plist

• open ~/Downloads/SDKSettings.plist

• Edit in the popup window of XCode

sudo mv ~/Downloads/SDKSettings.plist /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.0.sdk/SDKSettings.plist

• restart xcode

Answer 2

Rather than editing SDKSettings.plist you can also just pass xcodebuild an argument of CODE_SIGNING_REQUIRED=NO.

Answer 3

First quit Xcode,

Then in terminal execute

sudo vim /Applications/Xcode.app/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/Developer/SDKs/iPhoneOS6.0.sdk/SDKSettings.plist

Navigate using arrow keys (or k and j) then press i to edit. Make your changes, then press escape followed by :wq

Start Xcode

Answer 4

I managed to edit the file from another XCode on another computer.