Ever wondered how to setup a device in XCode? Want to test your app on your iOS device?

What you will learn

• What a device is in XCode
• How to add a device

What is a device?

A device is any iOS physical device such as an iPhone or iPad. Before being able to run an app on a device you need to setup the device in XCode, and the provisioning profile. You can only add up to 100 devices on your developer account – these are tied to your account for a year at minimum. This should be plenty, but keep it in mind before adding whatever device you want.

How do i setup the device?

Setup from the Apple developer website

To setup an device to deploy apps to, go over to the Apple Developer Member Center. Select Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles

Next select devices under iOS Apps

Now you will see a list of any existing devices you have setup. To add a new one select the plus button.

On the next screen you can add a device, either you can manually add one, or add several from a text file.

Add your device enter your desired name and the device’s UDID, then hit continue to register your device.

If you wish to upload several devices UDID’s at once you can do so uploading a plist or tab delimited file. Apple provides sample files to download so you know what sort of format to follow for it to work.

Once down your device will be registered for development use! You will now be able to build & test your apps on your own iOS devices!