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Code signing

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, code signing means: Adding a digital signature to an app with a certificate, which proves who made it and shows that it has not been changed since it was built.

In Turkish: kod imzalama

How it is used

Required on both platforms. On iOS it involves certificates, provisioning profiles and Xcode's signing settings, and it is a well-known source of build errors. On Android, apps are signed with a key from a keystore; with Play App Signing, Google keeps the final app signing key.

Example sentences

  1. The CI build fails at the code signing step because the certificate has expired.

  2. Automatic code signing in Xcode solved most of our profile problems.

Common collocations

  • code signing certificate
  • code signing error
  • automatic signing
  • app signing key
  • provisioning profileAn Apple file that connects an app ID, signing certificates and, for testing, specific devices, so that a signed iOS app is allowed to run or be distributed.
  • buildThe process of turning source code into a program or package that can run, or the result of that process. Also a verb: to build the project.
  • XcodeApple's development environment for writing, building, testing and publishing apps for iPhone, iPad, Mac and other Apple platforms. It runs only on macOS.
  • bundle IDA unique identifier for an app, usually written in reverse domain style such as com.company.appname, which the system and the store use to recognize it.

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