XCode 6 and Ad-Hoc distribution without XC: provisioning

There is no way to get Xcode 6.x to use an ad-hoc profile that doesn't contain all of the devices on your team; this is by design.

I have a workaround for this that works for me.

I have both Xcode 6 and Xcode 5.1.1 installed, Xcode 6 is in Applications and Xcode 5.1.1 is in another directory. When I want to do a build I use Xcode 6 to create the Archive. But you can also see the created Archive in Xcode 5.1.1 so I use Xcode 5.1.1 to distribute the Ad Hoc .ipa using the provisioning profile that I want to use. So build using Xcode 6 but distribute using Xcode 5.1.1. It works for me.

Xcode6 will now always create a new AdHoc provisioning profile prefixed with 'XC' when you export an archive for testing (e.g. Hockey App). In order to do this you must always have the latest App Store Distribution certificate and private key in your keychain.

NOTE: You do not have to have this latest distribution certificate selected in your provisioning profile you built the archive with. Also keep in mind you do not need to have an AdHoc provisioning profile to export an AdHoc ipa.

When you export the first time you will probably receive an error saying that you do not have an AdHoc provisioning profile with the following devices/people in it. Just hit 'Try Again' and it will work.

Something else to keep in mind is that when exporting an ipa you are forced to test push notifications through their distribution/production servers as it is using the new self generated 'Distribution XC: AdHoc' provisioning profile.

If you are using Urban Airship like we are you can no longer use development keys for testing. If you look under 'Entitlements' once you get through the steps to export it will show you that 'aps-environment' is set to 'production'. If anyone finds an alternate solution for this let me know.