Re: Signing Apps for Sprint

On 9/23/07, Alan Weiler <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Or, is the whole signing issue only applicable to apps that will be hosted
> on Sprint's deck. For off deck apps, the only option is to go untrusted,
> and forego access to the restricted APIs?
>

Right on both counts.

When your app goes public, Sprint will sign it with their own cert.

You need a VeriSign cert for testing only, and the MIDlets signed by
that cert can only be installed on Sprint handsets that have been
enabled for development.

--
Joe Bowbeer

On 9/23/07, Alan Weiler <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Has anyone delivered an off-deck, signed applicaton using restricted APIs
> on Sprint?
>
> I have read a number of posts on signing, and I have read the Sprint
> Developer PDF tutorial on signing apps. I signed an app using the Sprint's
> WTK.
>
> But, I do not yet understand why I have to enable the developer root on my
> device. I want to deliver signed apps using restricted APIs to devices off
> deck. My customers will not have enabled a developer root on their devices.
> Downloading a signed app to my own phone is no different than the
> experience I want to give my customers.
>
> The PDF tutorial on signing is very ambiguous. It says I need a Certificate
> from Verisign, but it also says I don't need one-- I can use a 3 year
> certificate built into the WTK.
>
> It would make sense if the root developer certificate was only for testing,
> but I need the Versign Certificate for deploying off deck to my customers.
> Is that the case? The PDF doesn't make this clear one way or another.
>
> Or, is the whole signing issue only applicable to apps that will be hosted
> on Sprint's deck. For off deck apps, the only option is to go untrusted,
> and forego access to the restricted APIs?
>
> Sprint's tutorial PDF is really great for the mechanics of creating a
> signed app, but it doesn't address any of the deployment issues.
>
> Thank you for your reply.
>
> Alan Weiler
> [email protected]
>

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