Build and Archive Option in XCode and Submit to iTunes

Question

Although I have already submitted my app using Build And Archive and then clicking on the Submit to iTunes connect I will ask the question anyway. Apple says that select a Distribution profile when submitting to Apple. So, I went on iTunes and downloaded the Distribution profile. I added profile to xCode. I did the build and archive option then validated the application. Everything was validated successfully. Before submitting the application I noticed that there is a big question mark on the left hand side saying "Application Info". This is strange because I have already filled out all the name, description, version, keywords etc on the iTunes connect website. Anyway, I submitted the app and now it shows "Waiting for review".

Will the validation catch the exception if I try to submit the app for any profile other than the distribution? I am asking this because I have several profiles I created for BETA testing.

UPDATE 1:

One other thing I am noticing is that even though when I select the distribution profile and do build and archive. When I open the archive.plist file in the archive folder the XCProfileUUID value matches that of the Team Provisioning Profile and not to the distribution profile. Not sure what is that??

Answer 1

The validation would not have passed if it was incorrectly signed.

Answer 2

Validation does not check, to my knowledge, which profile you built & signed with. It only checks that you selected a valid profile.

You must ensure that you have selected your distribution profile under Project > Select Active Build Configuration. There are a number of other application settings you need to verify are filled out properly.

Apple provides a great step-by-step Howto in one of the tabs online where you create & download your Distribution profile. As long as you followed those steps & properly set the Build Configuration, you should be golden.