Download Enterprise IPA file from web server - ios

I have seen a few similar questions but they are all several years old and largely unhelpful.
I am hosting a few enterprise apps on AWS S3 and am trying to correctly create the manifest file. When the app is downloaded I am using a presigned URL to get the manifest.plist file which looks like the following:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>assets</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>**S3 URL**</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>full-size-image</string>
<key>needs-shine</key>
<false/>
<key>url</key>
<string>**S3 URL**</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>display-image</string>
<key>needs-shine</key>
<false/>
<key>url</key>
<string>**S3 URL**</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.iOS.app</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1.6.3</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>platform-identifier</key>
<string>com.apple.platform.iphoneos</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>appName</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
All of the URL's in the manifest.plist are currently public to help with testing, so if you go to any of the URL's directly the file is downloaded in the browser correctly.
The URL generated by the download is
itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://{S3Bucket/Key}?AWSAccessKeyId={KEY}&Expires=1636478776&Signature={Signature}&x-amz-security-token={token}
With the actual URL's and token omitted.
I have tried this version and also added amp; after the "&" as suggested in this post Downloading App update OTA from Amazon Aws s3 iOS
In both versions of the download URL I am prompted to "Open In Itunes" but nothing happens when I click "yes".
Are there any updated hints or something I am missing?
Any help would be much appreciated.

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iOS Enterprise App distribution OTA

I'm trying to create OTA for my enterprise app. I have created all pre-requisite for the same including signing certificate, provisioning profile. When I use apples standard hyperlink link nothing happens on the device, just blank screen. I've uploaded IPA and manifest file to https storage and pointed the hyperlink to manifest location.
Install App
Am I missing something here?
Here is my plist.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>assets</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://example.com/sampleApp.ipa</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>display-image</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://example.com/logo%2057%20X%2057.png</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>full-size-image</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://example.com/logo%20512%20X%20512.png</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.sampleApp</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>sampleApp</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Finally I was able to fix the issue. I see issue was with not having correct signing certificate. For anyone who want to distribute the app in-house without MDM they can follow steps in below blog post.
https://medium.com/apps-studio/distributing-enterprise-ios-app-in-house-without-mdm-3ed015009893

Download inhouse app from another app programmatically

we have a lot of inhouse apps and want an app like AppStore. We did a demo. We can open installed apps but apps,not installed on iPhone, can't be downloaded from our servers to the iPhone.
We do:
if([UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:..] == false){
NSString *schemelink = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=%#",**plist_url**];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:schemelink]]
}
The things that we do to find the reason:
Copy-paste plist url to the Mac Safari and I check the plist and it's correct everything(ipa links and others). They all at the same path.
Copy-paste just ipa url. It started to download on Mac.
Copy-paste ipa url with itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=, it says
There is no application set to open the URL ......ipa
Search the App Store for an application that can open this document, or choose an existing application on your computer.
How can I solve it?
.plist:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>assets</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://....../AppName.ipa</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.company.AppName</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1.3</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>AppName</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Your plist file should be hosted on HTTPS SSL enabled serve only otherwise you can not install it.
I have attached a sample manifest.plist file with sample data, you can modify with your original one.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>assets</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://127.0.0.0/app/App.ipa</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>display-image</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://127.0.0.0/app/icon57.png</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>full-size-image</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://127.0.0.0/app/icon512.jpg</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.companyname.appname</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>Your application name</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Place all the following files in same directory on your server.
App.ipa
icon57.png
icon512.jpg
manifest.plist
Your download URL should look like following.
itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://127.0.0.0/app/manifest.plist
Example Click here to download App.
Also make sure your server supports MIME Type of application/octet-stream for ipa and text/xml for plist.

Cannot download iOS OTA from HTTPS Server, but from Dropbox

I have an HTTPS server and my iOS app is ready to be distributed. Signed it using Distribution provisioning profile and has created plist for it.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>assets</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://some-server-url/e-App.ipa</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>display-image</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://some-server-url/image.57x57.png</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>full-size-image</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://some-server-url/image.512x512.jpg</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.com.e-App</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>e-App</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
I have tried to deploy it to my server and have added MIME Types in IIS application/xml for .plist and application/octet-stream for .ipa
Unfortunately when I go to my download.html from iPad Safari, it pops up error of cannot download the app. While I put it in Dropbox for testing, it works perfectly (with some changes in URL in .html and .plist).
Anyone can suggest how to fix this? I have been looking solutions out there but none of them can bring me fortune.
This happens on all devices.
I don't have the logs now, but I remember it gives me this error:
MIInstaller performInstallationWithError
Anyway, the server prompts authentication that user need to input email and password. Maybe this is the cause?

Dynamic link in ios ota manifest

I'm working on an application where I can use over the air deployment for iOS applications.
At runtime generated .plist
<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>assets</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string><![CDATA[https://myapp.com/file/d8A5s]]></string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.myapp.example</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>App Name</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
You'll notice that the <url> tag is not a direct link to the file, it is a url that sends a redirect with a direct link to the file. When I change these lines to a direct link to the file, the installation succeeds.
<key>url</key>
<string><![CDATA[https://myapp.com/file/file.ipa]]></string>
I want to do this without a direct URL to the file in the manifest.
The content type https://myapp.com/file/d8A5s returns is application/octet-stream and I am able to download the file when I use my desktop browser to navigate to the URL.
Any help would be appreciated and I'd be happy to provide additional information.

iOS OTA Not Working

I've setup OTA for my organization, but can't seem to get it working. Here's what I've done:
Setup an externally recognized SSL certificate on the hosting server
Ensured the following MIME Types are on the server:
ipa application/octet-stream
plist application/xml
Added this link to our webpage:
Install
Distributed the ipa, manifest, 57x57 display image, and 512x512 full-size image to the server.
Here's what the manifest looks like:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>items</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>assets</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software-package</string>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://***/***/***.ipa</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>display-image</string>
<key>need-shine</key>
<false/>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://***/***/***.png</string>
</dict>
<dict>
<key>kind</key>
<string>full-size-image</string>
<key>need-shine</key>
<false/>
<key>url</key>
<string>https://***/***/***.png</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifer</key>
<string>***.***.***</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>233582</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>***</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
I've verified the URLs in the manifest. They're definitely correct. I've used my computer as a proxy for my phone and I see that my phone is downloading the manifest successfully after clicking the Install link. However, after the phone downloads the manifest, nothing happens - the phone doesn't install the app or display an error on the screen. I've also monitored the console during the transaction and no error appears there either.
I'm completely at a loss for what might be causing the issue here. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I changed need-shine to needs-shine and bundle-identifer to bundle-identifier and that fixed the issue. It would have been nice if the console would have given an error for invalid fields in the manifest, but unfortunately it did not.

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