I have to deploy an Ios app to multiple Ios devices, without the apple developer program. I found out I can do this relatively easily through Xcode and just physically connecting the device. My issue is that it takes a very long time for the app to build, and I don't want to wait that long for every single device. Is there a way I can build the app once and then just deploy that built version to each device?
If we want to distribute our App in the App Store, we require Apple Developer account. But there’s a good thing we can now test our App on devices without a paid Apple Developer Account.
For your requirement as per my understanding, follow these steps:
Modify settings of your app and device on which it is to be tested, as per this link:
Deploying Apps to Devices without an Apple Developer Account
Clean and prepare a build of app for devices.
Upload this build on Diawi and share the link of build to devices for direct install.
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I need to "release"(without uploading it to App Store) an app, but only for a single device. Can this be done without joining the Apple Developer Program? And without having the device connected or reconnected every fortnight.
Unfortunately, no. You need to join the Apple Developer Program to release any app. When you sign up for the program, you can release the app as a custom app so that it can install app on devices you allow to learn more read here: Distributing Custom Apps
My employer doesn't have an iPhone for testing, they are also not enrolled into Apple's developer program, but they recruited me as an iOS developer.
I was told to create an app and I did it with the help of simulator.
Now, they want me to generate an IPA file of that application for their client who is in another country to test, in his iPhone. Is that even possible?
You will certainly need a developer account if you want to run your app on a physical device (unless that device is jailbroken, which I wouldn't recommend). If your employer hired you as an iOS developer, you need to inform them that a requirement to doing iOS development is a developer account.
If you are going to be writing iOS apps to deploy on client device (which you won't have physical access to), you have a couple of options.
You could have your employer pay for the enterprise developer account ($299/year). This allows you to have an In House Distribution profile, which lets you build an IPA that can run on any iOS device without the need to register the UDID for each device in the provisioning profile.
You could use Apple's TestFlight to deploy the app to your clients' devices. This still requires a paid developer account as you are basically creating an app store build and distributing to others as "beta testers". The app goes through a more lax review process, but it still must have been signed with a distribution certificate, which you only can get with a paid account.
Bottom line, if your company is asking you to develop apps professionally, you need to get them to understand that the $99/year fee is part of the process. IF they can't justify that, they shouldn't be hiring out iOS development jobs.
Without Apple developer's account it is not possible. You would not be able to archive your code either. Have a look at these documents :
Apple's documentation : Exporting Your App for Testing (iOS, tvOS, watchOS)
Stackoverflow : How to export an ipa in Xcode 7
you have to enrolled into Apple's developer program, and add all UDID into you app device ID than generate a provisional profile. install it in xcode than create an archive, zip it and upload to diawi.com. Diawi( https://www.diawi.com/ ) is best solution, It will generate a link which you can give to client and they can install it on their device directly.
I have faced same problem at start of my job :)
- but it is not possible to generate ipa without apple developer account.
- and even if you connect device to deploy then device iOS version and XCode iOS version must be same.
you have to enrolled into Apple's developer program and this is not enough. For over-the-air installation you have to use apple's testflight or hockeyapp like third party apps.
It's mid 2015 and I've found a lot of old links regarding this problem so I wanted to post a new question. I was wondering how to install generated app to any iPhone/iPad device without publishing it in the App Store?
So, I would like to do the same as I can do with the Android apps. I would like to give my app to close to 1000 selected users so they can use it. For Android I can just take debug apk file and send them to their email and they would be able to install it.
I've found this but it's not for free: http://hockeyapp.net/features
Thank you for your help.
TestFlight Testing makes it easy to invite users to test your iOS 8 apps before you release them on the App Store. You can invite up to 1,000 external testers using just their email address.
https://developer.apple.com/testflight/
Update
Now you can test your iOS, watchOS, and tvOS and you can invite up to 2,000 testers using email address.
As far as I know it is not possible yet, At least in a pretty way, I mean, if the device in which you will install your app is not jail-broken you will need to sign your app, and if you sign your app it makes no sense not publish it on the App Store.
Yes. The number is unlimited if your iOS device owners all enroll themselves in Apple's $99 Developer program, have recent Macs, and you are willing to distribute a build-able Xcode project to them. The limit seems to be up to 100 devices if you alone are the only one to enroll, and don't use TestFlight.
Just enroll in Apple's $99 Developer program, add the devices (up to 100) to your provisioning profile in Apple's Developer portal, download the profile to Xcode, then build the app, connect the device to the Mac (or use Ad Hoc provisioning), and install the app. Or get Apple to approve your app for TestFlight distribution.
If you are doing this for a corporation with a D&B number, then another alternative is to enroll in Apple's more expensive Enterprise program, which allows you to install your app on any employee iOS device, even if this number is well over 100.
I'm developing an app that is supposed to be distributed outside Apple Store. I've read the documentation about app distribution and don't got so clear to me how can I distribute to my specific client... I know I can generate the IPA file, but it is just for testing, right?
What I really need is: get the devices from my client, install the app on those devices for him...
I don't think I need the Enterprise Developer Program, right?
Thanks!
If you are planning to distribute huge amount of users you need an enterprise account. Regular developer account has an option to add device for testing and development up to 100 device.
If you want your app to be tested on clients device first you need to add device UDID onto your developer portal and generate provisioning profile for Ad-Hoc distribution and sign your app with this profile then you can upload it to diawi and send diawi link to your client.
you may watch following tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVO0tIHmQTg
You can use TestFlight for this. Its easy to use , optional and easy to integrate its SDK and is free for your mentioned usage.
You have to add the UDID of the iPad devices in the dev certificate and upload the app to testflight.
By integrating the SDK you can use multiple other functionalities support as well, like:
Sessions
Symbolicated Crash Reports
Production Crashes
Checkpoints
Remote Logging
In-App Updates
In-App Feedback
EDIT: you will be in need of UDIDs of the iPad devices only if you are not using Enterprise developer program.
I am trying to setup some WebDriver tests to run on an iPad and am having a heck of a time.
The instructions from Selenium say:
For now, you will need the full set of development tools from apple to install on your device.
Install the iphone SDK and configure your build environment as described above. You will also need a provisioning profile from Apple to be installed and configured for your device.
Where do I get the iPhone SDK from to put onto the device? I cannot find them anywhere on the App store on the device.
If you have a Mac, you can download XCode 4 which contains everything you will need to develop for the iPhone including:
-IDE
-Performance Analysis
-iOS SDK
-OSX SDK
https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/ios/index.action
To load an app on your device, you will need to sign up as a developer to access the Provisioning Portal. An annual fee of $99 is required to become a developer which includes distribution on the App Store among other things.