Hello everyone and thank you in advance for everyone's help
I built a personal application and I do not want to submit it to AppStore.
Is there any way that my friends and family can install the app with a specific link?
Importantly, I do not have a developer account
Without https://www.diawi.com or betafamily.
Can I download an app from my Safari? Like hacked apps?
You can host the application on your own server and share the link to download the app through browser. But you still need a developer account for the distribution.
You can go through this link http://www.bentedder.com/self-hosting-an-ad-hoc-distribution-ipa-file-for-app-development/ for the process to host your app on your own server.
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I have an enterprise account. I can test apps on my device from XCode. How do I send apps to other people to test?
I believe TestFlight is not available for enterprise accounts. A long time ago, ipa files used to be the way to go. With ITunes being replaced by the Music app on the Mac, the ipa file route no longer seems possible.
I couldn't find any information either on Stack Overflow or on Apple's documentations. Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
You can use over-the-air installation, by uploading the ipa and Manifest.plist to a server and letting the users install the app using an install link like itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=Manifest.plist . (See this tutorial for example.)
But it's probably easier to use a 3rd party deployment service instead, like Bitwise, HockeyApp, Firebase, etc.
I am a freelancer. I developed an iOS app for my client. She has an individual developer account, but we want me to upload an app to the App Store Connect because my client is actually not able to handle this, she even has no Mac. What we should do? She needs to share her account with me or what? My client gave me an Admin role in App Store Connect, but I cannot upload the app from Xcode to App Store Connect. We really need help. What should we do? Thank you in advance for your response! This is what I see when trying to upload archive from Xcode: Error in Xcode
Well this question seems silly but its just the need now. I want to share my iOS app via any messenger so that other person can install it in its iPhone and test it.
I also want to know about the further process such as -
How to install app after receiving it.
you can use UIActivityViewController to present the sharing apps inside your app and you can send the itunes app link and message via that.
Now when somebody gets that message, he can touch the link you shared then it will redirect the user to your app in the appStore.
Please check the below link:
Xcode : sharing content via Action Sheet
Best way to share the app in iOS for testing ... [TestFlight] .
for more information -
https://developer.apple.com/testflight/
If your app is live than share itune link. if your app is not on appstore then create a url of app using enterprise certificates and share url. here are some tools for create url.
AppBox
diwi
Update:- You must need an apple developer or enterprise account for share and run app in real iphone device.
Hi I'm intending to have an iPhone app developed by a coder from the US. I live in the UK. When the app is being developed, is there a way that I can preview and use the app as its being developed, so that I see if all the designs and functionality are correct?
Basically the app equivalent of seeing the developer URL of a website being developed.
-Thanks
You will need to give the developer the UDID of your device. You can find it via iTunes.
The developer will add your UDID to his developer profile. Then he can create install files (the file extension is .ipa) that your device can use. He sends you the IPA file and you use iTunes to install it.
Another approach is to use TestFlight. You can register your device with this site and with your developer's account on the site. Then the developer can get your UDID from the web site and upload the .ipa file to the site. Once he's done that, you can install the app directly from the web site without downloading it to a Mac or PC first. Note that this is still reasonably secure because the app is encrypted and can only be run on the devices that are included in the developer's profile.
I am trying to develop an application which needs to download and install other new new apps or update an existing app in iphone without closing the main app.Is that possible ?.I googled a lot for this and i didnt yet find any solution.Looking far a reply
Thanks in advance
It's not possible. Your app can open links to other apps in the store, but not install or update them.
You have more options using enterprise in-house distribution and MDM, but for app store apps, it's not possible.
For enterprise apps, this link has all the info you need: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/FA_Wireless_Enterprise_App_Distribution/Introduction/Introduction.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40009979