Has anyone found a way to accept a TestFlight Beta invite without using the Apple Mail app?
My users don't have personal email associated with their devices. What I would like to do is provide a method that they copy the link to their device. One way would be to convert the link in the invite email to a QR code, which they could then scan on their device and use. However, I haven't been able to figure out how to use the link from QR apps such as ZBar. They just open the TestFlight Beta App in iTunes or they fail.
The solution I'm looking for won't require users to manually key in a long and complicated url.
Does TestFlight Beta somehow check to see if an email address that matches the invite is configured?
Classic TestFlight was soooo much better...
You can also copy the link and send it to your device using Message.
If you open the Testflight link (sent in the invite) on your desktop browser, you'll likely see a screen that looks like this:
There's a redemption code in there which you can then pass along in the Testflight iOS app.
I had success manually typing the link into Safari on the device but I only needed to do it once.
I am fairly sure each tester receives a unique link so you need to ensure the Apple ID that is logged into the TestFlight app on the device matches the link that is used.
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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.
Whenever I've asked people about how to send out a beta through email, they've always told me "Oh, it's easy. You just export the IPA, then send everyone the link." I've done this myself as a tester. I tap the link, and it installs. Easy as that.
And now I can't find out how to do that.
For me, I export, and attach the link in an email to myself, and it forwards me to safari, with an "Open with..." prompt. I can't figure out how to get it to install.
I'm not interested in TestFlight or anything that involves more complication. I just want to send people my build, and can't figure out which part I'm getting wrong.
Assuming (and I hope you don't) jailbreak targeted devices:
With a basic Apple developer licence, you'll need to add devices UDID into the provisioning profile you built your app with. Using a third-party service is a great solution (Crashlytics, TestFlight).
If you have an Enterprise Apple Developer plan, you can build your app with your certificate and install it on a device without adding its UDID before - that's what you need. Once you built the app, you'll just have to host the generated .ipa on a web-server with HTTPS and send the direct link to your customer. Please find the official documentation here and here.
You'll need a webserver for this, and one that support HTTPS.
Here is a link how to do this. Of course, this only works if you know the user's UDIDs beforehand, or use an In-House distribution profile.
I just moved from distributing beta versions of my iOS app through testflightapp.com to the TestFlight service baked into iTunes Connect.
Some external testers (not tried internal) are having no problem, some are getting this message when they click the invite email link:
The user has:
Fully updated the iPad. (Version 8.1.2)
Fully updated Testflight app from the app store. (Version 8.1.2)
The email address I'm inviting is different from the Apple Id but I thought this was not a problem.
Make sure you do not reuse same email for a different device. I was getting this error trying to reuse invitation on another ipad after installing it on another ipad. Once I registered new user with another email, I was able to proceed.
You can ask the admin of an iTunesConnect to remove and add to the list of beta testers, so you will receive a new invitation and it will work.
I experienced this too. In my case it helps to disable the build and then re-enabled it again.
Cheers
/Edward.
Found this by Lefteris - worked for my me:
Make sure that you are logged in with the correct iTunes account on
the device, as it will not show the app if you are using a different
iTunes account from the one specified in the iTunes Connect private
beta
Link
I have submitted my apps to test flight and able to download it using testflightapp.com. However, when I access it through the testflight app itself, it says "You are currently not testing any app"?
I have checked the following link but it's not helpful
http://help.testflightapp.com/customer/portal/articles/829653-i-don-t-see-any-apps-after-connecting-my-device-to-my-account-
I guess you donwloaded the Apple Testfligt App. It's different than the system you are using. You need to access the testflightapp-website with your Ipad/Iphone. Have a look in your emails. There should be a Testflight link. Open it with your iOS device and it should work. It will reate an icon on your home-screen which looks like an App but is just the link to testflightapp.com
Other tip, always open your TestFlight emails with the mail default app from the iPad/iPhone or Safari.
I was using gmail app to open the mail but it was failing
There are many answers explaining how to create a link to the app in the iTunes store:
itms-app://itunes.apple.com/app/id{APPID}
My application is sending out an email via the sharing functionality in iOS7 (UIActivityViewController) which includes the above URL.
If the application has never been published before, clicking on the above link in the email on the iPhone device (the Simulator doesn't have the iTunes application) opens iTunes as expected but nothing is displayed.
How can I verify before publishing the initial version of my app that my iTunes link is indeed correct?
There is no way to verify, just hope that it will work, really. What I do is plug in the id of one of my existing apps during testing to make sure that works, then before publishing I grab the actual id from itunesconnect, paste it in, and submit!