I uploaded a plist file but when I go to that link to get the ipa, the plist file is only displaying the text, and not doing anything else. Something is going wrong here and I don't understand what.
<!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>http://rentaid.info/clarktest/Clarktest2.ipa</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.rentaid.testapp</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>Clarktest2</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
you cannot just open the manifest file via standard HTTP scheme becasue nothing useful will happpen. you need to create a link to your manifest file with a special scheme, and that link can work on the device only.
the link with the custom sceme should look like this:
itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://rentaid.info/clarktest/manifest.plist
IMPORTANT: make sure your server has proper SSL certificate, because on iOS7 or above the device won't download the IPA file, if the hosting server has no SLL certificate.
Just uploading the plist file and try to open up willn't help you to get the app. you should hyperlink like this
<a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=http://example.com/Application.plist">
Install This App
</a>
Check this out tutorial 1
Check this out tutorial 2
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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.
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.
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.
<?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://app.company.com/myapp/app.ipa</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.company.*</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1.0.0 (1.0.0)</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>Conference APp</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
I am trying to access manifest file, to download the App on iPhone.
I point it to the manifest file but it does not seems to read it on the iOS device:
Download
The url parameter of the itms-services link needs to be properly escaped (you can't use a / character, has to be %2f) and it needs to be an absolute URL instead of a relative URL.
Try changing it to:
Download ProjectA Reports
The path was incorrect. There's not difference between this file for IOS6 and IOS7
I have created an ios apps and let selected devices download&install on idevices browser safari.So make a link like this:
<a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=http://myserver.com/Info.plist">
and when i click it was popup a message "cannot connect to myserver.com".
Then i figure out IIS missing MimeType so i add back to it.
.ipa application/octet-stream
.plist text/xml
But finally when i click on it no response at all,why?
i doubt info.plist setting was wrong or something.
Here are my info.plist setting:
<?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>AppStoreFileSize</key>
<integer>4329818</integer>
<key>ApplicationProperties</key>
<dict>
<key>ApplicationPath</key>
<string>http://myserver.com/Apps.ipa</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.app.app</string>
<key>IconPaths</key>
<array>
<string>http://myserver.com/icon.png</string>
<string>http://myserver.com/icon.png</string>
<string>http://myserver.com/icon#2x.png</string>
<string>http://myserver.com/icon-72.png</string>
</array>
<key>SigningIdentity</key>
<string>CSR Certificate</string>
</dict>
<key>ArchiveVersion</key>
<integer>2</integer>
<key>CreationDate</key>
<date>2012-10-10T09:02:39Z</date>
<key>Name</key>
<string>AppName</string>
<key>SchemeName</key>
<string>AppName</string>
You code needs to look like this
<?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>http://www.example.com/test.ipa</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>metadata</key>
<dict>
<key>bundle-identifier</key>
<string>com.name.name</string>
<key>bundle-version</key>
<string>1.0</string>
<key>kind</key>
<string>software</string>
<key>title</key>
<string>Name</string>
</dict>
</dict>
</array>
</dict>
</plist>
Remember to change:
Bundle Identifier= <string>com.company.name</string>
Installer Name= <string>Name</string>
Ipa Download= <string>http://www.example.com/test.ipa</string>
Change the <string>http://www.example.com/test.ipa</string> to where ever you located you ipa for install.
Create you Install.plist or Start.plist what ever and go into mobile safari and type: itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=http://www.example.com/whatever.plist
And it should go a head and download it there may be some bugs when downloading.
Remember that the ipa needs a valid UDID= unique device identification.
Hope this helped.
Best Regards Silas.
Since iOS8, un-encrypted plist downloads are not accepted anymore.
So you need a valid ssl certificate and change the scheme to https. You can test this with amazon s3 for example.
you have to use Https for all urls in .plist file