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I have developed an iPhone application, which is already inside iTunes available for download.
Apple also gives you access to the developers member area and many other tools.
Does anyone know, what happens if I decide not to renew ? Does this affect my existing app from download or function in existing devices? Which are the consequences ?
From the iOS program support center
What happens if I do not renew my iOS Developer Program membership?
Once your membership expires, your apps will no longer be available on
the App Store and you will lose the ability to submit new apps. You
will lose access to pre-release software, the Apple Developer Forums,
Developer Technical Support, and the Certificate Utility. In addition,
your existing iOS Distribution certificates will be revoked and
invalidated. Finally, if you enrolled in the program as a company, you
will lose the ability to manage your development team.
You will, however, retain your status as a Registered Apple Developer
and will have access to free development resources.
I think that says pretty much all, the users that downloaded your apps will still be able to use them I'm sure, but the apps will not be available on the store anymore.
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Like most of us considering TestFlight (recently bought by Apple) and Apple Enterprise Developer Program, I am hoping to let users download my app without UDID hassle.
Considering Apple just bought TestFlight and setting up of TestFlight is easier than Apple Enterprise Developer Program, do you think I would be able to let users download my app without any UDID requirement with TestFlight?
Added benefit of TestFlight is that it can allow up to 2,000 users to download the app compared to 100 for Enterprise program.
EDIT: Enterprise program can allow unlimited user. Guess this can change to cost of $300 for Enterprise program.
I'll be grateful if any of you can comment on this and if there's some hidden loophole that I am not aware of.
Should I use TestFlight over Enterprise Program to ensure my users would be able to download the app without any hassle?
Use TestFlight. The Enterprise program is for in-house users and devices only, not external ones. This is a legal limitation of the program, not a technical one.
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this is rather odd for stack overflow, as its not programming. I didn't know where else to go, apple devforums are.. ahh, anyway,
I have created an app, for a company and myself too, its a reference application and hence not tied to any company servers or even my server, think of it as an educational app.
The app is available on AppStore, however, I wanted to offer it to a company, that is not in the list of countries that have Volume Purchase Program.
I wanted to know what are my options here, I want to assume (although I do not know) that the company does have an enterprise iOS developer's license.
In this case, is there a way, i could In-Theory offer them my application For their In-House distribution?
Are there any examples? Lets say that they contracted a third party developer (with the app in AppStore) to make their In-House app build.
If the company has a developer Enterprise license, then you can take your source code and build and sign using certificates created from their account. This version of the app can then be distributed within the company. Note that if this company does not currently have an Enterprise developer account, they will have to sign up for one (requires a D-U-N-S number) and will need to incur the annual cost of $299.
There are a number of things that you need to deal with. You will need to deal with ownership of your code, ongoing support and recompiling the app for them annually when the certificate expires, etc. since you are not an employee of this company.
This question will probably get closed for being off-topic, but hopefully gives you something to think about.
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My iOS developer licence is expiring as of 1st Feb and I was wondering if I can switch to enterprise licence or should I do that from beginning? I wish to keep my Apple IDs and apps...
You may have misunderstood what the Enterprise iOS Developer Program is all about which is not an upgrade to the Standard plan you're enrolled to. The Enterprise license is mainly intended for companies and organisations that are creating proprietary iOS apps for internal distribution (In-house). The main benefit is that you can deploy private apps to iOS devices without needing to register UDIDs in the provisioning portal as you do when distributing Ad-hoc builds. On the other hand you're not allowed to distribute apps on the App Store.
Only companies and organizations with a Dun & Bradstreet (D-U-N-S) Number can enroll to the Enterprise developer program.
Take a look at the following FAQ and compare the Standard and Enterprise developer program here
Switch from a Personal to Enterprise means that you will lose the ability to distribute app via the App Store.
Also Enterprise license are ment for big companies to distribute app in-house, meaning apps for employees only.
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I'm confused about Apple's distribution options of iOS Apps, especially about the Enterprise stuff. On the web there are no clear answers, or a million opposite answers.
I put this here on SO because the problems are also about building apps, signing them etc. So I thought it would fit best here, especially because of the knowledge of developers who have gone through the various processes of app distribution.
Here's my knowledge. Can somebody please correct the wrong points or confirm correct ones?
With the standard developer license, apps can only be deployed through Apple's App Store. Apps have to pass a review.
The standard license allows to deploy to up to 100 devices per year for testing purposes. The app must be signed with a certificate/profile that contains all the devices IDs the app is going to be installed on. It will not be possible to install on other devices. If a new device is added, the app has to be rebuilt/resigned with an updated profile. The app does not have to be reviewed.
The In-house distribution license allows installation on up to 1000 (?) devices of the license owner's company. It is illegal to give the app to third party iOS users. Publishing through Apple's store is not supported. The app does not need to be reviewed by Apple. What is totally unclear in this context: how is that manageable? If a new employee wants to install the app on his iPhone, does the app have to be rebuild and signed with a profile that includes the new device ID? Or does the new employee need some profile installed on his device? How exactly does that work?
If a company wants to build an app exclusively for B2B, what options are there? It does not make sense to put it in the official App Store. Is there the possibility of a separate "Sub-App-Store"?
To my knowledge there is no way to distribute an app without any restrictions wrt number of devices without going through App Store. Correct?
Your Enterprise AdHoc/Developer is limited to 100 devices
Enterprise Distribution is unlimited except by the contract (employees only)
Look at the Business Volume Purchase Program (US only) for B2B http://www.apple.com/business/vpp/
AFAIK 4) is almost impossible to do outside the US unless you put the app on the AppStore.
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Just wondering, I have a developer account for one year and I published a app on app store.
but after one year, the account expired and my app still making money by download or AD, can I still get the revenue? and the app will still online until apple make any policy changed?
Thanks.
From apple's documentation
What happens if I do not renew my iOS Developer Program membership?
If you do not renew your iOS Developer Program membership, you will
retain your status as an Apple Developer and will have access to free
development resources, but you will lose your ability to distribute
applications on the App Store and your access to the iOS Provisioning
Portal. In addition, your existing Development and Distribution
certificates and provisioning profiles will be revoked and
invalidated. You will also lose access to pre-release software,
available discussion forums, and Developer Technical Support.
From what I understand from this, Your app is as good as removed from the app store..:(