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ntaj
ntaj

Reputation: 311

Possible to install .ipa without iTunes?

Is it possible to install an ipa on an iPhone (given enterprise provisioning profile) without iTunes? We are distributing an app to a non-technical audience within our company and want to simplify things as much as possible.

In the ideal case, we'd like to host the ipa on a site, and have the users browse to the site from their iPhone and install directly. Is something like this possible?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 376

Answers (2)

Cornelius
Cornelius

Reputation: 4264

If you want to distribute the ipa through your own domain and server you can use HockeyKit. It's the free and open source "little brother" of HockeyApp, a hosted service to distribute app betas.

Here is what you need to do:

  • Integrate the HockeyKit SDK in your app
  • Install the server component on your web server
  • Add the devices you want to distribute to in your Apple developer account and generate an ad hoc distribution certificate with those devices
  • Build and archive with the ad hoc profile
  • Upload the ipa and the profile to your webserver

Upvotes: 0

ppalancica
ppalancica

Reputation: 4277

You can use this service: www.testflightapp.com

It is free. You can send invitations/notifications to the desired users and a new version or update is uploaded. Also you can share a link to anyone you'd like.

Upvotes: 1

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