Install an appx manually on multiple Windows Phone 8.1 devices

Question

I'm doing a Windows Phone 8.1 application. It works ok, I can try it on emulator and on my phone, because I've registered it.

Now, I have to pass the app to my client to test it (they are going to test it on multiple devices). I was looking but I didn't find any aswer to this questions:

• How can I create and send them an appx that they can install on their phones?

• What kind of developer license I need?

• Do they have to register their phones with the same certificate I create the appx?
• How can they install the appx I've sent them via email for example?

Thank you very much!

Answer 1

sideloading Windows Phone appx files is not directly possible if the device is no registered developer device. And sadly there can be only 3 devices registered.

You can set up a new app in your developer account dashboard and submit it to the store as a beta version. Then you can "invite" up to 10000 people by entering their email addresses.

More info here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj215598%28v=vs.105%29.aspx