CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iosxcode
the_fez
the_fez

Reputation: 107

iOS Ad-Hoc Distribution

I am currently finished with making an iOS app and I would like to distribute the app amongst my co-workers using ad-hoc distribution. I have only two months experience with XCode and I am confused about everything about what materials I need to send an app out to my co-workers. I don't want to make an error that I cannot reverse.

  1. What are the essentials I need to bundle in order to distribute an app to other people?

  2. What is a provisioning profile and is it needed to distribute an app?

  3. Is there a way to send people an app using ad-hoc without registering their UDID's?

  4. Lastly, is there a recent tutorial on creating a web link to distribute an app?

  5. Would dropbox be easier?

Upvotes: 8

Views: 11251

Answers (2)

user992154788
user992154788

Reputation: 31

Looks like the app has to be rebuild after one year when distributed this way to the users. Testing with Testflight is limited to 30 days. I did not find a way to make an app for a small company without paying 100$ to apple. Let me know if i´m wrong.

Upvotes: 1

Sega-Zero
Sega-Zero

Reputation: 3017

  1. You will need to archive your app and then export it as Ad-Hoc. No extra work need here.
  2. What is provisioning profile
  3. No
  4. Distribute ipa via web
  5. As a matter of fact, there are a lot of more handy ways. I suggest you to look at HockeyApp or Fabric which allows you to get more than just a deployment - it allows you to gather bugreports, self-updating and many more. Of course, don't forget about Apple's TestFlight service, which seems to be greatly integrated into xcode 7.

Upvotes: 4

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