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RamJam
RamJam

Reputation: 163

Can I put my own app on just my iphone?

I want to create an iphone app for personal use.

Can I just put it on my phone and use it or do I have to go through the iphone store process to get it on my phone?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 16

Views: 55872

Answers (6)

Stephen W. Wright
Stephen W. Wright

Reputation: 393

The main point here is that a free developer account on developer/apple.com, provides developers a six-day window to download and test apps on the iPhone. For free.

Upvotes: 0

sinsro
sinsro

Reputation: 915

As pointed out by others here, you can sign up as a developer to temporarily install apps on your device for testing purposes, but you would constantly need to renew your phone's installed provisioning profile to keep using it over time.

The only way to permanently put your own application on an un-jailbroken phone is to publish it to the app-store and download it through iTunes. Of course, Apple would need to accept the app so you would need to face the same regulations as other apps sold via iTunes, and your app would be public to everyone.

Upvotes: 1

paxswill
paxswill

Reputation: 1200

To run an app on an un-jailbroken iDevice, it needs to be signed. Registered developers get personal signing keys (and also have to register the device) which lets them test their apps. They also can do ad-hoc distribution, meaning compiling and signing an app so that other people can use it without being registered. This is limited in the number of users who can use it though.

Enterprise developers can sign apps for internal distribution, sorta like unlimited ad-hoc, but that program is expensive and unnecessary for what most people do.

Upvotes: 1

MarkPowell
MarkPowell

Reputation: 16540

Purchase a developer account for $99 from Apple. Create a developer provisioning file and build to your device. The annoyance will be the provisioning file is good for a limited time, requiring you to update it periodically and rebuild.

Upvotes: 1

Eiko
Eiko

Reputation: 25632

Yes, you can run your own apps on your phone. You need a paid iPhone developer account though.

Upvotes: 1

Franci Penov
Franci Penov

Reputation: 76001

As long as you have a valid developer certificate to sign the app and you have a development provisioning profile and your device is registered as a test device. For that you need to be registered as an iPhone Developer Program member.

In other words, you have to pay Apple $99 to be able to put your own app on your own phone.

Upvotes: 30

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