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harryfeng
harryfeng

Reputation: 573

iPhone enterprise app icon not showing when over the air installation

When we distribute the iOS app using enterprise certificate and when we install the app for the first time, the icon is not showing during installation stage, icon shows after installation.

This behaviour is different from when we install the app through app store. When we install through app store, the icon shows with a dark grey mask.

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 1669

Answers (2)

Najdan Tomić
Najdan Tomić

Reputation: 2111

This seems like an iOS bug introduced in recent versions of iOS probably iOS 11.3.

Manifest file contains required fields, images are in PNG format and using https protocol.

After testing installation of the app on different devices and different iOS versions ended up with following results:

╔═════════════╦═════════════╦═══════════════════════════════╗
║ iOS version ║ Device      ║ Icon visible while installing ║
╠═════════════╬═════════════╬═══════════════════════════════╣
║ iOS 9.3.1   ║ iPad mini 4 ║ Yes                           ║
╠═════════════╬═════════════╬═══════════════════════════════╣
║ iOS 10.3.1  ║ iPhone 6    ║ Yes                           ║
╠═════════════╬═════════════╬═══════════════════════════════╣
║ iOS 11.1.1  ║ iPad Air 2  ║ Yes                           ║
╠═════════════╬═════════════╬═══════════════════════════════╣
║ iOS 11.2.6  ║ iPhone 6S   ║ Yes                           ║
╠═════════════╬═════════════╬═══════════════════════════════╣
║ iOS 11.3.1  ║ iPhone X    ║ No                            ║
╠═════════════╬═════════════╬═══════════════════════════════╣
║ iOS 11.3.1  ║ iPhone 6S   ║ No                            ║
╚═════════════╩═════════════╩═══════════════════════════════╝

Upvotes: 2

M Reza
M Reza

Reputation: 19708

You need to add two png icons (sizes: 57x57, 512x512) to the server where your .ipa file is and add their url to the plist file which is generated when you export ipa for enterprise. The icon you added will display while downloading the app.

So the .plist file will look like this: 

<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>items</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
        <key>assets</key>
            <array>
                <dict>
                     <key>kind</key>
                     <string>software-package</string>
                     <key>url</key>
                     <string>https://ipa-file-location</string>
                </dict>

                <!-- ADD THIS: -->
                <dict>
                    <key>kind</key>
                    <string>display-image</string>
                    <key>url</key>
                    <string>https://.../img57x57.png</string>
                </dict>
                <dict>
                   <key>kind</key>
                   <string>full-size-image</string>
                   <key>url</key>
                   <string>https://.../img512x512.png</string>
                </dict>
               <!---------->

            </array>
            <key>metadata</key>
            <dict>
                <key>bundle-identifier</key>
                <string>...</string>
                <key>bundle-version</key>
                <string>...</string>
                <key>kind</key>
                <string>software</string>
                <key>title</key>
                <string>...</string>
            </dict>
       </dict>
    </array>
</dict>

Upvotes: 0

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