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David
David

Reputation: 31

Is there a way to install an ipa file to tester without all the apple stuff?

I have some ipa files and it turns out that I can install directly on my device without having to do anything unusual, just itunes. These apps are not in the app store, so I guess they've done something with Xcode or with the ipas, right? How is this possible?

When I pass the apps I've done to some beta testers I have to ask IDs and after putting it in the certificate, it can be installed, but if not, no.

So anyone have any idea? What happened?

If you have an Enterprise account, you still need the ID's of the testers, right?

sorry for my bad english, but at least I try!

Greetings and thanks!

Upvotes: 3

Views: 7293

Answers (5)

tesmojones
tesmojones

Reputation: 2667

the best and easiest way is to use diawi.com, no account/registration required.

Upvotes: 0

Mauker
Mauker

Reputation: 25

Yes you can install that from Safari, of course that you have to do the provisioning profiles and everything else on normal account for apple procedures. But there is a way to install your app without iTunes if you have a valid .ipa file. You can put this file on your server and put a HTML with directly link with IP and use this HTML exemple substituting the informations for yours servers and files information:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>downloader</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>

<a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=http://SERVER_IP/URL_IPA_FILE/IPA.plist">
        Install App</a>
</ul>
</body>
</html>

So you have to use the manifest.plist created by xcode when you create a .ipa file.

Upvotes: 0

Max13
Max13

Reputation: 921

As @Deepak said (then stroke), you can use TestFlightApp (you won't have to care about UDID). Explained there: How do install iPhone application from Xcode to a remote iPhone

Upvotes: 0

Deepak Danduprolu
Deepak Danduprolu

Reputation: 44633

Have you look at Test Flight?

EDIT

Come to think of it, if one is able to give their applications to anonymous testers he could sell the app outside the AppStore. That would be counterproductive for Apple and unless the user jailbreaks the device it shouldn't be possible.

Upvotes: 0

user745098
user745098

Reputation:

We can do in Xcode "build and archive", which will then create an ipa file. This is done by the developers to pass on the app to the client for testing or reviewing.

Ofcourse, if you want to run this archive your device should have been added in the provisioning profile with which the archive was created.

Upvotes: 2

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