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XMarshall
XMarshall

Reputation: 971

iPhone Developer License

I wanted to know if we have a iPhone Developer Enterprise License, then is it possible to distribute our apps to a limited number of users (of our choice) through App Store? In other words, we would like our iPhone apps to be visible to a limited number of users (whom we have selected to preview our apps)

Also, is there any other way to distribute our apps other than the App Store?

Thanks,

Upvotes: 2

Views: 229

Answers (4)

James
James

Reputation: 474

I don't think you can do so through the Apple App store, but you can - with the enterprise license - distribute apps directly to people whom you authorise. This means that yes you can host the app at a URL that you control and can therefore limit access to however you wish to. Users will need a provisioning profile - but this isn't created using your 100 device limit from Apple.

The Apple Guide is at http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/Enterprise_Deployment_Guide.pdf - see chapter 5 in particular.

This covers the mechanic of doing what you want. I'd take a close look at the t's and c's of the Enterprise Programme as the programme is clearly intended to allow organisations to distribute within the organisation - not as a means to bypass the app store. I hope your target users are within your organisation.

Upvotes: 0

Aluminum
Aluminum

Reputation: 2992

With an iOS Developer Enterprise Licence you will be able to distribute your apps to a limited number of users but not through the AppStore, in fact the apps in the AppStore are available to every user. You will be able to sign and distribute (via Wi-Fi or 3G) your own apps to make them run only on selected devices, though. This is called In-House Distribution.

Upvotes: 2

dasdom
dasdom

Reputation: 14063

No, apps on the app-store are visible to all users. Depending on the device they are then downloadable.

But you can distribute you app to a limited number of users via ad hoc distribution. Therefore you need to know the device ids of the devices the app should run on.

Upvotes: 0

Vin
Vin

Reputation: 10548

With an enterprise license you can't distribute your app on the App store. Actually you wouldn't even get the access to iTunesConnect. The only way to distribute your app is by ad-hoc or in-house distribution.

Upvotes: 2

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