I'm got an account for iOS Developer Program.
Can I upgrade my current account to iOS Developer Enterprise Program?
Can iOS Developer Enterprise Program allow developer to distribute the application to app store?
Can iOS Developer Enterprise Program and iOS Developer Program account join together? Or it's different account?
No, once you buy one of a certain type, it stays that type
No, only enterprise distribution is allowed for enterprise accounts
No - they must remain separate accounts
You can not upgrade your current account. You have to create a new one for enterprise.
Basically an enterprise account is used for internal purpose to distribute the build within your organisation but you can also upload a build to the AppStore. For that you have to pay $299.
No, Enterprise and Developer both are separate accounts.
For more details about Enterprise accounts: https://developer.apple.com/programs/enterprise/
No, once you buy one of a certain type, it stays that type
No, only enterprise distribution is allowed for enterprise accounts
No, they must remain separate accounts
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I read an article about an app which allowed users to enter a URL and download an app, without being a registered developer device:
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/07/how-to-install-gba-emulator-for-ios-without-jailbreaking.html
I was wondering how this was possible, as it'd be useful for my own purposes?
The "iOS Developer Enterprise Program"
allows you to distribute iOS apps to devices without having them registered, but it is allowed
only for the distribution of in-house apps within a company.
(The article http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/07/apple-revokes-gba4ios-signing-certificate.html
tells that the iOS Enterprise Program was abused to freely distribute apps and as a consequence, Apple revoked the certificate.)
They used an enterprise distribution certificate for signing their app.
https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/
The certificate may be used for distribution inside a company. Please refer to this SO answer for more details on how to manage your in-house apps distribution.
How does Apple's enterprise distribution system prevent a person from downloading an app targeted at an enterprise that they do not belong to?
It appears the only restriction for Enterprise apps is the provisioning profile. Apple does not know or restrict Enterprise apps based on device.
If you want to restrict an app to members of a company, then you may need to take additional steps.
I am building an app using the apple "in-house" deployment of the enterprise program. But I want to distribute this app free of cost to few non member of enterprise. we cannot make those person an employee of the organization because of some company policy. Is this possible and is there any legal issues associated on apple side with this kind of distribution? Thanks in advance.
You'll probably need to do some digging into Apple's policy, but I'm pretty sure I read that the Enterprise Deployment method is strictly for in-house employees. In order to distribute to outside individuals, you may have to go on the App Store.
Unless you could have the company those individuals work for sign up for the Enterprise Deployment program and distribute it internally there?
To be safe, check with Apple
Some companies have both Enterprise and regular developer accounts. They use the regular developer account for giving Ad Hoc apps to "beta testers", or for submitting suitable apps to the public App store.
if i'm on the iphone enterprise developer program for companies with >500 employees, do i still need to publish my app on the app store for clients to install the app?
If you do not intend to publish apps to the App Store, then don't. The iPhone Enterprise Developer Program is designed not to allow you to publish apps to the App Store. For that you need to also enroll in the standard program.
From Apple Developer's FAQ for the enterprise program:
If your company is enrolled in the Enterprise Program but would also like to distribute your application(s) to customers via the App Store, you will need to enroll in the iPhone Developer Program as an Individual or as a Company.
Just to clarify - the enterprise developer program allows you to build apps so that you do not need to register the devices in advance. However, you have to make sure that the apps you build are only used by employees, contractors, and "customers" (in very special situations). For more information check out the updated article "Apple iOS Enterprise Developer Program Summary" http://www.apperian.com/technote/Apple_iOS_Enterprise_Developer_Program
The iOS Developer Enterprise Program is now open to all companies - see http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/ - they removed the 500+ employee limit. This will definitely help companies that want to roll out internal "in-house" apps.
Can someone point out what is the difference?
And what for do we actually pay so much money, when supporting the iPhone with our hard work?
Is it right that I have to have the Enterprise Membership (299 USD), when I want to sell Apps for money? Or can I also sell Apps when I "only" have the cheaper Standard Membership (99 USD)?
Is there a fee every time I want to upload a new app to the App Store? Where is the hook in the Standard Membership?
The Enterprise Membership is only for enterprises - no app store distribution, but you can distribute your programs within your enterprise (ad-hoc). With the Standard one, you can put your apps on the app store but can only give out 100 copies of your program using ad-hoc.
There is no fee for submitting apps to the App Store once you have a Standard membership.
If you want to distribute both to your organization via adhoc and the public via App Store, you need to register two separate accounts. This was confirmed in an email from Apple Dev Support.
From Apple:
The standard plan does NOT allow distribution to iPhones (except a few development phones) outside of the app store.
The enterprise plan does NOT allow distribution to iPhone via the app store, but does permit developers to deploy their own programs within their own organization without designating those phones as 'development' phones.
-Adam
"The standard plan does NOT allow distribution to iPhones (except a few development phones)"
how many phones??