What are the possible ways to host iPhone build files (.ipa files) for enterprise edition, so that members of a particular organization can download that file?
Use AdHoc.
With Ad Hoc distribution you can share your application with up to 100
other iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch users. Through email or by posting
it to a website or server, users can download and install your app.
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Is it possible to install an ipa on an iPhone (given enterprise provisioning profile) without iTunes? We are distributing an app to a non-technical audience within our company and want to simplify things as much as possible.
In the ideal case, we'd like to host the ipa on a site, and have the users browse to the site from their iPhone and install directly. Is something like this possible?
You can use this service: www.testflightapp.com
It is free. You can send invitations/notifications to the desired users and a new version or update is uploaded. Also you can share a link to anyone you'd like.
If you want to distribute the ipa through your own domain and server you can use HockeyKit. It's the free and open source "little brother" of HockeyApp, a hosted service to distribute app betas.
Here is what you need to do:
Integrate the HockeyKit SDK in your app
Install the server component on your web server
Add the devices you want to distribute to in your Apple developer account and generate an ad hoc distribution certificate with those devices
Build and archive with the ad hoc profile
Upload the ipa and the profile to your webserver
I have created an .ipa file using Phonegap. For testing I uploaded the developer certificates and device UDID. Its working fine. Now, I want to distribute this apps using Application Loader. For this I uploaded the apple distributor certificate and distribute mobile provision file on the phonegap cloud and generated the .ipa file. When I tried this apps with iPhone 6.3.1, its giving me error: iTunes sync apps failed to install
Please help me to get out of this problem..
Are you trying to submit the app (you mentioned Application Loader which is used for submitting apps) or install it on devices for testing? I am assuming you are trying to install it on devices for testing.
If the app fails to install, check for one of these
The mobileprovision you are using has your device's UDID. Test apps can only be installed on devices whose UDID is included in the mobileprovision (unless you are distributing for enterprises)
The mobileprovision is installed on your device (try using a service like Testflight - you'll know whether your device has the necessary setup)
How can I restrict a particular app from being installed via iTunes from device using Mobile Device Management or via other objectivec ways?
MDM has a feature to prevent installation of ANY apps. However, it doesn't have a feature to target (prevent installation) of some specific apps.
Today I install Lion Server.app in my OS(Mac OS X 10.7.3(Lion)) and configure the server. After that I enroll my devices into the ProfileManager.
Try to push the Profile to my devices and control it is ok.
I want to add the App to my devices.(Distribution for Enterprise),but it doesn't work at all.
http://enterpriseios.com/mdm/Apple_Profile_Manager
You can't use Profile Manager for Enterprise Application delivery - you need to use either a 3rd Party MEAP solution like Apperian or you could sign up to Apple's Enterprise Application Developer Program and host the apps off an internal webserver and delivery URLs via Webclips from Profile Manager.
that is not my experience at all, I am running Mountain Lion 10.8.2 and I am able to add my ipa files into profile manager. to generate my ipa from xcode I simply make sure that I have the proper certificate for my distribution cert, and I check my release scheme is selected, next I choose archive and I check the option box that says enterprise distribution. if you select enterprise distribution, you need to provide the details for your plist file (location, app title and png file) more info on Apple's website...
http://images.apple.com/iphone/business/docs/iOS_Apple_Configurator_Mar12.pdf
Is there a way to install iphone apps in development stage (not distribution) remotely? can I send the user the binary and install the app via itunes?
Yes, it's called "ad hoc distribution". You need an ad-hoc development profile and need to register the UUIDs of the phones on which you want to install the app. Then it's installed through iTunes.