Maybe I overlooked something, but I have a small problem:
I just released a paid app to the App Store, and now I'd like to install this app on my own device, so it exactly mimics the behavior as if I would have bought it from the App Store.
The problem is: If I install it from xCode, it will log in to the Sandbox of the Game Center, not to the real Game Center. And iTunes of course tells me to pay for it when I want to get it :-).
Do I have to use a promo code or even buy it myself just to get it on my device just like a user? Or is there any more elegant way to achieve this?
The only elegant solution would be to give yourself a promo code.
You would need a promo code here.
What you should do the simulate a real user buying it, is delete all the provisioning profiles from the phone. Delete the application that you built from xcode and redeem the code.
Thats how I do it at least.
No, there is no other way, as far as I know. And even then the sandbox problem could remain. Then you have to restore your iphone, i think.
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After making an update to an iPad app I released some time ago, I've been getting reports that people are unable to actually update the app without deleting and re-installing. However, as far as I know, nothing in the update should be causing this. (All the update deals with is letting people email PDF documents, nothing major.) When people attempt to update, they're asked for their iTunes password, but after entering it, it merely goes back to the update screen and nothing happens. Additionally, it would seem that this only happens with my app, the people in question aren't having any issues with the other various apps on the App Store. Does anyone know what might be causing this and how I could fix it?
Thanks in advance!
(Also, if it matters, the app is a custom B2B app, the general public can't purchase it.)
I'm removing the text of my answer because it's so inaccurate it's embarrassing. I mistook "B2B" for "Enterprise" and answered based off of that. To make up for it, I'll look into the problem a bit more and if I find anything I will edit this answer accordingly.
Edit:
Okay, I can see why you put a bounty for this question on SO; there's not really any data on a problem like this anywhere. Frankly, there's not much available information on B2B in general. I'll post what I found anyway, in case it can be of any help to you.
I found the details reason behind Maggie's question, there. Per Editing and Updating App Information:
Updates keep the same Apple ID and bundle ID, which means they are
associated with your first version and free to your customers
Also, apparently, "You can't change the CFBundleIdentifier of a released app if you want to release updates for it, the App Store will automatically reject it when you upload." which is something I can vouch for, having experienced this with a normal app. I do know that for a B2B app you do have to submit it to Apple for review, but I can't tell from the documentation I found if you need to actually submit it to the App Store, so it may not go through the various checks that normal apps go through, so this could be your problem.
Aside from that, according to the VPP guide, if your customers are installing the apps on the devices with Apple Configurator (broken right now, per app store reviews) the updates also have to be done with the Configurator. You haven't said that Configurator was involved, but I did find this tidbit.
• Use Apple Configurator to install apps on new or supervised devices.
Apple Configurator on a Mac makes it easy to mass configure and deploy
devices that are centrally controlled. Redemption code spreadsheets
acquired through the Volume Purchase Program can be imported by Apple
Configurator, tracking the number of apps installed on each device. To
update deployed apps using Apple Configurator, you must reconnect to
the same Mac from which the apps were installed. Learn more at
itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-configurator
Anyway, good luck. Wish I could be more help.
What you are describing (assuming that it is accurate) would certainly be a bug on Apple's side. If users are trying to update the app and the update is not being processed, then in one way or another that is a bug that Apple needs to address. Nothing that you do as a developer should be able to cause that situation to happen. I would suggest contacting Apple and possibly filing a bug report.
It seems that apple wants you to develop the Iphone apps in the latest build. Sometimes this cause issues between realeases (diferent versions of Itunes, OSX, IOS, etc) when you try to update your apps.
Try to publish the app in the latest version of xcode.
That happens a lot in iphone development testing.
Hope this help.
When updating an app, iOS looks for the bundleId and if there is another app with the same bundleId, it updates the app with the highest version number. Maybe the version number is not set correctly or maybe people have issues because an other app (from the AppStore or an other B2B app) have the same bundleID but a higher version number.
I'm by far not an iPhone expert, but it seems something related might have been fixed in iOS 6.0.1.
Fixes a bug that prevents iPhone 5 from installing software updates
wirelessly over the air
This is not an app that is ready to go out nor is it something that is even in a beta.
As you guys know, there are some things that the simulator cannot ..well.. simulate .
The accelerometer for example has to be on iPhone. Is there a way for me to just upload it on my iPhone and test it? Is there such a thing. I apologize if this has been discussed, I googled for about half hour, couldn't find a thing.
It's something I'm looking to do over and over again just to see how my app is running.
Thanks.
You mush join the paid apple developer program.
See here for instructions and next steps -
You can test it with device. But before that, you must get the developer certificate. With that, you can generate a developer provisioning profile. With all these things done, you can install the app to the device and you can test.
For more info, visit the Apple developer site
I am an iPhone developer, I am doing a project. For security reasons, I must make sure my app run on a no jailbreak iPhone. I want to know how to check it use public API.
Thanks very much!
No API exists to perform such a check.
Jailbreaking a device (using any of the various forms of jailbreaking) only needs to touch files which are outside an application's sandbox. Attempting to inspect them therefore carries a risk that your app will be rejected. Even if you can inspect them you have no way to differentiate a change due to jailbreaking from a change due to an OS update.
Finally please be aware that a jailbroken device does not necessarily mean the user has pirated your app. Users of jailbroken devices are free to purchase and install apps via iTunes just like anyone else and are likely to be rightly unhappy if your app refuses to run.
also, Apple removed the API for detecting jailbreaking. Read here on ars
If that would be possible using a public API, there wouldn't be any problem using jailbreaked iPhones, would there. Every app (including the OS) could just use that API...
It's impossible to verify that your app is running only on a non-jailbroken device. Unfortunately there's nothing you can check.
There are a few tricks you can use to determine programmatically if your app has been pirated, but they're far from foolproof; the most you can really do is determine if your app was pirated using the most common automated pirating techniques. Anyone really determined to pirate it can ensure your app doesn't know it's been pirated even if you use the techniques.
I wouldn't invest time in such things cause sooner or later "they" will find a way to run your App on a jailbreaked iOS device.
Instead take this time and develop more unique feature. Feature people are glad to have and even they pirated your App they will pay for it.
Yeah I know this sounds ridiculous but I think quality software will find honest buyers.
I know this answer doesn't answer your question and I want to add that iOS doesn't have a API to check if the device is jailbroken.
I hope I could help.
As the other answers say, there's no full-proof way of blocking piracy on your apps. I have a couple of apps that have been pirated and, truth be told, I was kind of happy to see that. Unless these people hack every single app on the App Store, it made me feel a little proud that someone had decided my apps were worth pirating. Almost a "yup, I've made it" kind of feeling. :)
I integrated iAd in my application which got approved by Apple. I downloaded the app (FREE) to my device and ran it. For some reason instead of displaying real world ads it still says "Test Ads". Anyone experience this issue? The app got approved yesterday maybe it is too early to get the ads but I think Apple should not show test ads.
It seems like Apple will always display TEST ads on the machine it was tested on.
Hey, make sure you delete the binary you used in testing off of your phone, and off of iTunes if you distributed that way. The phone will see that the version numbers are the same, and skip some of the code upgrades. Once you reinstall from iTunes, you should be good to go! Congrats on getting the app out into the store.
Can you show me how to deploy/debug and iphone application using xcode but without having to pay 99$. I'm doing this for the study purpose.
I've seen a guide which help to deploy iphone application to iPhone device(e.g: http://www.vinodlive.com/2009/01/16/how-to-deploy-an-iphone-application-without-an-idp-membership/). However this guide doesn't help me to run/debug the application using Xcode, so it's quite inconvenient.
Some of my friends said that it's possible to run/debug iphone app to iPhone device using XCode and without IDP membership.
Thanks in advance.
If you intend on developing for the app store ever, I would pay the fee. If you can write, and get accepted, a halfway decent app, you'll have little trouble earning back that 99 bones of initial investment.
I wouldn't wait ~two weeks to have an app reviewed for the store if it had only been tested on a jailbroken iphone using some hack. Too risky...
Apple designed the system the way they did to protect developers from piracy. It's inconvenient because you're not supposed to do it.
I'm not trying to say that you're doing something wrong or illegal, but you're just trying to bypass something that is in place to stop app-theft :)
While not really a good thing, your best bet may be to jailbreak your phone. This will void your warranty and I'm pretty sure a kitten somewhere will die because another iPhone has been jailbroken.
Your stated goal is to debug on a device using XCode without paying $99 to Apple:
Assuming it's for quasi-official study purposes and you can find a cooperative university instructor to sponsor you or undertake some kind of directed study, you could try the iPhone Developer University Program.
It's 'free,' but my guess is that the required hoops and time would make the $99/year for the regular program seem pretty reasonable. (I think the same goes for any jailbreaking solution, but I do remember what it was like to have neither a salary nor any competing demands on my time).