The question is not about programming. It is related to back-up of an iOS enterprise app(not AppStore) and installing it to multiple devices.
Can we back-up an enterprise app along with its Document-Directory and then port that backed-up app to the multiple iOS devices along with the data in Document-Directory?
I can do the first part easily I guess, but when it is coupled with the second part then it seems tricky.
Please share any information regarding this. Would be very helpful.
Got it - Apple Configurator
The device back-up feature can be used to restore and back-up an app along-with its data.
More is here
Is there any enterprise distribution program for blackberry applications?
Is there any method similar to Apple's enterprise distribution of iphone applications?
While going through their documentation, they are talking about using a deployment server and distributing apps with it.
Note: for early OS versions of blackberry - OS 7 or previous versions are my target
As Peter said in his answer, you can use BES to distribute applications in an Enterprise environment.
In iOS, the Enterprise program is basically the only Apple-approved way to deploy software, other than via the iTunes App Store (ignoring how you deploy to your test team).
BlackBerry Java (e.g. OS 5,6,7) devices don't have the same restriction on apps that Apple has implemented. Normal jailed iPhones cannot install software from any arbitrary web server, but BlackBerry devices can.
So, another option is just to post your app (.jad and .cod files) to a (corporate) webserver, and let users download the apps themselves. This is called Over-The-Air (OTA) deployment.
I'm not endorsing this over BES deployment, just adding to your options.
Sorry, don't know anything about iPhone Enterprise distribution.
For BlackBerry, there are two 'variations' depending on whether you are talking BB10+ or BB7- phones. However in principle they are the similar, the BlackBerry Administrator makes an application available to the corporate BlackBerry devices associated with the corporate BES, and these can be pushed to the phone, or can be made available to the phone (for BB10).
A possible restriction here is that the application will only made available to BlackBerry devices associated with that specific BES.
There is more available from the link you have already found.
I think to give a more specific answer we need to understand what you are trying to achieve, and if this is targeted to BB10+ or BB7- devices.
Edit:
Since you have indicated that you are targeting BB7 and earlier, then I would recommend one of these approaches:
a) If you wish to force users to have your software, then the best approach is create a software profile on the BES
b) If the software is optional, then place it on a corporately accessible web server and OTA download as described by Nate. This is significantly easier to maintain than the BES distribution.
We are investigating the possibility to manage iOS devices with MDM server.
We are also planning to joint iOS Developer Enterprise Program in near future.
Fot for now we are using Ad-Hoc provisioning.
Is it possible to use Ad-Hoc with MDM ?
For example we need to set up trial MDM servers to understand what approach is better but do we need Enterprise program for that ? The documentation says about Enterprise in-house and AppStore but nothing about Ad-Hoc distribution (to manage for example these 100 allowed devices)
Thanks in advance
Victor
I am working on a client/server application and considering the iPhone platform for my next client. My only issue is that my server currently only runs on Windows. Will Apple even consider approving my app without having a Mac server available?
Thanks!
Apple doesn't care what software your server is running on. As long as the iPhone client app meets their guidelines you should be fine.
I'm not sure what sort of app you're writing, but consider some of the apps in the store already: IM applications that interface with IRC, AIM, Facebook, Twitter etc. These servers almost certainly aren't Macs.
Including data exchange. I can not find such api in apple doc site. If it is not open in 3.1.2 sdk ,would apple release it in sdk4.0? I've heared that google released wireless api on android earlier . Thanks!
iPhones support ad-hoc wifi networking, so I expect you can make your device start an ad-hoc network and have the iPhone user connect manually. I doubt there will be an API for that, it's a security issue.