I have a project that I've been working on for a while. It is a standard Xcode/Objective-C iPhone app. I created the provisioning file for my device and a couple others. Now I would like to add a few people as testers.
Do I need to download and install a new provisioning file?
Do I need to change settings in Xcode?
What's the easiest way to do all this?
Thanks!
You will need to create, download, and distribute a new .mobileprovision file, and reconfigure your project to use it:
In the iPhone Developer Program portal, add the new devices.
Edit your existing ad hoc distribution provisioning profile and check the boxes to add the new devices to the profile.
Refresh the Distribution tab for a few seconds until the profile status changes from Pending to Active.
Download the modified .mobileprovision file, and install it by dragging it onto the XCode or iTunes icon in your dock.
In XCode, right click on your target, do Get Info -> Build, and change your Configuration to Distribution.
Change the setting under Code Signing Identity -> Any iPhone OS Device to use your new provisioning profile. Pay close attention to the dates in the list and make sure you use the most recent copy.
Distribute the new .mobileprovision file to your users with your next ad hoc build.
You don't have to recompile your project again. In fact you don't even have to open XCode.
All you have to do is create a new mobileprovision file and distribute it with the existing app.
Your end users have to download and install the new mobileprovision file and app, by this order.
Here is a step-by-step.
Unless the other people are iphone developers with their own development profile, you will need to make an ad-hoc profile and build.
It is pretty easy... just follow the instructions in the developer portal. All you have to do is clone your release configuration, change a few lines and add a plist entitlements file (all provided in the instructions). Then just send the tester the build and the provisioning profile you create with their device-id included and they should be able to drag it into itunes to install.
If they are developers and people you trust, just give them the code and have them change the Bundle Identifier to whatever is in their development domain.
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I developed some 3 apps for my organization and we want to distribute it to some 30 iPads in the office. I am tying to find a step by step process to do it. But didn't find any so far. The methods I tried and failed are the following,
I took the app (with .app extension which can be found in ~/Library/Developer/../IOs_Release) and provisional certificate and dropped them in iTunes library. After that I connected a new iPad (not a registered as development device) to my mac book. Through itunes, I tried to sync the app. But an alert appeared on the ipad showing "xyz app is failed to install"
I tried the ad hoc distribution. First I archived app in the xcode archive and clicked distribute button. A wizard appeared asking for what kind of distribution do I want. I selected ad-hoc distribution and it automatically selected my iPhone distribution certificate and processed and gave me .ipa file. I tried installing it in the iPad by itunes sync and it gave me same error.
It would be great to get steps for in-house app distribution since they are nowhere to be found.
Check out my answer to another person's SO question HERE
This assumes that your organization is setup with an Enterprise developer account.
There is a project called iOS Beta Builder, check the below links:
Introducing iOS Beta Builder
iOS Beta Builder GitHub page
iOS Beta Builder Mac AppStore
The provisioning profile used for the adhoc build must have a reference to the 30 devices.
Go to the Provisioning Portal and add all 30 devices under the Devices section.
Then add those devices to the adhoc provisioning profile (Provisioning, Distribution).
Once added, download the updated provisioning profile and install it in Xcode. Delete any previous profile.
Build and Archive the app. Make sure the archive build is properly setup to use your adhoc provisioning profile.
Use the Organizer to save the ipa file from the archive build.
Drop the ipa file into iTunes. Now sync each of the 30 devices to include the app.
Xcode - Product -> Archive
Distribute -> (Select) Save for enterprise or Ad-Hoc Development (Next)-> Code sign identity (select your profile)-> save File on disk -> distribute project.ipa file.
I have developed a mobile native app using jquerymobile.
Now I want to deploy that app on iPhone.
For this one I want .ipa file. How to create .ipa & install .ipa file in the iPhone?
To complete this you will need to do the following:
In Xcode, Go To Product -> Archive (this will build the app)
after the build is complete the Organizer - Archives window will show (this lists all of your archived versions of the app)
at the top left above the list there will be a Distribute button, click it
this will bring up a 'wizard' for creating the .ipa file
Select the Save for Enterprise or Ad-Hoc Deployment option
click next
you will now need to select a Code Signing Identity (this is created in the Provisioning area of the apple developer portal
if you do not have a Development or Distribution cert to create one go to https://developer.apple.com/ios/manage/provisioningprofiles/index.action and create one for the app you plan to create the ipa file for
note: you will need to have the cert installed on your keychain before it will become an option, as well if you are in the process of
creating the file you may need to restart after installing the cert
to the keychain
select the cert that you created for Development/Distribution
click next
this will take a few moments so be patient, once complete it will ask what you would like to name the new file
enter the name of your new ipa file and this will be what you will need to send out or make available to your users
After that for your users who need to install the ipa on their devices you can check out http://www.itexico.com/blog/bid/41187/iPhone-or-iPad-Testing-Installing-applications-with-a-ipa-file
note: my users have not been required to use the .mobileprovision file, but that has been my experience
Hope this helps!
Look into PhoneGap that probably does what you need
In Xcode, Go To Product -> Archive then after build archived it will show a screen there will a option like Share. Once you will click you will get the other options in which one of them is .ipa. Select and build it. For installing you need to add via through iTunes.
I have created an ad hoc archive and a .ipa file for the application I am trying to distribute. I have also created a distributing provisioning profile with the UDIDs of the devices that I plan on distributing my application to. When I drag the .ipa and .mobileprovision files into iTunes and try to sync the application to the device, an error message on the phone pops up reading "'myapp' failed to install". By the way, I have a standard iOS developer's license ($99 per year) and am using Xcode version 4.2.1. I am pretty new to the developer program, so please try to keep your answers as simple as possible. Let me know if you need any extra information. Thank you!
I had the exact same issue. My issue was simple to fix. Check your Code Signing Identities for Project & Target in your project Build Settings. Mine were pointing to my Development Profile.
The Code Signing Identities need to point to the Ad hoc Distribution Profile that you created.
Make this change and then recreate the Archive and .ipa file. I then deleted the old App in iTunes, and then dragged the .ipa file onto the iTunes icon (Windows). Then I was able to use iTunes to install the App successfully.
My problem seemed to be Xcode. I had multiple copies of the Ad_Hoc profile with different expirations (all valid) and a few with different names from the days. I deleted them all and the app still failed to install, but I noticed all the Ad_Hoc profiles had been resurrected by iTunes. Tried it several times and including deleting them from the Organizer, but they always resurrected (reappeared installed on the device). Finally I drug out a copy of the supposedly extinct iPhone Configuration utility and used it to delete the app and all Ad_Hoc profiles. Then tried to install just the profile. That got it down to 2. Finally got all deleted and got iTunes to install the right profile. Still took 2 more attempts for iTunes to finally install my archive file!
Check this .
Don't need to drag both .ipa and Provisioning Profile.
Just Drag the .IPA File Follow Further steps as you.
Set install owner param in Xcode project / Deployment to the name you specified in apple dev license. I set both install owner and alternative install owner and Install Group and Alternative Install Group to my name which the 100% exactly as in my apple development license.
And the error was gone.
I was having a similar issue where my project was stored on a secondary NTFS drive. After moving the project over to my desktop [aka MacOS Extended (Journaled) drive], I was able to load the ipa file via itunes.
Another point: If the store version of the app installed on your device (or a version deployed another provision), you have to remove it from your device before installing the ad-hoc version.
I solved the issue by not trying to sync with iTunes but instead to sync it within Xcode (from the window->devices menu)
I want to show my app to the client without submitting to the app store. I was following the below instructions. But my app doesn't display in iTunes. Could you please help me?
Login to the iPhone developer portal website.
Add their iPhone UDID to the list of devices. Generate a provisioning profile that includes your own test phone and theirs. Download the file (ends with .mobileprovision).
Double-click it to install it on your development machine. Quit and restart Xcode, then set your code signing identity to the name of this profile. Build the binary.
In the left side of Xcode "Groups & Files" bar look for Products (may need to expand the folder).
Select {yourapp}.app. Right click and choose 'Reveal in Finder.' Now take that .app file and the .mobileprovision file you downloaded, zip them both up and send it to the client.
They will need to unzip the archive, then drag-drop the .app and .mobileprovision onto their iTunes and sync the phone. Your app should show up and run.
The portal site has more detailed instructions, but this is basically it in a nutshell.
TestFlight is a great free service to do most of the hard work here for you. Follow these instructions for generating an IPA file and distribute it to whomever you like, without having to go through iTunes.
You still have to follow steps 1, 2 and 3 from your existing instructions.
First create distribution profile using apple developer portal you can follow this tutorial.
http://www.manyfriends.com/wiki/iphone/index.php/Create_an_ad-hoc_provisioning_profile
After installing profile follow this to create a binary that you will send to you client.
http://diaryofacodemonkey.ruprect.com/2011/03/18/ad-hoc-app-distribution-with-xcode-4/
I am university student, and i received from school an invitation to apple developer which i created an account and joined the group. I downloaded and installed the "WWDR intermediate certificate" and installed it, also noticed that they added my device in the provisioning profile.
From here I am lost, were I am not sure what is the next steps I should do
Login to the Member Center
Go to the provisioning portal
Create a developer certificate (different from a distribution cert, which you'll need for AppStore release)
Create an App ID (and add a device, if you're doing an ad hoc app)
Create, download, and install a provisioning profile
Plug your iPhone into your Mac
Build your Xcode project for the device (instead of for the simulator)
In the developer portal you should:
Enter your app and give it a name.
Add the app to a provisioning file.
Download the provisioning file
Drag that file into Xcode.
In the organizer-window in Xcode - add the provisioning file to your phone. This might not be necessary since Xcode can automatically download a team provisioning file.
That was from the top of my head. Try search for a guide or tutorial for it, there's plenty of them :)