Re: Save for enterprise deployment?
Re: Save for enterprise deployment?
- Subject: Re: Save for enterprise deployment?
- From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 13:29:40 -0800
I only need to distribute apps to testers and other non-developers (e.g. UX designers, product managers) in the company. I'd like to not have to generate the relevant file packages and do the hosting myself.
> On Feb 18, 2015, at 13:24 , Doug Hill <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Alex,
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> My understanding is that there is little difference in deploying an Ad Hoc build vs. Enterprise app. The major difference being device provisioning: e.g. Ad Hoc has a 100 device limit, whereas Enterprise has no such limitation. Also, you need to install a provisioning profile with Ad Hoc and Enterprise you don’t.
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> For example, I’ve been using Hockey to distribute both Ad Hoc and Enterprise provisioned builds with little discernible difference between the two (again, other than device provisioning/profiles).
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> Doug Hill
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>> On Feb 18, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Alex Zavatone <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> What I used to do for enterprise deployment (and have no idea if it still works) was to create the IPA and manifest pList and place them on an internal http server (has to be https now IIRC).
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>> In another iOS app, I'd read the http directory with the manifest plists create a table view with a link to the itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url= and a link to the manifest plist.
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>> IIRC, if tapped on in iOS in a UIWebView, this proceeded to install the app from the iPA file and the manifest.plist
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>> So, we had this one little installer app on iOS that I distributed that would allow install of all the apps created with our enterprise distribution profile. It was pretty convenient and easy once people had it on their devices.
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>> Now, this was several years ago in Xcode 4 and iOS 5. Are you saying that this will not work anymore?
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>> If this approach will still work, you're welcome to use it if it sounds like it would work for you.
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>> I only recall testing this on an enterprise dev account, so I can't speak for it working or not working for individual developers.
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>> Should it work for individual devs, or is this restricted to Enterprise accounts?
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>> Cheers and good luck,
>> Alex
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>> Sent from my iPad. Please pardon typos.
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>> On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Rick Mann <email@hidden> wrote:
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>>> Has Apple removed the ability to export for over-the-air install of an iOS app? It seems that now I have to be a member of an Enterprise dev team to do this. I am doing this for testing, not for actual Enterprise deployment, I just wanted it to generate all the extra files needed.
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>>> Since Apple so horribly broke TestFlight, I need another way to distribute to my testers. I tried using the Apple "native" TestFlight, and my tester nearly released an App to the App Store.
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>>> Apple, you're really REALLY broken things with this. You're not thinking anything through any more, and releasing crap.
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