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 protected]> wrote:
> 
> Alex,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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).
> 
> Doug Hill
> “Pivot Tables for iPad”
> http://chartcube.com/
> 
> 
>> On Feb 18, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Alex Zavatone <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> 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).
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> IIRC, if tapped on in iOS in a UIWebView, this proceeded to install the app 
>> from the iPA file and the manifest.plist
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> Now, this was several years ago in Xcode 4 and iOS 5.  Are you saying that 
>> this will not work anymore?
>> 
>> If this approach will still work, you're welcome to use it if it sounds like 
>> it would work for you.
>> 
>> I only recall testing this on an enterprise dev account, so I can't speak 
>> for it working or not working for individual developers.
>> 
>> Should it work for individual devs, or is this restricted to Enterprise 
>> accounts?
>> 
>> Cheers and good luck,
>> Alex
>> 
>> Sent from my iPad. Please pardon typos.
>> 
>> On Feb 18, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Rick Mann <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> 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.
>>> 
>>> Apple, you're really REALLY broken things with this. You're not thinking 
>>> anything through any more, and releasing crap.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Rick Mann
>>> [email protected]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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