How do you beta test an iphone app

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How can you beta test an iPhone app   I can get it on my own device  and anyone that gives me a device  I can run it on theirs  but is there a way to do a limited release via the app store for beta testing   Related  Also  see this question on getting your app onto phones without using the App Store

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Using testflight    1  create the ipa file by development certificate  2  upload the ipa file on testflight  3  Now  to identify the device to be tested on   add the device id on apple account and refresh your development certificate  Download the updated certificate and upload it on testflight website  Check the device id you are getting   4  Now email the ipa file to the testers    5  While downloading the ipa file  if the testers are not getting any warnings  this means the device token   provisioning profile has been verified  So  the testers can now download the ipa file on device and do the testing job

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Diawi Alternatives  Since diawi com have added some limitations for free accounds   Next best available and easy to use alternative is    Microsoft  https   appcenter ms  Google  https   firebase google com docs app-distribution ios distribute-console  Others  https   hockeyapp net   http   buildtry com  Happy build sharing

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Note that there is a distinction between traditional  beta testing  which is done by professional QA engineers  and  public beta testing  which is releasing your product to the public before it s ready      You can do  beta testing  -- loading to specific iPhones iPods your testers will be using  You can t do  public beta testing  -- pre-releasing to the public

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Creating ad-hoc distribution profiles  The instructions that Apple provides are here  but here is how I created a general provisioning profile that will work with multiple apps  and added a beta tester   My setup    Xcode 3 2 1 iPhone SDK 3 1 3   Before you get started  make sure that     You can run the app on your own iPhone through Xcode    Step A  Add devices to the Provisioning Portal   Send an email to each beta tester with the following message      To get my app on onto your iPhone I need some information about your phone  Guess what  there is an app for that       Click on the below link and install and then run the app       http   itunes apple com app ad-hoc-helper id285691333 mt 8      This app will create an email  Please send it to me   Collect all the UDIDs from your testers  Go to the Provisioning Portal  Go to the section Devices  Click on the button Add Devices and add the devices previously collected    Step B  Create a new provisioning profile   Start the Mac OS utility program Keychain Access  In its main menu  select Keychain Access    Certificate Assistant   Request a Certificate From a Certificate Authority    The dialog that pops up should aready have your email and name it it  Select the radio button Saved to disk and Continue  Save the file to disk  Go back to the Provisioning Portal  Go to the section Certificates  Go to the tab Distribution  Click the button Request Certificate  Upload the file you created with Keychain Access  CertificateSigningRequest certSigningRequest  Click the button Aprove  Refresh your browser until the status reads Issued  Click the Download button and save the file distribution identify cer  Doubleclick the file to add it to the Keychain  Backup the certificate by selecting its private key and the File   Export Items     Go back to the Provisioning Portal again  Go to the section Provisioning  Go to the tab Distribution  Click the button New Profile  Select the radio button Ad hoc  Enter a profile name  I named mine Evertsson Common Ad Hoc  Select the app id  I have a common app id to use for multiple apps  Evertsson Common  Select the devices  in my case my own and my tester s  Submit  Refresh the browser until the status field reads Active  Click the button Download and save the file to disk  Doubleclick the file to add it to Xcode    Step C  Build the app for distribution   Open your project in Xcode  Open the Project Info pane  In Groups  amp  Files select the topmost item and press Cmd I  Go to the tab Configuration  Select the configuration Release  Click the button Duplicate and name it Distribution  Close the Project Info pane  Open the Target Info pane  In Groups  amp  Files expand Targets  select your target and press Cmd I  Go to the tab Build  Select the Configuration named Distribution  Find the section Code Signing  Set the value of Code Signing Identity   Any iPhone OS Device to iPhone Distribution  Close the Target Info pane  In the main window select the Active Configuration to Distribution  Create a new file from the file template Code Signing   Entitlements  Name it Entitlements plist  In this file  uncheck the checkbox get-task-allow  Bring up the Target Info pane  and find the section Code Signing again  After Code Signing Entitlements enter the file name Entitlements plist  Save  clean  and build the project  In Groups  amp  Files find the folder MyApp   Products and expand it  Right click the app and select Reveal in Finder  Zip the  app file and the  mobileprovision file and send the archive to your tester      Here is my app  To install it onto your phone          Unzip the archive file    Open iTunes    Drag both files into iTunes and drop them on the Library group    Sync your phone to install the app        Done  Phew  This worked for me  So far I ve only added one tester

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As the official guide is still missing in this thread     TestFlight  acquired by Apple and now  iOS8   available for beta testing makes it easy to hand your app to beta testers without the need to collect device UUIDs beforehand  you only need email addresses of your testers   An extensive guide explaining all necessary steps may be found in the iTunes Connect Developer Guide

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With iOS 8  Xcode 6  iTunes Connect and TestFlight you don t need UDIDs and Ad Hocs anymore  You will just need an Apple ID from your beta tester  Right now you can only beta test your app with 25 internal testers  but soon 1000 external testers will be available too  This blog post shows you how to setup a beta test with internal testers

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In year 2011  there s a new service out called  Test Flight   and it addresses this issue directly   Apple has since bought TestFlight in 2014 and has integrated it into iTunes Connect and App Store Connect

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In 2014 along with iOS 8 and XCode 6 apple introduced Beta Testing of iOS App using iTunes Connect   You can upload your build to iTunes connect and invite testers using their mail id s  You can invite up to 2000 external testers using just their email address  And they can install the beta app through TestFlight

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There s a relatively new service called HockeyApp  which seems to rival TestFlight  however they claim to give you access to unlimited users  but it does cost some    unlike TestFlight which has now been integrated directly into iTunes Connect

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