Download and install an ipa from self hosted url on iOS

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I need to download and install an ipa directly from an URL   I have tried this   NSURL  url    NSURL URLWithString   https   myWeb com test ipa      UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL url     The app launches Safari but then this message appears     Is it possible

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NSURL  url    NSURL URLWithString   quot itms-services    action download-manifest amp amp url https   xxxxxx com rest images apps ipa dev xyz plist quot       UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL url    openUrl method was deprecated    UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL  url options     completionHandler nil    This method latest openUrl method and it will display prompt dialog The dialog will show  xxxxxx com would like to install  quot YOUR APP NAME quot   this messages  If you click the  quot install quot  button application will close and ipa  will download

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Create a Virtual Machine with Windows running on it and download the file to a shared folder   -D

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Answer for Enterprise account with Xcode8   Export the  ipa by checking the  with manifest plist checkbox  and provide the links requested  Upload the  ipa file and  plist file to the same location of the server  which you provided when exporting  ipa  which mentioned in the  plist file   Create the Download Link as given below  url should link to your  plist file location   itms-services    action download-manifest amp url https   yourdomainname com app plist Copy this link and paste it in safari browser in your iphone  It will ask to install  D      Create a html button using this full url

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To distribute your app over-the-air  OTA  this means without using TestFlight or the official App Store   you may need to create 3 different files  namely    The  ipa file  using an ad-hoc provisioning profile  index html manifest plist   You can use Beta Builder to generate these files    Archive your build  Save the  ipa on the Desktop  Download a small utility Beta Builder from here  This does most of the required task  Open the tool and select your  ipa file  then provide the path you will be placing the build on https   myWeb com MY TEST APP in the beta builder  Generate all the files  Now upload index html  your App ipa   amp  manifest plist to your server path https   myWeb com MY TEST APP Now share the link of index html  Once you open this file  you will be asked to Tap on install   It will install your App ipa on your device    You can also do this more manually   index html   lt a href  itms-services    action download-manifest amp url https   myWeb com MY TEST APP manifest plist  gt Install App lt  a gt   manifest plist   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt  DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC  -  Apple  DTD PLIST 1 0  EN   http   www apple com DTDs PropertyList-1 0 dtd  gt   lt plist version  1 0  gt   lt dict gt       lt key gt items lt  key gt       lt array gt           lt dict gt               lt key gt assets lt  key gt               lt array gt                   lt dict gt                       lt key gt kind lt  key gt                       lt string gt software-package lt  string gt                       lt key gt url lt  key gt                       lt string gt http   YOUR SERVER URL YOUR-IPA-FILE ipa lt  string gt                   lt  dict gt               lt  array gt               lt key gt metadata lt  key gt               lt dict gt                   lt key gt bundle-identifier lt  key gt                   lt string gt com yourCompany productName lt  string gt                   lt key gt bundle-version lt  key gt                   lt string gt 1 0 0 lt  string gt                   lt key gt kind lt  key gt                   lt string gt software lt  string gt                   lt key gt title lt  key gt                   lt string gt YOUR APP NAME lt  string gt               lt  dict gt           lt  dict gt       lt  array gt   lt  dict gt   lt  plist gt    If the app refuses to install or run  you may need to check the following items    The provisioning profile you ve used when compiling archiving your app The URLs in both index html and manifest plist The plist file may possibly need to be hosted on an HTTPS server  You can use Dropbox for this if necessary  Your device UUIDs may need to be registered inside Apple Developer Center unless you have an Enterprise licence You may need to manually enable access to the app within Settings   Profiles

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It won t be possible if you like to directly download and install the app from your website  There is a different way for enterprise to deploy and install app over the air  Your URL should point to a web service that hosts a manifest plist file in predefined format required by Apple  This service should return the url of manifest file which can then be used as below   NSString  urlString      url string where your manifest plist is deployed on your server  NSURL  installationURL    NSURL URLWithString  NSString stringWithFormat   itms-services    action download-manifest amp url      urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding NSUTF8StringEncoding       UIApplication sharedApplication  openURL     Hope this answers your question

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Yes  safari will detect the   ipa and will try to install it  but the ipa needs to be correctly signed and only allowed devices would be able to install it   http   www diawi com is a service that will help you with this process   All of this is for Ad-hoc distribution  not for production apps   More information on below link    Is there a way to install iPhone App via browser

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There are online tools that simplify this process of sharing  for example https   abbashare com or https   diawi com Create an ipa file from xcode with adhoc or inhouse profile  and upload this file on these site  I prefer abbashare because save file on your dropbox and you can delete it whenever you want

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More simply you can utilize DropBox for this  The steps basically remain the same  You can do the following-   1  upload your  ipa to dropBox  Share the link for this  ipa  2  Paste the shared link for  ipa in your manifest plist file   Upload manifest file in DropBox again share the link for this  plist file  3 paste the link for this Plist in your index html  file with a suitable tag   Share this index html file with anybody who can tap on the URL and download  or you can directly hit the URL instead

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