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Over the air installation

Post by uncleb » Fri Feb 10, 2017 10:55 am

Hi all,

I've been successfully installing iOS 10 apps onto iPads using the over-the-air process described here:

http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=22832

My confusion is this - the process works for those iPads whose UDIDs are included in the app's provisioning profile but it also works for apps that are not. In other words, I seem to be able to install any app I build on any iPad, all from outside the App Store.

As wonderful as this is - and if it continues it would make my job a lot easier - I was under the very strong impression that Apple don't allow that. Anyone got a clue as to whats going on? Have they relaxed their rules recently?

The apps are built using 8.1.2 Indy and Xcode 8.1 if that makes any difference. Any thoughts appreciated!

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Re: Over the air installation

Post by jacque » Fri Feb 10, 2017 7:07 pm

I haven't checked in a long time, but my experience is that any iOS app will install. But it won't run. At the end of the installation process a cryptic message appears and the app becomes dormant or disappears.
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Re: Over the air installation

Post by uncleb » Mon Feb 13, 2017 11:37 am

Sorry I should have been clearer - they all install and run - tested on three different iPads (in different locations). Thats the strange thing. Still running as of this morning, nearly three days after installation.

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Re: Over the air installation

Post by jacque » Mon Feb 13, 2017 7:19 pm

If you are using the same provisioning profile for every app, and if it is a generic company profile without a specific application designated (i. e., it ends with an asterisk) then the profile is good for any app you create. This is a convenience for developers but you'd want to create an app-specific profile when you release.
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Re: Over the air installation

Post by uncleb » Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:13 pm

Each development prov profile I've used is different at the end (e.g. com.myprof.fre, com.myprof.dsw etc) but I've tested them including only two devices - and ANY device can install the apps and run them. I thought they would only install and run if a device's UDID was in the provisioning profile - or do development profiles work with any device (in which case why do we bother adding devices to them)?

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Re: Over the air installation

Post by jacque » Tue Feb 14, 2017 8:29 am

Good question. In the past, they only worked with the designated devices. Maybe someone else knows why this is happening.
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Re: Over the air installation

Post by dave.kilroy » Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:27 pm

@uncleb I would class this as WEIRD and SPOOKY!

I use Jacque's AirLaunch rather than your (Simon's) method and I've never been able to have an app with a development provisioning profile run on a device where that device's UDID wasn't included in the provisioning profile

I wonder if Apple has recently amended the structure of the plist file which is letting your apps slip through - are you on Sierra? Which version of LC and Xcode?

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Re: Over the air installation

Post by uncleb » Tue Feb 28, 2017 5:07 pm

The apps are built using 8.1.2 Indy (build 14013) and Xcode 8.1 (8B62). My Mac is running El Capitan 10.11.6...

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