How do you have two copies of the same app on a device?

Solar2D iOS
#1

One of my apps is in the App Store, and so the “purchased” copy is on my iPhone. I want to copy a development version of the app to my iPhone for testing purposes, but it seems this will overwrite the purchased copy (even though one is signed with an ad hoc profile, the other the “store” distribution profile).

Is the only way to have both versions of the app on the same device to create a second App ID (for the development version)?

#2

Hi there,

Yes, as far as I know, the only way to do it is to have different App IDs and bundles for your released versions versus your development versions.  That’s what I do, at least.  :-)

  • Andrew
#3

I keep a couple of app ID"s just for building test apps on:  com.mydomain.test and com.mydomain.test2

and I use either of them depending on what I’m building

#4

Hi there,

Yes, as far as I know, the only way to do it is to have different App IDs and bundles for your released versions versus your development versions.  That’s what I do, at least.  :-)

  • Andrew
#5

I keep a couple of app ID"s just for building test apps on:  com.mydomain.test and com.mydomain.test2

and I use either of them depending on what I’m building