Installing to an iPad without using the app store

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

Normally I would publish an app onto the app store and people would buy it from there as the way to install it on their iPad etc.
But I am writing a company app that they want to keep private.
Is there a way of getting the app directly from my Apple MacBook pro onto the iPad and NOT go via the provisioning portal etc.?

I was told that the anscamobile sdk WAS able to use just a USB cable to do a local install?

Thoughts? [import]uid: 155524 topic_id: 27317 reply_id: 327317[/import]

#2

Stage I

  1. take your .app and copy into folder called Payload
  2. zip up the folder
  3. rename the folder to < appname >.ipa
  4. ftp up to your website

Stage II

  1. create file called < appname >.plist
    Here are my contents, check your icons and change all appropriate domain names and app names
   
<plist version="1.0"> <br><dict> <br>	<key>items</key><br> <array><br> <dict><br> <key>assets</key><br> <array><br> <dict><br> <key>kind</key><br> <string>software-package</string><br> <key>url</key><br> <string>http://www.wizards3030vs.com/AdHocDL/Wizards3030vs.ipa</string><br> </dict><br> <dict><br> <key>kind</key><br> <string>display-image</string><br> <key>needs-shine</key><br> <true></true><br> <key>url</key><br> <string>http://www.wizards3030vs.com/AdHocDL/Icon.png</string><br> </dict> <br> <dict><br> <key>kind</key><br> <string>full-size-image</string><br> <key>needs-shine</key><br> <true></true><br> <key>url</key><br> <string>http://www.wizards3030vs.com/AdHocDL/Icon-512.png</string><br> </dict><br> </array><br> <key>metadata</key><br> <dict><br> <key>bundle-identifier</key> <br> <string>com.digitalnightmares.wizards3030vs</string><br> <key>bundle-version</key><br> <string>1.0</string><br> <key>kind</key><br> <string>software</string><br> <key>title</key><br> <string>Wizards3030vs</string> <br> </dict><br> </dict> <br>	</array> <br></dict> <br></plist>
  1. Here is my html. Change your info accordingly.

<title>Install Wizards 3030vs</title>
  
<meta content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type">
  
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
  
<style type="text/css"><br>body {<br>background: black;<br>font-family: Helvetica, arial, sans-serif;<br>}<br>.congrats {<br>color: rgb(106,203,211);<br>font-size: 16pt;<br>padding: 6px;<br>text-align: center;<br>}<br>.step {<br>background: black;<br>border: 1px #ccc solid;<br>border-radius: 14px;<br>padding: 4px 10px;<br>margin: 10px 0;<br>}<br>.instructions {<br>font-size: 10pt;<br>color: cyan;<br>}<br>.arrow {<br>font-size: 15pt;<br>color: cyan;<br>}<br>table {<br>width: 100%;<br>}</style>
  
  
  

![](http://wizards3030vs.com/AdHocDL/NightmaresWithinLogo1.png)

  

Wizards 3030vs Beta Testing
  

  

  
  
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 Install   
  
Wizards 3030vs app |  
 → |  
 [![](Icon.png) ](itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=http://wizards3030vs.com/AdHocDL/Wizards3030vs.plist) |

  
  
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make sure the UUID’s that want to install are included in build.

You can look up the term OTA for further info if you have problems. [import]uid: 21331 topic_id: 27317 reply_id: 111006[/import]

#3

Several options:
Use testflight.com and you can easily have them install it over the Internet. (use stage 1’ steps 1-3 of post above me)

Use Xcode organizer and copy the app to that iPad

Upload it to the app store as a Custom B2B app and it won’t show up in the public store, you activate their iTunes account to be able to buy it from you ($9.99 min price, set by apple)
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