question how to make build on IOS avilable to all devices ?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

i mean, 

now every time i want to add a device to my corona builds, i’m:

  1. going into my IOS developer,

  2. adding the new UDID on the device list,

  3. going into the provisional certificate,

  4. adding the device to the cert and creating a new cert

  5. refreshing my x code certificates

  6. going into corona and close \ reopen it

  7. doing a completely new build, just to add one device . . .

it’s exhausting… isn’t there any way i can do it with out all the trouble ? 

maybe just do one build ? put it on an FTP and open it to all IOS devices ? 

it’s just for testings…

does anybody have any tutorial on this ?

#2

The above steps are by design by Apple. Their “walled garden” model can be restrictive for testing purposes. I’d suggest checking out Testflight which is a great service that somewhat-streamlines the app beta-testing process. 

#3

thnx

yea i know test flight

but never got it to work with corona…

do you know of a tutorial ? or a sample project how it could use corona ?

#4

There is no difference between using Testflight with Corona and using Testflight with any other development SDK. The development architecture doesn’t appear to be where you have the problem. What problems are you encountering with Testflight? I use it and it’s actually been phenomenal for a free service.

#5

I find people have trouble with Testflight because they try to upload the .app file directly. 

To get it to work you need to: 

  • Create directory called “Payload”.
  • Put your .app file inside it.
  • Zip it up.
  • Rename the extension from .zip to .ipa.
  • Now you can upload it to Testflight.

Or to make it even easier, someone has made a workflow for OSX:

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/32715-right-click-app-to-prep-payload-and-upload-to-testflight/

You just install this and then right click on the .app file to start uploading to Testflight.

#6

The above steps are by design by Apple. Their “walled garden” model can be restrictive for testing purposes. I’d suggest checking out Testflight which is a great service that somewhat-streamlines the app beta-testing process. 

#7

thnx

yea i know test flight

but never got it to work with corona…

do you know of a tutorial ? or a sample project how it could use corona ?

#8

There is no difference between using Testflight with Corona and using Testflight with any other development SDK. The development architecture doesn’t appear to be where you have the problem. What problems are you encountering with Testflight? I use it and it’s actually been phenomenal for a free service.

#9

I find people have trouble with Testflight because they try to upload the .app file directly. 

To get it to work you need to: 

  • Create directory called “Payload”.
  • Put your .app file inside it.
  • Zip it up.
  • Rename the extension from .zip to .ipa.
  • Now you can upload it to Testflight.

Or to make it even easier, someone has made a workflow for OSX:

http://forums.coronalabs.com/topic/32715-right-click-app-to-prep-payload-and-upload-to-testflight/

You just install this and then right click on the .app file to start uploading to Testflight.