iOS Question Distribute Applications Over the Air

[highflyer]

Hello everybody,
has anyone in this forum, had any luck in distributing apps over the air with the following method ??

http://iosdevelopertips.com/xcode/distribute-ad-hoc-applications-over-the-air-ota.html

 

[Erel]

OTA works. This is how B4i installs the app after you compile.

You must use a https link for the ipa file. See these instructions (from the second answer): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...ting-an-ipa-over-the-air-with-dropbox-ios-7-1

 

[highflyer]

I'll give it a try.....

Thank you Erel

 

[highflyer]

Where do I find the .plist file relative to the App I wish to install OTA ??

 

[Erel]

There is a link to a plist file that you can use in the second answer (the one with 9 votes): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...ting-an-ipa-over-the-air-with-dropbox-ios-7-1

 

[mauro vicamini]

There is a link to a plist file that you can use in the second answer (the one with 9 votes): http://stackoverflow.com/questions/...ting-an-ipa-over-the-air-with-dropbox-ios-7-1

Hi Erel,
I've followed the example above, but when I click from my iphone (5c with iOS 7.1.1) on the link

<a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&amp;url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xxxxxxxx/manifest.plist?dl=0">My App</a>

doesn't happen nothing: no error, no advice ... nothing.
If I click the link from a PC it download the manifest.plist, and if i copy the url inside for the ipa file and put id in the address bar it download the ipa file correctly, so the links are correct.
The iphone is already in the provision file with which I've build the ipa file, anyway I've also dowloaded it into the iPhone like documented in the example.

What could it be?

Thanks

 

[Erel]

Are you sure that the phone is listed in the provision profile?

You can try to create a simple html page with this link and then open it from the device browser.

 

[mauro vicamini]

Yes , the device is in the provison file. If I use the OTA Deployer of B4I it works fine. I'd liked to use my own server to deploy the betas to my customers. What I see of different between your OTA Deployer link and the one I've used it's that your link encode the entire url parameter. I will try the same with my link.

 

[mauro vicamini]

OK, it works! I had to encode the url parameter.
From

itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/xxxxxxxx/manifest.plist?dl=0

to

itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdl.dropboxusercontent.com%2Fs%2Fxxxxxxxx%2Fmanifest.plist%3Fdl%3D0