Distributing an iOS App for Testing

[J. Landman Gay]

On 8/7/13 3:54 PM, Chris Sheffield wrote:
> Ray,
>
> Creating an ipa file is actually quite easy. It's just a zip archive (more or less) of your app bundle. There is a slight trick. Follow these steps:
>
> In the Finder, create a folder named Payload (the uppercase P is important).
> Copy your app bundle into that folder.
> Compress the Payload folder by right/control-clicking and choosing the Compress option.
> Now you have Payload.zip. Rename this file to [app_name].ipa. Case is important. The finder will ask you to confirm that you want to use the .ipa extension.
> Then you can distribute it via TestFlight, or you can email it to your tester and he/she can install it by dragging it into iTunes and then syncing his/her device.
>
> There are probably utilities around that can help you do this, but it's easy enough to do manually, so I haven't really bothered.

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AirLaunch.

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