Can You Really Install an iOS App outside of Apple's App Store?

[Peter W A Wood]

Brahmanathswami

It seems that what you are missing is that your LiveCode script and the LiveCode engine will be compiled to a Web App, a combination of HTML, CSS and JavaScript. It will not be installed on the iOS device but will run in the browser.

I suspect that the resultant HTML, CSS and JavaScript will not just be big, it will be massive. However, provided you use future dating on the HTML, CSS and JavaScript, users should only need to download the WebApp once. (This will take a little care or else users will find it very difficult to receive updates to the WebApp).

Regards

Peter



On 3 Jul 2014, at 06:14, Brahmanathswami <brahma at hindu.org> wrote:

> Dumb, old question: Can You Really Install an iOS App outside of Apple's App Store?
> 
> I'm reviewing again the differences between the  Open Source "community" version and the Commercial license, which I thought I understood well... (See the faq http://livecode.com/support/ask-a-question/)
> 
> But this is puzzling: Under
> 
> Open source:
> 
>           1) Acme Corp wants to distribute their app and source code directly from their website, for use on any platform
> 
> Commercial option:
> 
>           2) Acme Corp wants to submit their free or paid iOS or Mac OS app, to the official Apple iTunes or Mac App Store
> 
> Regarding # 1 above:
> 
> Can iOS users really download an app from any web site and install it on their iPhone or iPad without going through the App Store?
> 
> I did not think this was possible unless you had the GUID for each device you want to deploy to and that was limited to 100 devices. But this verbiage -- "distribute their app and source code directly from their website, for use on any platform" -- implies I could put an iOS app on our site and someone could just download --> drag into iTunes --> sync  and voila!... the app is running on their iPhone/iPad. or navigate in their iPhone to a download link and click to install the app....
> 
> Is that even possible? What am I missing here?
> 
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> 
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