Question on How to Distribute iOS apps for testing

[William Prothero]

Sheesh! I did it again! After quitting and restarting iTunes, checking in the library using the finder, it my app showed up and loaded onto my iPhone successfully. Dragging the app to the iTunes screen didn’t work, and most of the google pages addressing this are old. Anyway, it does work with iTunes, and all I need to do now is get the ID numbers of all of the folks who want my app and add them to the provisioning profile.

It’s pretty easy once you get through all the hoops. I’m almost having fun…. almost. Anyway, my first app is a Yoga lesson app that will keep me relaxed while not tearing my hair out for the next app.

Now on to real work.
 
Best,
Bill

> On May 7, 2015, at 4:29 PM, William Prothero <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
> 
> Folks:
> I have an iOS app that I  will probably never, at least for the near term, put into the Apple Store. I want to be able to distribute it to a few friends, though, without them having to load it on their using Xcode.
> 
> I’ve been testing this on my own computer, trying to use iTunes, which I understand  is possible. I have the necessary provisioning profiles and the app loads on both my iPhone and iPad with no problem. But, if I delete it and try to get it on my device using iTunes, it won’t work. The most nearly successful try was using the “Add to Library” command. It did add it, but didn’t show up in the Apps window. 
> 
> Searching with Google and going through the LiveCode tutorials hasn’t helped. They don’t talk about how to distribute for beta testing.
> 
> So, does anybody have any wisdom on how to get this on a device without using Xcode? I know there is iTunes Connect, but I’ like to avoid that if possible because I don’t want to deal with the Apple store at all, in this case. I must be missing some crucial detail. I’ve been through the certificate signing, etc. I figure, if I can load it using Xcode, it should work using iTunes.
> 
> Best,
> Bill
> 
> William A. Prothero
> http://es.earthednet.org/
> 
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