[ANN] IPA Build Tool for iOS

[Sean Cole (Pi)]

It won't work as it will be an encrypted binary with a checksum of some
kind (right at the end of the xml stuff.

It's really easy to create the PPs, though, so I'm not sure what the
benefit would be in trying to edit it. Just go to your dev account, add in
the IDs and remake the profile. The old ones will still work on the other
machines that have been installed with them. The reason you have to do it
that way is so that Apple can keep a lid on a number of devices you are
providing for. If you need more than a hundred, set up another standard
account or upgrade to an Enterprise license.

The other sucky thing about the 100 is that it is per year. You can't just
take off ones you're not using and replace. You have to wait till your year
is up before you can swap them out. :(

Sean Cole

On 28 September 2017 at 17:48, William Prothero via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> Sean:
> I am curious if it is a reasonable idea to edit the provisioning profile
> directly using BBEdit to add UDID’s for beta testing, without going to the
> Apple Developer site to add beta testers. I see a lot of “?”  characters
> when I open the provisioning profile in BBEdit, so I wonder if it is safe
> to edit it using BBEdit. Or perhaps create a livecode app to add new UDID’s
> to a provisioning profile.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Thanks,
> Best,
> Bill P
>
> > On Sep 27, 2017, at 6:09 PM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi William,
> >
> > As Ralph says, correct. I have an Enterprise account which was a really
> > difficult thing to get set up with Apple (took about 2 months). While it
> > costs $299/year, for me it's well worth it as I have published for
> several
> > hundred machines at once for some corporate events. MDM delivery over my
> > secure website is also a massive bonus for the TV Gameshow demo apps I
> put
> > together for my Broadcast clients. If it was only for beta testing I
> would
> > stay with the standard dev license.
> >
> > Sean Cole
> > *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
> >
> > 'Don't try to think outside the box. Just remember the truth: There is no
> > box!'
> > 'For then you realise it is not the box you are trying to look outside
> of,
> > but it is yourself!'
> >
> > eMail Ts & Cs <http://pidigital.co.uk/emailTCs.rtf>   Pi Digital
> > Productions Ltd is a UK registered limited company, no. 5255609
> >
> > On 27 September 2017 at 21:05, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <
> > use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Correct, all testers UUIDs must be added to the provisioning profile.
> There
> >> a limit of 100/year. You can only delete old ones after your yearly
> >> developer renewal.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ralph DiMola
> >> IT Director
> >> Evergreen Information Services
> >> rdimola at evergreeninfo.net
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of William Prothero via use-livecode
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 3:55 PM
> >> To: Use-livecode Use-livecode
> >> Cc: William Prothero
> >> Subject: Re: [ANN] IPA Build Tool for iOS
> >>
> >> Sean:
> >> Thanks for the app. It should come in useful.
> >> I assume that the provisioning file created in the Apple Developer site
> >> (for
> >> beta testers) must contain the ID info of every device that it must run
> on,
> >> if it is not distributed through the app store?? I am writing several
> apps
> >> that will need significant beta testing, so I will be distributing them
> >> directly.
> >> Best,
> >> Bill P
> >>
> >>> On Sep 27, 2017, at 7:43 AM, Sean Cole (Pi) via use-livecode
> >> <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi LC Community,
> >>>
> >>> I needed to create IPAs of my iOS software so that I could upload them
> >>> to my website for Enterprise distribution but all the old tools for
> >>> doing this have been deprecated by Apple. So I've created this simple
> >>> one to meet Apple's new standard way to produce them. Simply extract
> >>> it into your LiveCode plugins folder and you will be able to open it
> >>> from the LC menu,
> >>> Development>Plugins>IPA_Builder. Let me know if you have any problems
> >>> Development>Plugins>with
> >>> it.
> >>>
> >>> https://livecode.pidigital.co.uk/IPA_Builder.zip
> >>>
> >>> Sean Cole
> >>> *Pi Digital Productions Ltd*
> >>> www.pidigital.co.uk
> >>> 'Don't try to think outside the box. Just remember the truth: There is
> >>> no box!'
> >>> 'For then you realise it is not the box you are trying to look outside
> >>> of, but it is yourself!'
> >>>
> >>> eMail Ts & Cs <http://pidigital.co.uk/emailTCs.rtf>   Pi Digital
> >>> Productions Ltd is a UK registered limited company, no. 5255609
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