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iOS Enterprise App distribution OTA


I'm trying to create OTA for my enterprise app. I have created all pre-requisite for the same including signing certificate, provisioning profile. When I use apples standard hyperlink link nothing happens on the device, just blank screen. I've uploaded IPA and manifest file to https storage and pointed the hyperlink to manifest location.

<a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://example.com/manifest.plist">Install App</a>

Am I missing something here?

Here is my plist.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>items</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>assets</key>
            <array>
                <dict>
                    <key>kind</key>
                    <string>software-package</string>
                    <key>url</key>
                    <string>https://example.com/sampleApp.ipa</string>
                </dict>
                <dict>
                    <key>kind</key>
                    <string>display-image</string>
                    <key>url</key>
                    <string>https://example.com/logo%2057%20X%2057.png</string>
                </dict>
                <dict>
                    <key>kind</key>
                    <string>full-size-image</string>
                    <key>url</key>
                    <string>https://example.com/logo%20512%20X%20512.png</string>
                </dict>
            </array>
            <key>metadata</key>
            <dict>
                <key>bundle-identifier</key>
                <string>com.sampleApp</string>
                <key>bundle-version</key>
                <string>1.0</string>
                <key>kind</key>
                <string>software</string>
                <key>title</key>
                <string>sampleApp</string>
            </dict>
        </dict>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

Solution

  • Finally I was able to fix the issue. I see issue was with not having correct signing certificate. For anyone who want to distribute the app in-house without MDM they can follow steps in below blog post. https://medium.com/apps-studio/distributing-enterprise-ios-app-in-house-without-mdm-3ed015009893