Presented at the May 16, 2011 Silicon Valley iOS Developer Meetup

1. Deploy, Deploy
iOS Adhoc Deployment
Aleksey Novicov
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2. Two Deployment Methods
1. OTA Wireless Deployment
✓ New since iOS 4.0
2. iOS Simulator Bundle
✓ Requires Xcode Developer Tools
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3. OTA Wireless Deployment
1. Build to Archive
2. Share to create adhoc files
3. Upload app (.ipa) file and manifest (.plist) file
4. Construct the web page
<a href="itms-services://?action=download-
manifest&url=http://www.yodelcode.com/apps/
Tonic.plist">Install Tonic</a>
5. Set server MIME type
application/octet-stream ipa
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7. OTA Wireless Deployment
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8. iOS Simulator Bundle
1. Benefits
• Useful for projected demos
• Useful for creating videos
2. Usage
• Download the Simulator Bundle App
• Drag your app onto Simulator Bundle
• ZIP it up and distribute
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9. iOS Simulator Bundle
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10. Resources
• http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/
#featuredarticles/
FA_Wireless_Enterprise_App_Distribution/
Introduction/Introduction.html
• https://github.com/landonf/simlaunch/downloads
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