Questions tagged [ipa]
.ipa file type is an iPhone application archive file which stores an iPhone application.
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Install .ipa to iPad with or without iTunes
I have the .ipa from PhoneGap build and I need to test it. I got provisioning profile from Developer account.
So my question is: can I directly put my .ipa to iPad to install for testing, or do I ...
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Install IPA with iTunes 12
I have an IPA signed for ad-hoc distribution. I can install it fine with Flash Builder. I'd like to install a release version via iTunes 12, though. Dragging it onto:
The device name
The app section
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Re-sign IPA (iPhone)
I currently build all my applications with hudson using xcodebuild followed by a xcrun without any problems
I've received a couple of IPA files from different people that I would like to re-sign with ...
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How to get .apk and .ipa file from flutter?
I am new to flutter programming and I've created a demo app, its running fine on both android and iOS devices. I want to see .apk and .ipa file in flutter. Can anyone help me to get these files from ...
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How to fix Xcode 6.1 error while building IPA
Just upgraded to Xcode 6.1 today, and guess what: Now I'm having trouble submitting builds using the TestFlight desktop app. Here's the error I'm getting while the app starts building the IPA:
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How to re-sign the ipa file?
How do I sign the .ipa file with a provisioning profile after I generate an IPA like the following with a different provision profile? I would like to sign the IPA with an ad-hoc provisioning profile ...
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No signing certificate "iOS Distribution" found
I am trying to sign an app with my client's certificates. I have received the following file from the client
I tried installing the ios_distribution certificate and the key (.p12). Also I have ...
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--resource-rules has been deprecated in mac os x >= 10.10
I tried to resign my ipa file with new provisioning profile on Mac Os 10.10 with iResign app but I got this warning: "Warning: --resource-rules has been deprecated in Mac OS X >= 10.10".
What should ...
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How to tell what profile/signing certificate was used to sign .ipa?
I have a bunch of .ipa files and I've used a script to resign them.
So how can check the provisioning profile/signing certificate to conform they are using the correct information?
Ideally, I'd like ...
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How to convert .xcarchive to .ipa for client to submit app to app store using Application Loader
We have created the .xcarchive file code signing with our client's certificate & distribution provisioning profile, but we need to send the .ipa file to our client so that they can upload the app ...
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How can I deploy (create .ipa) iphone app using 'cordova build ios --release'?
I have created a 'helloworld' iOS app with cordova using there documentation. The app successfully runs when I run cordova emulate ios. What I can't do, is while deploying when I run cordova build --...
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How to build .ipa for React Native?
I come to React Native development without previous experience in iOS development. I want to build release. .ipa file - ideally from the command line but the official documentation Running On Device ...
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Download and install an ipa from self hosted url on iOS
I need to download and install an ipa directly from an URL.
I have tried this:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://myWeb.com/test.ipa"];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
The ...
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Can I distribute my App for any device without UDID?
I've been searching stackoverflow, reading in the various blogs to get answer to my question "Can I distribute my app to someone, without getting his device UDID?"
The answers I found is all about "NO!...
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Code signing is required for product type 'Application' in SDK 'iOS5.1'
I am using xCode 4.3.1. After i created a project, i build it and tried to Archive. Then i got an error saying; (This is my first project in xCode 4.3.1)
CodeSign error: code signing is required ...
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How to Create the Upload File for Application Loader?
When I use Application Loader, I get to the point where it asks me to "Choose..." the file to be uploaded.
If I understand correctly, it supposes to be the appName.app file I see under "Products" on ...
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How to create ipa in xcode 6 without Apple Developer account?
Need to generate .ipa file for Ad-Hoc distribution. Client has provided only certificates, private keys and provisioning profiles which were enough to create .ipa till Xcode 5. But in Xcode 6.1 when I ...
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Install IPA with iTunes 11
I have an IPA signed for ad-hoc distribution. I can install it fine with Xcode Organizer by dragging it to the device. It also worked with iTunes <=10 by dragging onto the device name.
I'd like to ...
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React Native: Generate .apk and .ipa using Expo
I'm trying to generate a .ipa and a .apk file for my React Native app using Expo & Create React Native App. I successfully built the app and was able to get it to run on both an iOS & an ...
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How to fix "IPA processing failed" error in xcode 11?
When I tried to create IPA file using Distribute APP option. It gave "IPA processing failed" error.
I have checked logs file: IDEDistribution.standard.log file.
2019-08-06 18:36:52 +0000 warning: ...
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Difference between ipa and xcarchive?
What is the difference between an IPA file and an .xcarchive?
Which one do I have to create to upload an app using Xcode's Application Loader?
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How do I find my IOS app's archive file?
I have Mac OS Sierra. Unfortunately, I cannot upload my app due to a bug in Xcode 7.3.1 that makes it impossible to upload to iTunes Connect from Mac OS Sierra.
I have found a work around: Can I ...
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Generate xcarchive into a specific folder from the command line
For the purposes of CI, I need to be able to generate an XCARCHIVE and an IPA file in our nightly build. The IPA is for our testers, to be signed with our ad-hoc keys, and the XCARCHIVE is to send to ...
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Over The Air (OTA) iOS IPA File Distribution For Public? [closed]
I saw this Chinese company offering a demo for their app/service which is a .ipa file. You can simply visit a link by your iPhone via Safari and you can install the demo .ipa file.
The link is right ...
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Fastlane : [altool] Error: Unable to upload archive. Failed to get authorization for username and password
I try to upload my flutter ipa to the AppStore with fastlane using pilot with the following command:
bundle exec fastlane pilot upload --ipa ../build/ios/ipa/project.ipa
When I run this command I ...
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How to install an ipa/app file into iPhone with command line?
I want to know how to install an ipa/app file into iPhone just using the command line?
The device maybe without jailbreak or jailbroken already.
I tried to use the command line: xcodebuild, but ...
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App stuck on installing ipa from iTunes
Since moving to ios7 I am unable to distribute my app to my iPad using the ipa and provisioning profile (the same ones that worked just before I upgraded to ios7 do not work either).
This is what I ...
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How to generate an iOS IPA file with Ionic Framework?
I've successfully built the iOS app with the ionic build ios command. But now I want to use TestFlight and it asks me for an IPA file. It seems that file is not generated with that build command. So, ...
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Generating an unsigned IPA iOS application
Is it possible to create an unsigned iOS app, .ipa file? We have an enterprise customer that requires an unsigned IPA file of our iOS application, which they will then sign with their MAM product.
If ...
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What is the difference betwen .ipa and .app format in iOS?
I tried Adobe flash professional CS5 based to develop an iPhone application in windowsOS but when I publish it's out will be .ipa format. Will this work properly for an iPhone?
Can anyone explain ....
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How to reduce the size of my iPhone application?
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Compressing PNGs
Reduce the size of an iPhone Archive (.ipa)
Adding a build rule to compress images in Xcode
iOS Apps can only be downloaded via 3G if they are ...
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Is there a way to see what UDID are included in a build?
I am looking for a way to validate an IPA or mobileprovision file, to see if all my test devices have been added before i distribute the app for beta-testing.
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Unable to process request - PLA Update available, while creating the IPA
Error while creating the iOS IPA for submitting it to the app store review.
Encountered error while creating the IPA:
error: exportArchive: Unable to process request - PLA Update available
error: ...
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Archive in xcode 6 is producing a pkg, not ipa
Recently updated to Xcode 6 and now whenever I archive a project, I get a .pkg instead of an .ipa. I've set the other target in my project (cocoapods) to skip install but that didn't do the trick. The ...
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Create .ipa for iPhone
I developed one application for iPhone. After I build I got .app file in build folder.
My application name is Myapp, then i got Myapp.app file in the build folder.
My problem is i want to create the ....
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Change app Version with only IPA file provided (no xcode)
I have an app that was developed for my company. Unfortunately it needs to be resigned (i know how do this part) because the distribution cert has expired. The problem is we need to change the version ...
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Uploading flutter app to AppStore gives App.framework does not support the minimum OS Version specified in the Info.plist
I have successfully generated .ipa for app store connect but when Uploading to App Store Connect from XCode in the validation phase I am getting this error ERROR ITMS-90208: "Invalid Bundle. The ...
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Download IPA / APK from Crashlytics
I'm using Crashlytics to distribute an app for Beta testing.
While it is easy and convenient to install the app on devices from the Crashlytics app, I have not been able to figure out how I could ...
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Edit ipa plist file in command line
I'd like to change the 'bundle-identifier' string value in a plist file using the command line. Using 'defaults', how would I do this?
FYI here is the plist in its entirety:
<?xml version="1.0" ...
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Specify location for ipa file in Xcode 7 Ad-Hoc release
UPDATE: This issue is still present in Xcode 7.1 beta 2. Looks like this will be here a while.
I just updated to Xcode 7 GM and am in the process of generating ad-hoc archives for various builds. ...
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ERROR ITMS-90086 submitting app
I need to submit my app and I retrieve this error:
and the configuration is on 64 bits:
I don't know how to do...
thanks in advance
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Retrieve certificate expiration date from an .ipa file?
I know how to view the expiration date of an .ipa file's provisioning profile (by renaming the ipa to zip, then unzip it and view the ExpirationDate key in the embedded.mobileprovisioning file).
But ...
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Generating ipa from xcode command-line
Whats the best approach for generating an IPA file from command-line?
I'm on xcode 4.2 and generating the archive using:
xcodebuild -scheme AppStore clean archive
This generates the .dSYM and .app ...
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ios 8 openUrl itms-services does not exit current app
In iOS 6 or 7, the app exit to the home screen when I call UIApplication openUrl with a url of itms-services://XXXX to install a new version of my app (using enterprise deployment with ipa files).
In ...
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How to extract contents from a .ipa file (2018)
Most information found online stated that this could be done with unzip(1), but unfortunately it is not the case anymore, .ipa file format has changed, with unzip -v xyz.ipa:
Length Method Size ...
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xcode 5 archive build fail, but normal build successfully
I can build and run my app on my device, but when I tried to build archive, I got many errors. The errors are about my 3rd library - google protobuf. It showed that #error Host architecture was not ...
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How to upload IPA file to new testflight?
I have my app first version released in app store. Currently I'm working on the second version, earlier i was used Test flight for importing IPA file for testers. But for now They are shutdown and ...
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Xcode 6 GM creating archive
I am attempting to create an archive .ipa for distribution via testflight. The archive creates, and I choose export, then choose ad hoc, then select my team. However, at this point I get the below ...
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How to fix "IPA processing failed" in Xcode 12.2 with MAC M1
When I tried to create Ad Hoc IPA file. It gave "IPA processing failed" error.
Xcode version is 12.2. Mac mini (M1, 2020)
I have checked logs file: IDEDistribution.standard.log file.
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Apple Transporter failing to upload IPA with error: Failed to create .itmsp for 'appname' status code 401
I am trying to upload an ipa to Transporter (to get new version on TestFlight) and have successfully done it in the past. However, today I tried to upload and it stopped with this error popup on the ...
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