How to install an iOS app programmatically?
NickName:Shweta Pande Ask DateTime:2012-02-22T17:28:15

How to install an iOS app programmatically?

I am working on pushing an application on to device.
I was able to download the ipa file (also related profile) programmatically.
The next thing that i have to do is to install this downloaded application file programmatically.
I have done a lot of search and found that sandboxing and other iOS limitations wont allow me to install this app.
I need to know is there a way to install iOS apps programmatically (code or scripts) on the device.
Android provides a mechanism to install apps programmatically using Intents.
Want to know if there is anything analogoues or similar to what Android provides in iOS

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Answers
Stephen Darlington 2012-02-22T09:35:33

You can't, at least not from the device. (Caveat: I mean a non-jailbroken device.)\n\nWhat you can do is make an IPA available on a website and download it to a device. This is how enterprise deployment works, and you can use the same trick for ad hoc builds.\n\nThere's a project on GitHub that automates this: BetaBuilder.\n\nThis probably isn't what you're looking for, but it's the closest that you can currently get as far as I'm aware.",

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