I sent an .ipa file to someone who wants to see if he wants an app from me, but he said he cant open the file, he tried from his iphone...any way i can send it to him successfully? i sent via email

Have you thought about TestFlight? Far easier.

what is that? never heard of it...thanks for the quick reply buddy

Superb way to share apps with potential clients. Sign up for an account my good man. You'll be pitching apps in mins. Well maybe ten mins.

doing it now...thanks alot buddy i appreciate it!

NP. Used it myself, great service that makes it far simpler. Essentially removes all the pain of sharing dev apps.

I use Diawi.com Create account Drag your .ipa file and provisioning file if needed A link is created Email link and client can open email on device Select the link Click ok to install Mike

oh yea i remember that site diawi.com i forgot about that site

I also think that the user can drag the ipa into iTunes, with their device connected, and it'll install that way. Mark

another good idea Mark!

Correct Mark I believe you need to drag the Provisioning file as well to iTunes.

Just signed up for Test Flight. Thanks, @MacApple!

add UDID someone to Provisioning Profiles build IPA file with someone UDID, open IPA in iTunes connect iDevices and sync

Good point, @0z2000tv!

Good thing about TestFlight is that you don't have to bother with the UDID and so on. All powered remotely by the tester. Drop in their email address and voila. Have a good weekend all.

I use test flight as well. It makes things much easier. a side note, with the standard developer account you can have 100 devices (per year) linked to a profile. When you delete one you can not reuse the spot. If you are making apps for clients you may want to use their developers account (if they have one) so you dont eat up all of your spots. Another thing to remember with Ad-Hoc is that the only way someone can open your .ipa is if the provisioning profile that the app is code signed with includes the devices UDID. (test flight takes care of this process)

There is a step in the Test Flight process where you have to cut/paste the UDID and physically put that in the provisioning profile in the dev portal. What Test Flight actually does is 'extract' the UDID from the device for you via the sign-up process. It posts that UDID in a file on your dashboard and you cut/paste it. They don't update your provisioning profile for you. (If they do I missed that option?) and don't forget if you have Self Hosted, you've got your OWN Test Flight already. Over The Air Distrbution. It works, I use it a lot but it does require you getting the UDID yourself. The UDID is clear as day in iTunes if you connect your device. Interesting on that 100 device restriction - is that Apple or Test Fight? if it's the latter than using Davids OTAD would alleviate that. But obtaining the UDID is still easier with TF.

The 100 device is Apple. Standard account is 100 Enterprise account is 300 I have an Ad-Hoc app that our sales team uses. Only 30 users, (all iPads) so I don't really bump up against the limit, but now we are rolling out iPhones, so that is 30 more, and every time someone has to get a new device, (lost, broken, etc) that is 1 more.