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Hi Guys,

I need some help.

I have just finished my in house managment app for the device enrollement. But i need to publish it to a internal webpage that can be access outside on the internet. i know this can be done, an symnatec has provide the a webpage with the in house build app.

I does need instruction on how to make it work in my webpage.

Hows anyone accomplished this????

Thanks

Create a virtual directory in IIS, or just drop it into an existing virtual directory, e.g. wwwroot.

So what i have done is i have created a Virtual Directory and i had the file, but when i browser to it from the device i cant download the IPA file from the directory.

I am i missing something?

Symantec has advised that there needs to be a Plist that has been created when you develop the app

Do you have any steps for doing this? It would really help me alot

Thanks

You're going to have to set the .plist file as a MIME Type in IIS, along with another file type -- perhaps it is .ipa.  I believe the User Guide covers the creation of an In-House App.  Have you run through that documentation yet?

You can use the following apple doc. to describe how to create the plist.  Once the plist is created, you will also need to set the MIME types in IIS (as Mike pointed out).  Let me know if you have any issues.  Even though the doc is created for iOS 4, I have verified it works with iOS 5. 

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#featuredarticles/FA_Wireless_Enterprise_App_Distribution/Introduction/Introduction.html

Hi Guys,

I managed to get the App on a secure webserver for distrubution, and the Plist was created when i created the IPA, but when i to the point of downloading the app.

i get an error

"unable to download Application"

"app name" Could not be installed at this time

Any suggestion on why this is????

Thanks

Does the .ipa work via iTunes USB sync and the only problem is the hosted .plist?  That would point to an IIS issue or .plist issue.

See also my other comment on MDM custom apps.

We succeeded in creating our own Sym MDM agent (our own logo! on our apple devices) and distributing it. Bypassing the AppStore.

First, we exactly had the same problem (and error message) but in the end we got it working.

Some background info (short). Apple won't let you create apps just like that. You need an agreement. The cheap agreement (developer) let's you install your apps on max 100 of 'your' devices. You need to install a provisioning profile first OR it's done automatically when using the USB cable. Now you all know why this "provisioning profile" button is present in Altiris Mobile Management solution (the web interface).

Or; you can buy an Enterprise Developer Agreement. Now, you can create apps that anyone can install (following your own procedure which of course is correct).

It looks like you are installing the non-Enterprise 'signed' app on a device that does not have your provisioning profile installed; at least that is where we first got the problems.

What you can do is use the USB approach, install & start the app on your i* device, then on the iDevice look at settings->general->profiles and see that a provisioning profile is installed.

Regards,

Klaas

PS: the other problem might be in Xcode where you can specify the min. reqs. where the app runs on, like ios5+ and so on but I assume that is not the issue at hand