Downloading beta app from testflight app gives error at the end, says "Unable to download app at this time" on all my devices.
No error is in itune connect upload. App displayed and received notification on adding new app to testflight beta. But everytime same error.
This happened to me when I wasn't using the correct provisioning profile. Very frustrating error that doesn't provide any useful info, and leaves the previous installed version of your test build in a state where it cannot be launched. After I switched my provisioning profile to 'Automatic', bumped the build number, and submitted a new version to iTunes connect I was able to download the new build.
I'm seeing a similar error. I don't know for sure, but I suspect doing things in this order may have something to do with it (this seems to mirror what emrys57 is facing).
You have issued a previous TestFlight release (download/install was working).
You then submitted that version for formal review for publication in the App Store.
While the app submission is still under review, now you uploaded a new TestFlight build with an updated version number (but did not resubmit for App Store review).
It could be that while the app is under review something prevents the download. I seem to recall reading about something like this in one of the guides, but I can't remember where off the top of my head. In my case, as an internal tester I even face the error "Unable to download app at this time", regardless of whether I already have a previous version with the same bundle ID already installed or if I don't have the app already installed (i.e., it's fully uninstalled). I wonder if an accepted App Store review will clear up the issue; it doesn't seem like a good idea to resubmit that latest build for further App Store review if the version previously submitted is what you actually want released.
In my case, for the general testing audience, I have a separate bundle ID that is exclusively for beta testing. And that version is never submitted for App Store review (the one that's slated for App Store review I only use for the purpose of smoketesting the upgrade process with internal testers). That bundle ID for beta had to go through the one-time full TestFlight external review for the initial TestFlight external beta testing. But I've been able to keep adding new versions to that beta-only bundle ID for subsequent TestFlight releases without an issue.
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I have a testing and production release channel, on TestFlight and the App Store, respectively. I want the ability to run both on the same device. Otherwise if there is an issue with my testing release channel me and my beta users are blocked from using the working production channel (as least without constantly downloading and overwriting the TestFlight vs App Store versions)
I tried https://medium.com/#ywongcode/building-multiple-versions-of-a-react-native-app-4361252ddde5, but it seems like most of the configurations were reverted on build, and I wound up with the same bundleIdentifier and therefore I could not download the TestFlight testing version without removing the App Store version.
I think your best bet is to release multiple apps from 1 source code. We ran into this problem as well and ended up releasing separate test (internal testing), beta (external testing) and production apps. Each with their own app logo, app name and expo release channel. As far as I know, there is no way to switch release channel after your app has been built.
Alternatively you could (beta) test your app by pointing your users to https://exp.host/#username/yourApp?release-channel=. This way your testers can test most of your app’s functionally in the Expo Go app.
You can use iOS Build Configurations and Android Build Variants to easily create different apps within one project.
How to remove the current build from iTunes Connect where the app is in "Developer Removed from Sale" status? Also, the older version should be made "Ready for Sale". Please help me. I have unknowingly Released the version of that app.
I cannot remove the current build from iTunes Connect now. The build doesn't show up any delete button.
You have to submit a new version with a new build. It's both not possible to a) either update the build of a live version (which was on the store) nor b) to switch to an older version.
Your flow will look like this:
1) Create new version in iTunes Connect
2) Create & upload new build with fixes for this version
3) Submit to the store. If it's a critical bug fix, you might want to request an expedited app review. https://developer.apple.com/support/app-review/
Expedited App Review:
If you face extenuating circumstances, you can request the review of your app to be expedited. These circumstances include fixing a critical bug in your app on the App Store or releasing your app to coincide with an event you are directly associated with.
Urgent Bug Fix:
If you've submitted an update to fix a critical bug in your app on the App Store and you are requesting an expedited review, be sure to include the steps to reproduce the bug on the current version of your app.
I'm using the new beta version functionality in iTunes Connect. I uploaded a build (98) to iTunes Connect, set up some internal testers and they downloaded that build.
Now I've updated the build with a new version (build 99) and that's been uploaded to iTunes Connect, but I can't see how to provoke the system into pushing this new version out to the users and their TestFlight app.
I'm set up as a tester on a couple of devices (both with my developer ID as well as with another id) and I can still only see build 98.
On the iTunes Connect screen build 98 is listed as inactive (which is correct because it has been superseded by build 99), but build 99 only says 'invite testers', but I've invited all those I want to invite.
It says that users will 'automatically receive new builds', but how long does it take? I was hoping it would be instant. Is there a way to provoke iTunes Connect into sending out the update notifications so my users can test the new version?
I'm not sure if this is a bug in TestFlight but toggle off and then on again the "TestFlight Beta Testing" switch. As soon as you do it all your internal testers should get notified of the new build.
Another option is to simply go into the new Build Details and save it.
I've installed Testflight (1.2 B3) as stated in the documentation. Builds are uploading and updating fine. I can see sessions (mostly anonymous :/), I receive the logs (TFLog) - but I do not receive any crash reports. I even introduced a crash-on-event (a method not found thing) - but theres is nothing on Testflight about it.
Provisioning is via a developer profile which embeds several devices.
The problem occurs on iOS6 and iOS5 / iPhone5 and iPad3. The is being build against iOS6.
Any ideas?
UPDATE
I've tested several other frameworks and ways to receive crash reports. Nothing worked so I suspect something in my code (obviously). Are there any other switches that XCode 4.5.1 might have enabled and that way disable any error reporting during a "production environment" like setup?
UPDATE 2
As of now we're using Testflight only for distribution of beta versions and switched to Crashlytics for crash reporting. It's a bit more streamlined and fetches most crashes.
I also do not get any crash reports via TestFlight. This is what the TestFlight people told me:
Our team is currently looking into an issue associated with auto
versioning of the app when uploaded and SDK data not reporting
properly. Looking at the URL you provided it looks like the build
version is not changing before uploading the app to TestFlight and our
auto versioning implementation is causing an issue with general SDK
data reporting.
I will share this with our team and we will contact you when we have
an update available.
I tried to update the build version to avoid auto-versioning, but it did not help me. But maybe this issue is hitting someone else.
Testflight did not satisfy our needs to log crashes. That is why we skipped to Crashlytics (as I said in the original post). The issues with Testflight seem not to be resolved. We still do use it for distribution, that is what it's good at.
I just upgraded to xCode 4.3 and used it to generate a new revision of an iPad app about 50 beta testers have been using for several months. I distributed the beta app through TestFlight as usual.
Most testers upgraded with no problem, but several testers are getting the TestFlight message "You have not permitted this device to install this build" when they try to install the new rev. I've never seen this message before. Their iPad UDID is definitely in the build's embedded.mobileprovision file and everything was working working fine with the prior revision.
What am I -- or the testers -- doing wrong and how do we correct it?
Hi i experienced the same and it seems that you must generate your mobile provisioner profile from Xcode(instead of Apple dev site for example) and you should update your App permissions (TestFlight) with this same provisioner profile that you just generated on your machine so basically the machine that generates and archive the apps using Xcode must generate the provisioner profile and then you should update your testflight app permissions with this file.
Does that make any sense?
Hope this works for you testflight is really nice to use, i faced same problems with all of my apps and hardware devices (testers all around the world)
Thanks
Turns out this is apparently a bug in Testflight. I tried to resolve the issue through their support forum and multiple emails with no real answer. I did not want to switch services as my testers knew the Testflight system well. But eventually switched to Diawi. My testers were able to install the app using Diawi with no problems.