First of all thanks for the help! I am working on a application that we are planning to store some data in iCloud space. We have added iCloud code to app but unable to figure out few things as mentioned below:
Is it necessary to have iCloud enabled in user device (user might
choose not to use iCloud via Settings -> iCloud) to save my app data
to iCloud?
As far as i know data on iCloud is being saved on the
basis of apple id of user; so if user changes his apple id via
Settings -> Store then where my app data will be stored (app is
downloaded via different apple id) ?
How to test iCloud on
development environment. When i install the app (via testflight
using adHoc mpp) on various devices it does not synchronize the
data)?
Thanks again!
MP
I got answer to my own question. Please refer below apple link:
Refer link1 and last section of link2 from apple official website.
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Due to some unique quality and regulatory requirements in our organisation, we need to be able to download a .ipa build from App Store Connect, in order to be able to compare it against a locally built binary. I appreciate this is an unusual requirement, but it is non-negotiable.
Clearly there is no way to do this via the App Store Connect web interface, so I've been looking at the App Store Connect API. However it is ambiguous from the documentation, whether it is possible to use this to download an .ipa build.
Does anyone know if this is possible, and how one might go about doing it if so please?
Apple does not provide any way of retrieving an upload app/IPA. It's neither possible through App Store Connect nor the App Store Connect API.
You can only check entitlements and additional build information in the App Store Connect interface. For that go to App Store Connect > My Apps > Activity > All Builds > Click on the build
(Fastlane does also not provide any way, because Apple does not expose the data. It uses the "web API", i.e. has access to more information than the "standard" App Store Connect API)
We can download IPA file with the help of Apple Configurator. Follow below steps to download IPA file.
Download Apple Configurator 2 app on your MAC.
Connect your iPhone with MAC and Apple ID should be same in apple Configurator and iPhone.
New window will display with app count badge in All Devices Tab.
Right click on your connected device in Apple Configurator and select Add and then Apps.
Process will complete and Popup will show with options, no need to click any option and go to this path
~/Library/Group Containers/K36BKF7T3D.group.com.apple.configurator/Library/Caches/Assets/TemporaryItems/MobileApps/
Save IPA file in your directory
-Now stop Apple Configurator
EDIT: I know this question is aimed at Downloading Appstore/Testflight builds, specifically, but wanted to provide this answer for others who find your question while looking for it from anywhere.
You can download iOS .ipa from Firebase distribution, as well as for Android .apks. But you do need to have the right permissions.
I just did it 5 minutes ago. See ☝️?
Go into App Distribution > find your app scheme/variant > expand build number > see if you have a Download button. If you don't, your company needs to bump your permissions up a bit higher.
Keep in mind that firebase apps can experience limitations when interacting with Apple SDK features, though, like SIWA. You'd need to use Testflight to test things like that if they don't work for you (we have decent devs and never could get it working on Firebase builds).
If the file gets deleted before you can copy it, you can use this command:
watch -n 0.1 find "~/Library/Group\ Containers/K36BKF7T3D.group.com.apple.configurator" -iname "*.ipa" -exec 'cp -r {} ~/Downloads \;'
When it's downloaded it will copy it to the Downloads folder. You're welcome.
Part of the credits to my colleague Daniël.
I have an app, in which the user can initiate a short, asynchronous download to access data on the internet, and then the app displays that data. The app is not yet released, but I have tested it on both simulator and several physical devices. On none of them, however, I can locate the app inside the settings menu where I could, for instance, restrict its network access to WiFi only, etc.
I assumed that if my app accesses the internet, it would automatically appear in the settings menu, but apparently it is not so. Am I doing something wrong? What is the process to allow the user to access such basic settings?
I use XCode 10.3, and probram in Objective-C.
If the problem is that there's not a settings entry for your app, please keep in mind that sometimes, in order for an app to be registered, you may need to close your app and the settings app and try opening it again.
If the problem is that you don't see the standard settings for location services, cellular data etc, then you may find maddy's answer here to be helpful: Why is my iOS app forcing a Settings Bundle might be helpful.
Copying the relevant part from this answer:
The iOS 8+ settings page appears […] if the app does any of the
following:
Attempts to access data via a cellular network
Various privacy data
Camera
Microphone
Photo library
Contacts
Location
Notifications
Background data fetch
A settings page may not appear for an app if none of these conditions
have yet been met.
I am developing both Android and iOS B2C app (will upload it to Store). Reading from here, it seems there are some restrictions for Direct Update.
- The update is for the app web resources only
- To update native resources, a new app version must be uploaded to the respective app store
- Android: no restrictions
- Windows Phone 8: no restrictions
- iOS:
B2C: according to the terms of service of your company; usually at least bug fixes are allowed
B2E: through the iOS Developer Enterprise Program
But the requirement is:
User want to update some .txt files in production without want to use Adapter.
Is this allowable and able to be done as in the doc saying for web resources only?
I don't know how do you intend to use this "txt file" in the application but I am pretty sure you can classify it as a web resource without worries.
Thanks,
I want to upload the two copies iPhone application to the app store.
1) One with iwatch extension included.
2) One without iwatch extension.
If I include iwatch extension. I can't keep the deployment target below 8.0.
Is it possible and allowed by apple. can I keep the bundle identifiers same or I should change it?
Do I need to create two App IDs for the app?
Please help me with any other setting to change.
My deployment target without iwatch extension is iOS 7+.
Yes, that should be possible.
Note that you should change the Bundle Identifier as every app needs to have a unique one. I would also recommend to change the name (I believe you have to do that anyways) to show the users which one is w/ and w/o AppleWatch Extension.
Hope that helps :)
The answer is NO. You cannot have the same app in the AppStore that has the same bundle identifier.
Also, is there a real pressing need to have that backward compatibility (apart from wanting to have the greatest number of phones able to download your app)? Because if not, then maybe consider that deployment > 8.0 is enough.
Thanks a lot for suggestions and answers.
We can do it. These are the steps we need to follow.
1) Just we have to create new app id for the iPhone application with watch extension.
In case we are doing it manually.
2)we need to create two more app ids one for watchapp and other for watchkitextension as a target.
for eg. the app id is com.appname
The appid for the watch extension would be com.appname.watchkitextension
The app id for the watch app would be com.appname.watchkitapp
Both will be considered different app ids.
3) We need enable the all the three app ids with same App Group
4) keep deployment target of the watchextension and watchkitapp target as 8.2. And for iPhone companion app we can keep it 8.0
4) Generate the app store distribution provisioning provisioning profiles (can keep same distribution certificate) in case want to upload to the iTunes stores for beta testing or app review.
and We are done. This will successfully archieve the app bundle.
Another way. : Just don't do it manually and let Xcode handle it
Note : While developing app. When we add new target as watchkit. The new Xcode generates the app id for watch kit app and extension.
Just we can use it by refreshing provisioning profile from Xcode -> Preferences -> Accounts. Select Account and refresh. (Note : We need to configure the developer account with Xcode for that).
It will download and install the provisioning profile with Xcode.
And we can directly archieve the app bundle for app store submission by selecting the right provisioning profile
working on app for android
in which using livesdk (for android) provided by microsoft to access skydrive on device
the problem is out to work offline???
how to initialize LiveConnectClient in that case
really needed help
ty in advance
The LiveSDKs and OneDrive-APIs are not meant to function offline as they require connectivity to their service components to retrieve data.
If you are looking to use the data retrieved by the LiveSDK while the client is not connected to the internet I would recommend coming up with an appropriate caching scheme so your application has the data it needs on hand.
When your application comes back online, you can synchronize its state with the view.changes to start the reconciling process.