How do I deploy in house applications created with Twixl Publisher ?
There are two ways of distributing apps in house:
- "Ad Hoc" distribution - this is possible if you have registered for the standard iOS Developer Program
- "Enterprise" distribution - for this you need to register for the iOS Developer Enterprise Program
"Ad Hoc" distribution requires you to register
the UDID of all iPads (or other iOS devices) in the iOS
Provisioning Portal, and is limited to a maximum of 100 devices. It
is a bit more cumbersome to use and configure, because when you add
a new device to the pool, you will need to create a new build of
your application(s) every time to include that device in the list
of supported devices.
NOTE: "Ad Hoc" builds can be created with any
version of Twixl Publisher.
"Enterprise" distribution does not have a
limitation in terms of the number of devices it can be installed
on. Also, you do not have to register the UDIDs of all devices
(although you still can). As of version 2.0.3 of Twixl Publisher,
the option was added to specify a "deployment" URL
when creating an Enterprise build.
NOTE: Enterprise builds can be built with Twixl
Publisher Advanced and Pro only
Enter a folder location on a web server here, and three files will be generated when you create a build:
- app.ipa (the application file)
- app.plist (a plist file)
- app.html (the page to navigate to)
If you copy the three files to the folder that was specified as the deployment URL, users will be able to navigate to http://[yourserver].com/[appfolder]/app.html from their iPad to automatically install the application.