In-house(Enterprise) Distribution (iOS)

Flow

註冊成為Apple Enterprise Program

付款後，要等待二週，才能開始使用

取得發佈憑證

參考資料：https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/app_distribution/in-house-distribution/

Visual Studio設定

新增plist檔案

參考資料：https://help.apple.com/deployment/ios/#/apda0e3426d7

Sample

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
  <!-- array of downloads. -->
  <key>items</key>
  <array>
   <dict>
    <!-- an array of assets to download -->
     <key>assets</key>
      <array>
       <!-- software-package: the ipa to install. -->
        <dict>
         <!-- required. the asset kind. -->
          <key>kind</key>
          <string>software-package</string>
          <!-- required. the URL of the file to download. -->
          <key>url</key>
          <string>https://YourServer/com.xxx.xxx.ipa</string>
        </dict>
        <!-- display-image: the icon to display during download.-->
        <dict>
         <key>kind</key>
         <string>display-image</string>
         <!-- optional. indicates if icon needs shine effect applied. -->
         <key>needs-shine</key>
         <true/>
         <key>url</key>
         <string>https://YourServer/empHelperAPPIcon.png</string>
        </dict>
        <!-- full-size-image: the large 512x512 icon used by iTunes. -->
        <dict>
         <key>kind</key>
         <string>full-size-image</string>
         <!-- optional. one md5 hash for the entire file. -->
         <key>md5</key>
         <string>61fa64bb7a7cae5a46bfb45821ac8bba</string>
         <key>needs-shine</key>
         <true/>
         <key>url</key><string>https://YourServer/empHelperAPPIcon.png</string>
        </dict>
      </array>
<key>metadata</key>
      <dict>
       <!-- required -->
       <key>bundle-identifier</key>
       <string>com.xxx.xxx</string>
       <!-- optional (software only) -->
       <key>bundle-version</key>
       <string>1.0</string>
       <!-- required. the download kind. -->
       <key>kind</key>
       <string>software</string>
       <!-- optional. displayed during download; typically company name -->
       <key>subtitle</key>
       <string>you company</string>
       <!-- required. the title to display during the download. -->
       <key>title</key>
       <string>app name</string>
      </dict>
    </dict>
  </array>
</dict>
</plist>

新增HTML提供iOS APP下載

Xamarin.iOS建置後，會產生IPA的檔案，但不能讓user直接下載，必需透過連結plist，才能下載

<a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=https://server/emphelper.plist">

使用者安裝注意事項

iPhone使用者必需允許開發者(以公司為單位)，才能把安裝後的App，開啟使用

參考資料：http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30722883/ios9-untrusted-enterprise-developer-with-no-option-to-trust

檢查使用該憑證產生的ipk是不是正確

使用Mac機器，將app安裝至手機

操作方式：

1. 在Mac上，下載 Apple Configurator 2
2. 開啟Apple Configurator，並接上手機

3. 點選手機後，按上正上面的 + ，選擇Apps

4. 選擇IPK檔案，即可確認是不是能將開發的ios app佈署至手機

疑難排解

下載app出現caanot connect to XXX

1. 確認SSL的憑證為公開的
2. 下載plist or ipk都要透過 https 協定
3. IIS Application MIME 需有以下兩項目設定

.ipa application/octet-stream
.plist text/xml

Useful resources

https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/app_distribution/in-house-distribution/ https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/deployment,_testing,_and_metrics/app_distribution/app-store-distribution/