Install .Ipa to iPad with or Without Itunes

Install .ipa to iPad with or without iTunes

Yes, you can install IPA in iPad, first you have to import that IPA to your itunes. Connect your iPad to iTunes then install application just by click on install and then sync.

Install .ipa file without iTunes?

• Attach the device
• XCode -> Window -> Devices
• Select the device
• Right click -> Show Provisioning Profiles
• Add your file, done.
• Under the Applications box, click +
• Select the .ipa file

Unable to install the ipa into iPad

• Did you install the ProvisioningProfile onto your iPad separately? (first)

• Did you compile your app with your ProvisioningProfile?

There are many reasons it could not be installing. You should double check each step, from downloading your PP to compiling, to installing your PP on your iPad, to installing your app.

How to install an IPA into an iOS device, e.g. for Ad Hoc distribution

Took me a while to find this out. There were a lot of references to using iTunes, which is no longer available, and no references to using Finder, or alternatively Apple Configurator 2.

Prerequisites:

• Your device is added to your provisioning profile. This is automatically done by Xcode when you select the device and build the app onto the device.
• Plug your device in
• Archive the application (create the .xcarchive): Select the target device (e.g. arm64/ a physical iPhone 12) and archive the app: Product > Archive
• In the Organizers window, click Distribute App, and select Ad Hoc. Continue with the defaults options or customise to your liking. This should create a folder containing a .ipa file.

Main steps:

As Paulw11 said in the comments, you can do this in Finder. Select the device in Finder and drag the .ipa file onto the device details.

More complicated alternative:

• Install Apple Configurator 2. Drag the .ipa file found in the exported directory in finder (exported from Xcode) onto the iOS screen inside the Apple Configurator 2 window, and the iOS app will be installed:

Finally, you should see this step, and the application will be available on your home screen.

Command line: As How to install an ipa/app file into iPhone with command line? states, if you have Apple Configuration 2 installed, you can open it and click "Apple Configurator 2" on Menu Bar, and install Automation tools. Then, cfgutil is available to you,

• so you can run: cfgutil install-app ipa-file.ipa

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