IOS and React Native Tutorial

With the growing trend of ‘BYOD’ (Bring Your Own Device), many small and medium enterprises (SME’s) are employing the use of mobile apps to train, inform and enhance their workforce. In order to publish your app – you will need to obtain an Enterprise App Developer Licence from Apple. Read our Step by Step guide to creating one… Step 1 Go to  https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/ An enterprise app licence will cost you $299 per year. Step 2 Before you click the ‘Apply Now’ button, note that there are a few criteria you must meet to before applying for an enterprise license: The apps you build are for internal (in-house) distribution only You have the legal binding authority to be the person enrolling the business into the enterprise developing programme Your organisation must have a D-U-N-S Number. (Read our blog, ‘ What is a D-U-N-S Number and how do I get one ?) You must have an Intel-based Mac running OS X Mavericks (10.9) or later to develop i...

Some of our customers choose to distribute their iOS app on an Enterprise Developer Account. This causes a minor change to the downloading process.  Step 1 Click the download link provided in the invitation email. This will prompt you to install the app. Select "Install." Step 2 After selecting install, you will see a blank browser. Close you browser and return to the home screen on your device. Step 3 On the home screen, you should now see the app icon indicating that the app is installing. Step 4 Once the app install finishes, launch the app. If you have iOS 8, you will be asked to "Trust" the app immediately. If this is the case, select "Trust" and continue to Step 8 below. If you have iOS 9 or newer, you will see the message below. Continue to Step 5 for next steps. Step 5 Navigate to the Settings app on your device and tap on "General." Step 6 Next, scroll to "Profiles & Device Manageme...

Provisioning an iOS app for in-house distributione is damn complicated. As my efforts to do so were eventually successful, I decided to prepare this comprehensive tutorial documenting my best practice approach for future reference. You found the right tutorial if you want to be able installing an app on an arbitrary iOS device from Safari, without putting it on the App Store, without installing it via iTunes and without using the  MDM approach  (although for the MDM approach you should be able using the  IPA and the manifest that are created in this tutorial ). After performing the steps of this tutorial, you will just enter an URL in Safari on the iOS device, click a link on the site and an app automagically installs on your device. Before you get started with enterprise provisioning, you need the following: You have to be (at least an admin) team member of the  iOS Developer Enterprise Program . Which costs 299$ a year. The normal iOS Developer Program is...