IOS Quick Tips

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The original method is to drag the .ipa archive into Apple Music. It is a bit repetitive and especially on Android you can type adb install <apk_path>.

To make this less cumbersome, maybe we could do something better, something simpler.

On IOS you can install it on your MacBook ideviceinstaller

brew install ideviceinstaller

Then simply plug in your phone and run the following command

ideviceinstaller -i <ipa_path>

The output should be something close to

16:02:28 in stride-new-mobile-app on  main [$?] is 📦 v1.0.0 via ⬢ v16.14.2 
➜ ideviceinstaller -i ./dev-SDK-45.ipa 
WARNING: could not locate iTunesMetadata.plist in archive!
WARNING: could not locate Payload/StrideStaging.app/SC_Info/StrideStaging.sinf in archive!
Copying './dev-SDK-45.ipa' to device... DONE.
Installing 'com.stride.power.staging'
Install: CreatingStagingDirectory (5%)
Install: ExtractingPackage (15%)
Install: InspectingPackage (20%)
Install: TakingInstallLock (20%)
Install: PreflightingApplication (30%)
Install: InstallingEmbeddedProfile (30%)
Install: VerifyingApplication (40%)
Install: CreatingContainer (50%)
Install: InstallingApplication (60%)
Install: PostflightingApplication (70%)
Install: SandboxingApplication (80%)
Install: GeneratingApplicationMap (90%)
Install: Complete

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