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  • How do you install an ipa file on an iPhone or iPad?

    From Nick Cine@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 25 02:11:35 2024
    https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/tag/v3.1.9 https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/download/v3.1.9/qfield-v3.1.9-arm64-ios-14.0.ipa

    I know it's on the app store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qfield-for-qgis/id1531726814

    But they provide the ipa for a reason.
    How can it be installed?

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Nick Cine on Sun Feb 25 17:01:51 2024
    On 2024-02-25, Nick Cine <nickcine@is.invalid> wrote:
    https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/tag/v3.1.9 https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/download/v3.1.9/qfield-v3.1.9-arm64-ios-14.0.ipa

    I know it's on the app store https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qfield-for-qgis/id1531726814

    But they provide the ipa for a reason.

    What reason would I have to avoid installing it from the App Store?

    How can it be installed?

    You can install IPA files with Apple Configurator, as I've written about
    before here. But I much prefer using iMazing to do it these days as it's
    much faster and reliable, and their licensing isn't subscription-based.
    It's as simple as drag-and-dropping the file into the "Manage Apps"
    window. iMazing is also multi-platform. Recommended.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to badgolferman on Mon Feb 26 10:33:41 2024
    On 2024-02-25 14:39:15 +0000, badgolferman said:
    Nick Cine wrote:

    https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/tag/v3.1.9
    https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/download/v3.1.9/qfield-v3.1.9-arm64-ios-14.0.ipa


    I know it's on the app store
    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qfield-for-qgis/id1531726814

    But they provide the ipa for a reason.
    How can it be installed?

    There used to be a way to do that with iTunes, but I don't have it
    installed any longer. It's possible Apple removed that functionality
    to ensure people got programs from the App Store.

    A few years ago nospam posted a link to an older version of iTunes
    which could install .ipa files. Maybe a search through the archives
    will provide results for you.

    Maybe a computer-based phone manager app like iMazing, but it may well
    be that installing non-App Store .api files cannot be done unless you
    JailBreak the device.

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Your Name on Mon Feb 26 14:11:38 2024
    On 2024-02-25 21:33:41 +0000, Your Name said:

    On 2024-02-25 14:39:15 +0000, badgolferman said:
    Nick Cine wrote:

    https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/tag/v3.1.9
    https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/download/v3.1.9/qfield-v3.1.9-arm64-ios-14.0.ipa


    I know it's on the app store
    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qfield-for-qgis/id1531726814

    But they provide the ipa for a reason.
    How can it be installed?

    There used to be a way to do that with iTunes, but I don't have it
    installed any longer. It's possible Apple removed that functionality
    to ensure people got programs from the App Store.

    A few years ago nospam posted a link to an older version of iTunes
    which could install .ipa files. Maybe a search through the archives
    will provide results for you.

    Maybe a computer-based phone manager app like iMazing, but it may well
    be that installing non-App Store .api files cannot be done unless you JailBreak the device.

    That should have said ".ipa", not ".api". :-\

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to Your Name on Mon Feb 26 02:16:02 2024
    On 2024-02-25, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2024-02-25 14:39:15 +0000, badgolferman said:
    Nick Cine wrote:

    https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/tag/v3.1.9
    https://github.com/opengisch/QField/releases/download/v3.1.9/qfield-v3.1.9-arm64-ios-14.0.ipa


    I know it's on the app store
    https://apps.apple.com/us/app/qfield-for-qgis/id1531726814

    But they provide the ipa for a reason.
    How can it be installed?

    There used to be a way to do that with iTunes, but I don't have it
    installed any longer. It's possible Apple removed that functionality
    to ensure people got programs from the App Store.

    A few years ago nospam posted a link to an older version of iTunes
    which could install .ipa files. Maybe a search through the archives
    will provide results for you.

    Maybe a computer-based phone manager app like iMazing, but it may well
    be that installing non-App Store .api files cannot be done unless you JailBreak the device.

    Jail breaking is not required. All you need is the IPA file and iMazing.

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  • From Harry S Robins@21:1/5 to Jolly Roger on Sun Feb 25 21:44:14 2024
    On 26 Feb 2024 02:16:02 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

    Maybe a computer-based phone manager app like iMazing, but it may well
    be that installing non-App Store .ipa files cannot be done unless you
    JailBreak the device.

    Jail breaking is not required. All you need is the IPA file and iMazing.

    Does that mean that you can sideload any app that is not and was never
    approved for the app store just using the imazing app and the ipa for the
    app which was downloaded off a developer's web site without testflight?

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  • From Your Name@21:1/5 to Harry S Robins on Mon Feb 26 18:32:03 2024
    On 2024-02-26 03:44:14 +0000, Harry S Robins said:
    On 26 Feb 2024 02:16:02 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

    Maybe a computer-based phone manager app like iMazing, but it may well
    be that installing non-App Store .ipa files cannot be done unless you
    JailBreak the device.

    Jail breaking is not required. All you need is the IPA file and iMazing.

    Does that mean that you can sideload any app that is not and was never approved for the app store just using the imazing app and the ipa for the
    app which was downloaded off a developer's web site without testflight?

    It seems to depend on who you want to beleive - some people say yes,
    some people say no.

    Two other computer-based phone manager apps that may or may not be able to are:
    - Cydia Impactor
    - iMobie AnyTrans

    The reality is that the security system is part of iOS, so there's no
    way an unofficial app can be run on an iPhone without either
    JailBreaking or official app signing. Even Apple's new "loosening" of
    the the rules to allow "third-party app stores" (to appease EU whiners)
    still requires the apps to be properly signed by Apple.

    It's probably not even worth the effort, especially if the app is on
    the App Store anyway.

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