iOS Enterprise Distribution

Distribution of iOS apps within the organization is a bit more complicated in iOS than it is in Android. The first step is to get an iOS Enterprise Developer license. The cost of the license is $299 per year but allows unlimited distribution of apps within the organization. You cannot sell apps in the App Store with this license. Organizations that want to do both internal and public development need both an Enterprise Developer license and an iOS Developer license.

Distributing within the organization requires setting up both an enterprise distribution certificate and an enterprise distribution provisioning profile. These are then packaged with the app using Xcode. There is no need to use iTunes Connect with in-house ...

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