How to backup and restore applications on ios development devices?

Question

I have several people with my app on iPhone, iPod Touches, and iPads who helped me with the development. However, I just discovered that applications hosted on devices via Xcode are not backed up by iTunes sync and therefore are not being restored. How can I guarantee that the applications that I install on devices will be restored or restored? Is there a way to get the data files from the kit and return them later if they need to restore the application from scratch and then restore the data files?

Thank you for your responses.

Answer 1

Try installing the application on your device using iTunes instead of Xcode. First drag and drop the ipa application file and drag it to iTunes. You should see that the application is displayed in the list of applications. Then just sync your device with iTunes. Similarly, you can set up a provisioning profile through iTunes. That’s how I sent beta versions of my applications to testers in other countries. Send them both the ipa file and the provisioning profile. I would recommend creating a separate dedicated provisioning profile using only the devices you need, instead of using the team provisioning profile.

When sending a copy of the application by email, you must first compress the ipa file to a zip file. When the user unpacks the file, on the poppy they will receive the ipa file. On the PC, they will receive a folder with the same name as the ipa file. You can drag and drop the iTa folder into iTunes in the same way.

It’s also nice to change the display name of the package to something else when installing applications this way. Otherwise, you will not be able to distinguish the beta version from the same application purchased in the application store.