Distributing a third-party developed application through the App Store

Question

I am new to iOS development and distribution, so my question may be too simple.

Consider, as it seems to me, a very common situation.

Our company (A) asked company (B) to develop an iPhone application for us. Naturally, we want to distribute this application through the App Store under the brand of our company (A) .

However, they say that a strange thing, such as an application, can only be distributed under the name of the developer (company B) , which is unacceptable to us.

What is a possible solution here?

Answer 1

It looks like your software developer is confused.

You just need to pay Apple $ 99 and register your company with the iOS Developer Program . From there you have several options:

• You can specify your username and password to your iOS developer. Then they can create a distribution distribution profile through your account, reconfigure the project to use this profile and send the application to Apple on your behalf.

• If you registered with Apple as a company, and not individually, you can invite your developer to join your team on the People tab in the Member Center. In this way, they can help you manage your application through their own account.

• Your developer can give you all the source code, and you can independently process the entire view of the building and application. Keep in mind that the process can be a bit confusing if you are new to the platform.

Answer 2

I downloaded the app on the App Store to find out.

Company A should not use company name B to host the app on the App Store.

I think Company B said that since they already have an identifier saved for their company name.

But if you give them $ 99, then they can create a new identifier saved for the company name.

Answer 3

If company ( B ) is ready to provide you with a product, you can send it to the store using iTunes ( A ) and using its own distribution profile, etc.

You can even rewrite the code with B as follows:

If someone has an SDK installed on their Mac, plus developer registration, they can re-sign any developer or Ad Hoc application using the codesign utility from the Terminal command line. (Therefore, the developer should be careful who they distribute their Ad Hoc beta applications to.) "

Although I did not check; I heard about it.

You can try, I suppose.