iOS Question iOS Equivalent of Local Installation?

[andrewj]

Hi,
If I don't want to publish an app, but just install on one or two devices on Android I can install locally using debug mode, and that will work.
Is there an equivalent for iOS which allows me to do this without an Apple dev account, or do I have to go through the developer account mechanism to install the app on any physical devices?
Thanks
Andrew

 

[MarcoRome]

that i knew: "...to go through the developer account mechanism.."

 

[aminoacid]

Hi,
If I don't want to publish an app, but just install on one or two devices on Android I can install locally using debug mode, and that will work.
Is there an equivalent for iOS which allows me to do this without an Apple dev account, or do I have to go through the developer account mechanism to install the app on any physical devices?
Thanks
Andrew

You have to have an Apple Developer account. Once you do, you can provision your app to run on any IOS device provided you have the UDID of the device. Apple is a lot more particular about the distribution process. But you don't have to publish it on the App Store in order to distribute it - there are several other ways to do that. You are however limited to distributing it to a maximum of 100 devices per year if you do it outside of the App store. You can also run you App locally on a device in debug mode, but you still have to have a developer account to do that in order to obtain the necessary certificate(s) and provisioning file(s).