Alternative solutions for in-house iPhone enterprise app distribution

Question

A client has asked us to develop a proprietary in-house app for managing their back-end systems. However, we are a small development company and I\'m certain that their comp

Answer 1

Olie said:

About the only real choices you have are... Up to 100 devices as ad-hoc distribution. Enterprize distribution (requires > 500 employees) Everyone has to march their device down to some IT-central and get built as a "developer" device. (yikes!) Jail-broken.

But to be clear (correct me if I'm wrong):

1. if you use the "Ad-hoc" distribution method, your costumers will see the app vanish after exactly 3 months.
2. only up to 100 devices can be used for testing (i.e. used in "developer mode") and moreover, the app will vanish after 3 months.

So, Apple doesn't give us any choice, are you really big (>500 employes)?? ok so you can do what you want etc otherwise... "byebye"

Moreover, forget about what "Bryce" said before, an app like the one he described would be rejected with the "limeted audience" motivation.

iOS is not for enterprise app....if you don't want to rely on some clever hackers (i.e. jailbreak)