IPhone app destroyed

hskoglund

Hi, it's not 48 hours, if you pay 99 US$ for the developer license then it will be 2 years before your app stops working.

adddeeee

@hskoglund
And without paying $99 a year?

What I'm trying to find out is whether it is possible to deploy an iPhone app to an iPhone, locally, without the use of any development licence or publisher license, and not having the phone destroying the app after a specific time limit.

So, is it possible to deploy an application to an apple device, without any kind of licence, and without the device destroying the app after a certain amount of time?

SGaist

If you mean developing your application and test it on your own device, then yes.

hskoglund

Yes as @SGaist says, there is an exception where you don't have to pay US$99, a few years ago Apple started allowing deploying applications to a single iPhone, by giving you a special license only for that iPhone, and that license is only valid for about one week.

adddeeee

@hskoglund
Does this mean the app will be destroyed when the licence is no longer valid? After 1 week in this case.

I have tried to find any kind of information regarding this. It seems Apple is very keen on charging for every single opportunity

J.Hilk

@adddeeee
well you're using their hardware and their operating system 🤷‍♂️
and in my opinion makes it much saver from malicious software

The only reason Android is not that restricted is because its licensed to many different OEMs

hskoglund

The app is not destroyed, it's just the license that expires. One old trick which might still work is to change the date on your iPhone so that 1 week expiry time never happens, i.e. every morning change the date on your iPhone to February 11, 2020.

adddeeee

Is it possible to re-deploy the app without a Mac?

The app I'm developing will only be used by some friends. Half of them use android, and half use iphone.

Deploying now demands a Mac and the iphones.

jsulm

@adddeeee For iOS you need MacOS machine as far as I know. For Android you can use what ever you want.

adddeeee

@jsulm
Yes.

But will it be possible to re-deploy when the time limit for the app expires? Or will the iphone recognize it's the same app and not accept it?

jsulm

@adddeeee That I don't know

J.Hilk

@adddeeee
You'll have to up the build number or version number by 1

adddeeee

@J-Hilk
Nice, thank you.

Do you know for how long it will remain runnable before the phone destroys it?

There has been several suggestions in this thread.

J.Hilk

@adddeeee
Sry, that I don't know.
I never worked without a license on Mac/iOS, I know that apps distributed by TestFlight will stay 90 days on the phone/Tablet but that's as far as I know 🤷‍♂️

If you have a license than no app that you distribute locally (via lightning cable) will expire