Installing Apps on iPhone

In this post, we will see the different methods of installing the applications on iPhone

Following are the diferent ways using which we can install Apps on iPhone

1. Apple App Store
2. Ad Hoc distribution  (Test Flight)
3. Continuous Integration with the Build Server (Jenkins)
4. Installing Apps (.IPA files) on the device using ‘iTunes’

We as App testers install the Apps on iPhone using the 2ndand 3rd (4th method is occasionally used) (mentioned above).

Let's explore these methods one by one ...

1. Apple App Store:

Pre-Requisites:

1. Apple ID and Password
2. User should have been logged in using the Apple credentials

Steps:

1. Navigate to Apple App Store on your device
2. Go to the App page of your choice, App details page would be displayed
3. Tap the Install button
4. App gets installed on the device

Note: The above procedure is for installing the Free App from the Apple Store.

2. Ad Hoc Distribution:

These are the means of distributing OTA (Over The Air) Beta builds. Ex: Test Flight, Hockey. We used Test Flight for distributing the Beta Apps.

Pre-Requisites:

1. Test Flight App should be installed on the device
2. User should be registered with ‘Test Flight’ site i.e. our test mail id should be registered with Test Flight

Procedure:

The Dev Team uploads the application to Test Flight and mails us. We login to Test Flight using our credentials and then install the App.

Steps:

1. When you login to Test Flight, you are displayed with the Application page where you have the version info, uploaded date, release notes, etc along with the ‘Install’ button 
2. Tap the ‘Install’ button, the application gets installed on the device  

3. Build Server (Jenkins)

The Build Server can be scheduled to create builds as required thus continuously integrating the code developed

You can install the App by following the link provided

Methods of installing Apps from Jenkins

1. Following the Daily Builds Mail 
2. Login to Jenkins and installing the required build  

Note: User has to ‘install’ the App but not ‘download’ it.

4. Installing Apps (.IPA files) on the device using ‘iTunes’ 

Pre-Requisites: 

1. '.IPA' file
2. 'iTunes ' should  be installed on the PC/Mac system being used

Steps to be updated ....