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We created a IOS app and want to distribute it to our customers. The problem is that we can't give them our source code and they can't give their private key to us. How can we distribute the iOS app to our customers? We now have three different customers.

Can we create an ipa without code signing, then give it to our customers and let them code sign the .ipa file?

wkl
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victortanjh
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    Doesn't Apple dislike installing stuff past their Market in the first place? I suggest you switch to Android - installing an .apk from anywhere from the internet is a breeze. – Matti Virkkunen Dec 31 '12 at 16:05
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    @MattiVirkkunen: https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/ – Femaref Dec 31 '12 at 16:06
  • @Femaref: Shh, I'm trying to be an obnoxious fanboy here, can't you see!? (Why not post that as an answer btw) – Matti Virkkunen Dec 31 '12 at 16:07

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Just give them the IPA. It's probably easier for it to be signed with your key than not at all - it doesn't matter if it is already signed. The IPA can be unzipped like a normal zip file and then re-signed with the codesign tool as shown in the answers to this question. They can then re-zip it to obtain a properly-signed IPA file.

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Jim
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  • Thank you very much. And I have two related quetions:the first : is it permitted by apple that re-signing a ipa？ To do so whether there are legal risks? the second: Can we sign an ipa by one provision for APP ID A, and re-sign it by another provision for APP ID B? – victortanjh Jan 03 '13 at 10:26
  • No legal problems. You would have to change the App ID in the `Info.plist` file before re-signing it. – Jim Jan 03 '13 at 11:36
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You can use Testflight, for example. Or Ad-Hoc distribution.

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