Internal use Ipad App?

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AD2021 OP

Created Dec ’21

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I am learning Swift (but am a 30yr C programmer) to build an Ipad app for company internal use. It will be on about 30 Ipads. I have read that all Ipad apps must be in the Apple store and go through an extensive approval process by Apple?

How do we build apps for internal or personal use. What if we don't want our app publically available? In my case public access is OK but the app is useless without the custom hardware it will control via TCP/IP. Will that fact disqualify the app by Apple?

There must be a way to do this? I know Adroid can. What is Apples procedure for this? If there is a reasonable fee, that's fine.

Answer 1

Graphics and Games Engineer OP

Apple

Dec ’21

Take a look at https://developer.apple.com/programs/enterprise/

Answer 2

Claude31 OP

Dec ’21

A requirement for Entreprise program is to Have 100 or more employees. Is it your case ?

Otherwise, for 30 iPad, if you are all on the same site and if you don't plan to update the app frequently, you could load from Xcode directly on each iPad. That may be a bit tedious, but that would work. And that could let you beta test easily your app on a few iPad before general deployment.

all Ipad apps must be in the Apple store

No (anyway, an iPad is not on the AppStore). But you need to declare each iPad in Xcode.