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Is there a way to build and share my app to friend for free?
- Thread starter Moka Akashiya
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Even if you manage to get a working app without using Apple's development kit, you can't sideload on iPhones or iPads. Well, you can if you jailbreak/root, but that's a different can of worms.
If it's a Mac app, archive your app bundle in Xcode and select distribute, then "Copy App" and just send the app bundle.
If it's for iOS, watchOS, etc. you can send over the entire Xcode project and have them build it to their device on their own, though they will need to regularly re-sign it
Don't you need a developer account to have Xcode run it on a device? (I don't know the answer. Not arguing a point.)
Not a paid one. A free developer account is perfectly adequate for that.
Every time the device is updated, every week and maybe also on every reboot
I believe you can also declare the friend a tester from App Store Connect and deploy a test version of the app through TestFlight.
I thought the same thing but he said he doesn't want to pay for a developer account.
Oh. I see what was meant now. I thought the app was $99 and not that the OP didn't want to pay the developer fee.