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Sorry for the silly question. I don't own a mac or an iPhone anymore. My understanding is you can sideload apps on your own iPhone from your own mac running xco

by 3825 9y ago

Sorry for the silly question. I don't own a mac or an iPhone anymore. My understanding is you can sideload apps on your own iPhone from your own mac running xcode. Are there limitations to what kind of apps you can side load using xcode?

ikawe 9y ago
Nothing installed that way can receive push notifications, though not all apps need or use then.
- nnutter 9y ago
  I'm not certain but I think push notifications can also be used "invisibly" to trigger data sync so this could mean limited functionality beyond just receiving "pop-ups".
- mhovan 9y ago
  Not strictly true. I regularly test push notifications on sideloaded builds at client sites. Getting provisioning profiles and certificates setup correctly (especially on all extensions) is a bit cumbersome. To get those certificates may require an Apple enterprise developer account. And the builds signed this way are not debuggable.
- dpkonofa 9y ago
  That's not true. You can receive push notifications on side loaded apps.
ReverseCold 9y ago
You can (used to be able to?) also sideload without a Mac, that's how some pirate app stores work without jailbreak.