iOS7 itms-services scheme not work?

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Leo picture Leo · Sep 24, 2013 · Viewed 16.9k times · Source

I have an in-house app which I distribute over a local wifi

in release page have a link like this

itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=http://192.168.1.231/app/plist/houseApp/out.plist

this worked on iOS 7 Safari

but when i add this page to main screen (like web app)

the same link didn't work, and apache access.log have no record about /app/plist/houseApp/out.plist

this worked in iOS 6

Anybody knows about this?

Answer

Lisarien picture Lisarien · Mar 20, 2014

On the 7.1 update all software installation services are forced to use the HTTPS protocol, also covering non-standard itms-services:// URLs.

You need to change the protocol type:

For more detail and how to get a certificate go to: Fix certificate error on iOS 7

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