What does .ipa file stands for?

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raaz picture raaz · Feb 10, 2011 · Viewed 60.6k times · Source

Whenever I download any application from iTunes the file extension is .ipa.

I already know that this is a zip file which contains some plist info and it is meant for iPhone, iPod.

I am wondering what is the full name of this ipa?

Answer

texmex5 picture texmex5 · Oct 2, 2011

.ipa - iOS App Store Package

An .ipa file is an iPhone application archive file which stores an iPhone app. It is usually encrypted with Apple's FairPlay DRM technology. Each .ipa file is compressed with a binary for the ARM architecture and can only be installed on an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad. Files with the .ipa extension can be uncompressed by changing the extension to .zip and unzipping. .ipa files cannot be installed on the iPhone Simulator because they do not contain a binary for the x86 architecture.

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