App stuck on installing ipa from iTunes

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Since moving to ios7 I am unable to distribute my app to my iPad using the ipa and provisioning profile (the same ones that worked just before I upgraded to ios7 do not work either).

This is what I have tried:

  • Remove all profiles from iPad
  • Deleting existing app from iPad and iTunes
  • Add ipa and prov profile to iTunes
  • Reinstalled app from iTunes

The app installs on the iPad saying 'installing' until it appears to have loaded and the app name is shown below the icon. However in iTunes it still says 'installing' and never changes to 'remove'.

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If I then unplug the iPad and tap the app to start it it reverts back to 'installing' and then nothing else happens.

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ios7 ipa ipad itunes
6 Answers

I had a similar issue and turned out the reason was because I was trying to distribute an .ipa file without first adding the recipient device UDIDs to my developer account settings. It used to be possible in some earlier iOS versions to distribute an .ipa without adding the UDIDs but apparently not anymore. More info here: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/AppDistributionGuide/TestingYouriOSApp/TestingYouriOSApp.html

And I also needed to change the code signing settings from Xcode from "iPhone developer" to "iPhone distribution".

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