ios - wireless iphone app distribution - problem with itms-services protocol

Question

I've followed all the directions from Apple and some other blog posts. I've archived the app, made .plist and .ipa files, put them on a server and linked to them. I can install the provisioning profile just fine. But when I click on the link to install the app (in safari on the iphone), nothing happens. No error message. Nothing. This is what the link looks like:

<a href="itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=http://mydomain.com/test/myApp.plist">Install the app</a>

Any idea why this isn't working? It seems the itms-services protocol is just dead. MIME types are fine (I can point to the plist file in the address bar and it displays as text).

Answer 1

I had similar symptoms when I had a space in the filenames of the manifest file and the application archive file. I removed all spaces from them and the wireless install worked for me. It looks like your manifest doesn't have a space, so maybe your app file does?