Questions tagged [sideloading]

The process of transferring data between two local devices. In terms of mobile devices it means to use USB, BT, NFC, memory-card or a local network instead of online app stores like Marketplace, Google Play, iTunes.

Sideloading is a term used in Internet culture, similar to "upload" and "download", but in reference to the process of transferring data between two local devices, in particular between a computer and a mobile device such as a mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, tablet, portable media player or e-reader.

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.ipa files automatically converts to .ipa.zip format in ios 16.1

When trying to download .ipa file of a application in ios 16.1 from mediafire the files which is uploaded on the mediafire is in the format of the .ipa file and the file which i am getting in the download is in the format .ipa.zip and it cant be…
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Hiding embedded.mobileprovision from IOS app

I'm trying to resign ios app using my own certificate and after resign it it produce a file "embedded.mobileprovision". is there a way to delete this file or hide it? I need the app to work after resigning it and hide/delete the…
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Exclude files from auto update of a sideloaded UWP App

Iam using an offline Vector-Basemap (Size: 1.35GB) in my UWP-Application. Currently, in 'developing'-Stage, iam using a filepicker to load the map from disk, but in a later version of the app, i want to include the map in the app solution, to…
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Unc0ver Xcode Sideload: Unable to Install

Sideloading with Xcode results in an "unable to install" popup despite saying the app finished running.
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Open a Windows app programmatically, when it was installed with MSIX Application Packager

I have packaged my windows App using a Visual Studio MSIX Packaging Project: This is a sideloading app, using a certificate, not a Microsoft Store App. This is fine - I get automatic updates, and users can install the package without admin rights. I…
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Apps for websites fails with sideloading unless in Developer Mode

I have written a UWP app which links to a website using an app URI handler (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/web-to-app-linking). The app is signed with a an in-house certificate (NOT self signed) and works fine if run…
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Android Google Text-to-Speech Engine: Installing Voices with no Internet connectivity

I have an Android application that's used on wearable devices in an industrial environment. It uses text-to-speech extensively. The devices are connected to a WiFi network which, by design and necessity, has no connection to the Internet. Software…
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How to red an external file during the installation of an .appxbundle

I want to distribute my UWP app using side-loading. I have created the .appxbundle using Visual Studio, and also EV code-signed it. So, when the user clicks on the .appxbundle file, my app is properly installed and the user can start working with…
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Test Office Add-ins

I have developed an Office add-in for Excel and would now like to test it under production conditions before it is deployed and published in AppSource. Is there any way to test the add-in under production conditions? The only thing I have found so…
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Windows 10 side-loading - can I restrict which apps can be side-loaded by certificate?

I'm trying to move our deployment method for enterprise desktop apps (WPF, UWP, WinForms) to MSIX deployment. We would like to avoid having to go through the Windows Store, since this is for internal, LOB-kind of apps. We are worried about the…
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VCLibs AppX package causing an error when sideloaded as a package dependecy

I'm trying to side-load an appxbundle (Lenovo Vantage) which fails. The appxbundle has multiple dependencies of which one is causing an issue. The command used to side-load is: dism.exe /Online /Add-ProvisionedAppxPackage /PackagePath:"Lenovo…
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Unable to sideload iOS app on iPhone 7plus OSStatus error -2147416032

I am unable to sideload my app on my iPhone 7+. ENV: Xcode 10.2.1,iPhone 7+ iOS:12.4, FREE Developer Account (I do not have a paid Developer Account) Errors (Targets->General->Signing): - Operation couldn't be completed (OSStatus error…
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Google fit on Tizen OS

It has been 4 years since the below question was asked: Is it possible to install an android app on Tizen OS device? I have a samsung watch running Tizen 4.0 and I need to install google fit onto it. This is so that google fit (running on my phone…
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Offline MapBox Sideloading Merge

First post to Stacked Overflow I am having some difficulty with merge the MapBox database off-line content via sideloading. I have tried the examples in GitHub to no avail. Can someone shed some light on the code snippet below I am using The file…
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UWP app crashes after upgrade to Windows 10-1809

Our UWP app starts crashing after I upgraded the Windows to 1809. It works just fine on 1803 but as soon as it is installed on the machine with 1809 it crashes. We use Office 365 API for authentication and authorization. The app crashes only when…