We use Firebase App Distribution to share app with testers and customers, but now they’re getting a "Developer mode required" message. Perhaps someone has had such a situation and you know how to fix it, we know that we can switch on the developer mode, but we don’t want to burden testers and customers with this.
Can we avoid including the developer mod for Firebase App Distribution?
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Did you add your testers’ UDID to your Apple Dev account before creating the test build? This was the correct approach before iOS 16.
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If you’re using ad hoc distribution on iOS 16 or later, your pre-release testers will indeed have to enable developer mode as shown in the Apple docs on Enable Developer Mode. Specifically from there:
This workaround is now also in our FAQ under "Developer Mode Required" error when trying to run test app and we’re working to signal it in the UI, which is unfortunately the best we can do at the moment.