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React Native expo ios app download to my iphone without publishing it

Hey I have developed some simple ios app for my personal use and now I want to have it on my IPhone.

I know that it is possible to test the my app through Expo Go, but I want to have it without keeping it running at terminal.

Also, I would like to avoid paying 99$ for apple developer account because….

Didn’t thought that such an obvious action is so difficult to accomplish. So what’s the options?

Thanks for the answers!

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    1. Jailbreak the iphone.

    2. Due to changes in EU laws, third party app stores are coming to iOS. Sideloading apps will still be restrictive in most of the world, including North America, but you could potentially register for an Apple ID in an EU country using a VPN and then load the app from a third party app store.

    Whether you still need to sign the app using xcode, I do not know.

    You could also get a cheap Android. Play Store developer licenses are $25, so much less, and there are already many third party APK distribution pipelines.

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    You don’t have to "download" the app, you can install it in release mode directly from Xcode.

    On Xcode, tap on your target‘s name at the top of the screen (on the left side of where you select the simulator/device), then tap "Manage Schemes".

    From the given list, find the scheme for your target, select it, tap the ... button at the bottom left and tap duplicate.

    A new screen will pop up. On the Run tab (usually the default tab), change Build Configuration to Release. Change the name (top of the screen) to YourProject Release or something similar.

    Close the popups, and select that scheme before running your app. You will have a Release version installed on your iPhone.

    It probably won’t last forever, but you can re-run it once in a while to keep using it and you won’t need the terminal attached.

    When you want to go back to testing your app (attached to terminal), just go back the Debug scheme (the original one).

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