How to install “.ipa” on iPhone/iPad

I have faced this question multiple times in my development carrier and first thing comes to our mind as a developer is Xcode.
But this isn’t something that a project manager or a designer want to download on his mac just to install an ipa. So what is the solution.

Before 2019, we had iTunes as another option but unfortunately that had been discontinued by Apple. (Ref: https://support.apple.com/en-in/HT210200)

If you have clicked the link above you already know the answer. Still you’ll need some “in practice” things to understand how to do it.

Install ipa on your iPhone/iPad

1. Connect your device with your mac using your cable.
2. Open “Finder”
3. Locate your iPhone/iPad on left pan and click on it to open Device Info window.
4. There you see multiple options on top, don’t worry about any of them.
5. Drag and Drop your ipa anywhere in there.
6. Check your device, app is installing there.

That’s it, that is all you need to do (of course if your ipa supports your device).