Installing a configuration profile on iPhone - programmatically

Solution 1:

1) Install a local server like RoutingHTTPServer

2) Configure the custom header :

[httpServer setDefaultHeader:@"Content-Type" value:@"application/x-apple-aspen-config"];

3) Configure the local root path for the mobileconfig file (Documents):

[httpServer setDocumentRoot:[NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(NSDocumentDirectory, NSUserDomainMask, YES) objectAtIndex:0]];

4) In order to allow time for the web server to send the file, add this :

Appdelegate.h

UIBackgroundTaskIdentifier bgTask;

Appdelegate.m
- (void)applicationDidEnterBackground:(UIApplication *)application {
    NSAssert(self->bgTask == UIBackgroundTaskInvalid, nil);
    bgTask = [application beginBackgroundTaskWithExpirationHandler: ^{
        dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
            [application endBackgroundTask:self->bgTask];
            self->bgTask = UIBackgroundTaskInvalid;
        });
    }];
}

5) In your controller, call safari with the name of the mobileconfig stored in Documents :

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString: @"http://localhost:12345/MyProfile.mobileconfig"]];

Solution 2:

The answer from malinois worked for me, BUT, I wanted a solution that came back to the app automatically after the user installed the mobileconfig.

It took me 4 hours, but here is the solution, built on malinois' idea of having a local http server: you return HTML to safari that refreshes itself; the first time the server returns the mobileconfig, and the second time it returns the custom url-scheme to get back to your app. The UX is what I wanted: the app calls safari, safari opens mobileconfig, when user hits "done" on mobileconfig, then safari loads your app again (custom url scheme).

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions
{
    // Override point for customization after application launch.

    _httpServer = [[RoutingHTTPServer alloc] init];
    [_httpServer setPort:8000];                               // TODO: make sure this port isn't already in use

    _firstTime = TRUE;
    [_httpServer handleMethod:@"GET" withPath:@"/start" target:self selector:@selector(handleMobileconfigRootRequest:withResponse:)];
    [_httpServer handleMethod:@"GET" withPath:@"/load" target:self selector:@selector(handleMobileconfigLoadRequest:withResponse:)];

    NSMutableString* path = [NSMutableString stringWithString:[[NSBundle mainBundle] bundlePath]];
    [path appendString:@"/your.mobileconfig"];
    _mobileconfigData = [NSData dataWithContentsOfFile:path];

    [_httpServer start:NULL];

    return YES;
}

- (void)handleMobileconfigRootRequest:(RouteRequest *)request withResponse:(RouteResponse *)response {
    NSLog(@"handleMobileconfigRootRequest");
    [response respondWithString:@"<HTML><HEAD><title>Profile Install</title>\
     </HEAD><script> \
     function load() { window.location.href='http://localhost:8000/load/'; } \
     var int=self.setInterval(function(){load()},400); \
     </script><BODY></BODY></HTML>"];
}

- (void)handleMobileconfigLoadRequest:(RouteRequest *)request withResponse:(RouteResponse *)response {
    if( _firstTime ) {
        NSLog(@"handleMobileconfigLoadRequest, first time");
        _firstTime = FALSE;

        [response setHeader:@"Content-Type" value:@"application/x-apple-aspen-config"];
        [response respondWithData:_mobileconfigData];
    } else {
        NSLog(@"handleMobileconfigLoadRequest, NOT first time");
        [response setStatusCode:302]; // or 301
        [response setHeader:@"Location" value:@"yourapp://custom/scheme"];
    }
}

... and here is the code to call into this from the app (ie viewcontroller):

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString: @"http://localhost:8000/start/"]];

Hope this helps someone.

Installing a configuration profile on iPhone - programmatically

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