When trying to Install application remotely into an iPhone through mdm .mobileconfig file, returns “invalid profile” error

Question

When i tried to install application remotely into an iPhone using the .mobileconfig file as mentioned in the question stack overflow answer

it returns an error "invalid profile". The code i used is

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN""http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
     <dict>
          <key>CommandUUID</key>
          <string>4424F929-BDD2-4D44-B518-393C0DABD56A</string>
          <key>Command</key>
               <dict>
                    <key>RequestType</key>
                    <string>InstallApplication</string>
                    <key>iTunesStoreID</key>
                    <integer>464656389</integer>
                    <key>ManagementFlags</key>
                    <integer>4</integer>
               </dict>
     </dict>
</plist>

Also please tell me what is string tag used for . I'm new to MDM.

Answer 1

In your profile, there was no space between "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" , "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple Computer//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
      <dict>
          <key>CommandUUID</key>
          <string>4424F929-BDD2-4D44-B518-393C0DABD56A</string>
          <key>Command</key>
               <dict>
                    <key>RequestType</key>
                    <string>InstallApplication</string>
                    <key>iTunesStoreID</key>
                    <integer>464656389</integer>
                    <key>ManagementFlags</key>
                    <integer>4</integer>
               </dict>
     </dict>
</plist>

It will work.

what is string tag used for ?

 <string> UTF-8 encoded string <real>, <integer> Decimal string <true/> or <false/> No data (tag only) <date> ISO 8601 formatted string <data> Base64 encoded data <array> Can contain any number of child elements An empty array may be represented as <array/> <dict> Alternating <key> tags and plist element tags 

String tag will be used if you want to use UTF8 encoded string in your PList.