How can I deploy an app to my iPhone from the command line?

Question

I can already build an app with a distribution profile via the command line

xcodebuild -configuration Distribution -sdk iphoneos3.0 clean build 

However, I'd like to go one step further and install the app to the connected iPhone and execute it ( as if I'd pressed Build and Run in XCode ).

The final command listed in the build commands window ( cmd+shift+B ) is CodeSign, which as far as I know just signs the code and nothing else. So I'm not sure what command ( if any is available ) I can run from the command line to install and run the app on the iPhone.

I'm running the official SDK, not a jailbroken phone.

Answer 1

If you have a post build script you should be able to install it and run it using a script. If you're jailbroken you should be able to use SCP and then execute it directly.

There may be an AppleScript or automator way of solving the problem as well.

Answer 2

I've written a blog entry on how to install apps on a connected iPad / iPhone without using Xcode or iTunes. This method does NOT require JailBreak - any iOS device will work. Only works on the Mac though.

This method allows you to run a Terminal command to install an iPA file.

http://pervasivecode.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/install-ios-app-ipa-file-without-xcode.html