How to remotely iterate & deploy your sideloaded iOS-apps over tailnet
The article discusses how to remotely iterate and deploy sideloaded iOS apps using Tailscale. It outlines the challenges posed by iOS's development tooling and the limitations of remote installation. The author shares a working architecture that allows for a seamless development pipeline across different locations.
- ▪iOS 17+ has moved development tooling to a local-network adjacency model, requiring USB or Wi-Fi connections.
- ▪The author created a roaming pipeline to sideload apps onto an iPhone using Tailscale, bypassing traditional limitations.
- ▪The setup involves a Linux build host, a Mac as a build slave, and an iPhone connected via Tailscale.
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