Has anybody here heard of AppUploader?

[Moltiple]

Hi, I found this website: https://www.appuploader.net/en/

They are stating that their software can be used to upload .ipa files to the App Store without a mac computer.

Has anybody used this software or know if this is even possible?

[rdefalco]

Hello, recently Apple introduced a new API to upload programmatically IPA files to App Store Connect.
It requires to enable the API in Users sections of App Store Connect, to generate and download a PEM api key (P8 file extension) and some other stuff (key_id, issuer_id and app_id).

We've managed to try a PHP script that runs locally and, provided with the P8 path and the other IDs, allowed us to upload the IPA from a Windows machine.

[Moltiple]

Thanks for the reply. That sounds interesting.

The Appuploader software includes a way to connect an iphone or other Apple device to a windows machine to allow testing on real devices. I have not tried it yet, but I have been considering it.

How are you installing the IPA on an Apple device for testing?

[rdefalco]

I have some complex custom build .BAT files that, during the building phase, also generate some useful local, project-specific .BAT files to launch iOS and Android debug, the output is similar to the following.

It takes the bin-debug folder of Flash Builder (a little outdated, I know), makes some adjustments (i.e. change some iOS settings that need to be different between production and development), builds the debug IPA and uploads to the device.

Then I can listen from Flash Builder or manually launch "AIRSDK_51.2.2\bin\fdb.bat" to listen for trace and debug information.

Also, iOS SDK is needed, in this thread I wrote some of our various trial and error before finding correct ways to download iOS SDK and compile #4136 (comment)

@ECHO OFF
SET JAVA_EXE=c:\air\jdk-17.0.2\bin\java.exe
SET ADT_JAR=C:\AIR\Feathers411-Starling28-SWF51-AIR51B227-2025-12\lib\adt.jar
SET PROJECT_FOLDER=W:\MY_PROJECT
SET IOS_CERTIFICATE=%PROJECT_FOLDER%\ios_development.p12
SET IOS_PROFILE=%PROJECT_FOLDER%\_debug.mobileprovision
SET IOS_SDK=c:\AIR\iPhoneOS26.1.sdk-mac
SET CONNECT_INFO=-connect 192.168.1.100
SET ANE_DIR_1=C:\MY_ANE_DIR_1
SET ANE_DIR_2=C:\MY_ANE_DIR_2
SET SED_EXE_PATH=C:\SED_EXE_PATH
SET OUTPUT_IPA=C:\Release\DEBUG_MY_PROJECT.ipa
SET /P IOS_PASSWORD=iOS certificate password: 
CLS
CD /D %PROJECT_FOLDER%\bin-debug
%SED_EXE_PATH%\sed -i -e "s/<key>aps-environment<\/key>.*<string>production<\/string>/<key>aps-environment<\/key> <string>development<\/string>/g" "%PROJECT_FOLDER%\bin-debug\MY_PROJECT-app.xml" 
%SED_EXE_PATH%\sed -i -e "s/<key>get-task-allow<\/key>.*<false\/>.*<!-- false per production, true per development -->/<key>get-task-allow<\/key> <true\/>/g" "%PROJECT_FOLDER%\bin-debug\MY_PROJECT-app.xml" 
ECHO %JAVA_EXE% -jar %ADT_JAR% -package -target ipa-debug-interpreter %CONNECT_INFO% -hideAneLibSymbols no -provisioning-profile %IOS_PROFILE% -storetype pkcs12 -keystore %IOS_CERTIFICATE% -storepass %IOS_PASSWORD% %OUTPUT_IPA% MY_PROJECT-app.xml Assets.car MY_STYLES.css Default-1242h@3x~iphone.png Default-414w-736h@3x~iphone.png Default-568h@2x.png Default-568h@2x~iphone.png Default-812h@3x~iphone.png Default-828h@2x~iphone.png default-portrait.png default-portrait@2x.png default.png default@2x.png google-services.json GoogleService-Info.plist MY_PROJECT.swf purposeStrings.xml assets bundle excel geo lang org res workers -extdir %ANE_DIR_1% -extdir %ANE_DIR_2% -platformsdk %IOS_SDK% 
%JAVA_EXE% -jar %ADT_JAR% -package -target ipa-debug-interpreter %CONNECT_INFO% -hideAneLibSymbols no -provisioning-profile %IOS_PROFILE% -storetype pkcs12 -keystore %IOS_CERTIFICATE% -storepass %IOS_PASSWORD% %OUTPUT_IPA% MY_PROJECT-app.xml Assets.car MY_STYLES.css Default-1242h@3x~iphone.png Default-414w-736h@3x~iphone.png Default-568h@2x.png Default-568h@2x~iphone.png Default-812h@3x~iphone.png Default-828h@2x~iphone.png default-portrait.png default-portrait@2x.png default.png default@2x.png google-services.json GoogleService-Info.plist MY_PROJECT.swf purposeStrings.xml assets bundle excel geo lang org res workers -extdir %ANE_DIR_1% -extdir %ANE_DIR_2% -platformsdk %IOS_SDK% 
:CHECK_DEVICE 
%JAVA_EXE% -jar %ADT_JAR% -devices -platform ios 
SET /P DEVICE_VISIBLE=IS THE DEVICE VISIBLE? Y/N  
IF .%DEVICE_VISIBLE%.==.Y. GOTO DEVICE_OK 
GOTO CHECK_DEVICE 
:DEVICE_OK 
ECHO %JAVA_EXE% -jar %ADT_JAR% -installApp -platform ios -platformsdk %IOS_SDK% -package %OUTPUT_IPA% 
%JAVA_EXE% -jar %ADT_JAR% -installApp -platform ios -platformsdk %IOS_SDK% -package %OUTPUT_IPA% 
PAUSE

[Moltiple]

Wow, it's amazing that you figured out a solution.

If I start using Appuploader, I will post here and provide details about the process and whether it works or not.