Integrating the App Distribution SDK in iOS apps

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Demonstrates adding the Firebase App Distribution iOS SDK via CocoaPods, using Xcode 12+ and a physical device to get in‑app build alerts. Shows the one‑call checkForUpdate flow with a prebuilt sign‑in dialog, and an advanced custom sign‑in UI. Uploads archived .ipa to Firebase Console, invites testers, and the SDK returns a release object (display version, build number, download URL). Live demo updates an app to build 2 successfully.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:54customize your own user interface
3. 2:19check for a newly available build for the tester to install
4. 4:23add your device to your apple developer account
5. 4:46find your unique device
6. 5:33download the latest provisioning profile
7. 6:06activate this latest provisioning profile
8. 7:11create a firebase console project
9. 10:04add the file based dependencies with the cocoapods
10. 10:36create a sample
11. 11:53adding the app distribution sdk as a requirement
12. 13:12installed all the dependencies
13. 13:25open the xcode
14. 14:13create a unique bundle id for this project
15. 14:41select the provisioning file
16. 15:39set up our new in-app build alerts
17. 18:59build this inside the ui alert controller
18. 20:42create an archive
19. 21:15put in an archive format
20. 22:01using the app distribution sdk
21. 22:59create an app distribution
22. 23:25picking the app distribution tool
23. 24:39add this invite
24. 24:57distribute and send the invite
25. 26:11put their udid device id to your apple mobile provisioning profile
26. 26:53get a new mobile provisioning profile
27. 28:45created a tester account
28. 31:28uploading this new ipa
29. 37:43pull the check for update method
30. 38:21automate this distribution process

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