In-house enterprise apps cannot be reinstalled

I was able to install all of our in-house apps via OTA installation and they worked well (apps are still built with target iOS 9 in Xcode 7.3).


Once an app should be re-installed, what we do if we update an existing app, iOS asks for a confirmation but nothing else happens. No loading is indicated. Looking in the device log, I found the following entry, giving a reason, why the installation won't start:


itunesstored[94] <Notice>: LoadExternalDownloadManifestOperation: Ignore manifest download, already have bundleID: com.company.ios.MyApp with phase: SSDownloadPhaseWaiting


Even worse: If i delete the app and try to install it again, I find the same message in the device log.


After re-booting the device, I found the following entry in the device log...


installd(MobileSystemServices)[46] <Notice>: 0x16e243000 -[MIClientConnection clearUninstalledIdentifiers:withOptions:completion:]: Clear uninstalled identifiers requested by atc (pid 36) with options (null) : (
    "com.company.ios.MyApp"
)


... but the installation still won't work with above message appearing in the log.


Does anybody else experiences this behaviour and is there a workaround to get our apps installed again?

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This appears to be fixed in iOS 10 beta 2.

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I'm seeing the same thing. Apple also caused the same problem when IOS9 first came out with our enterprise app.


The only workaround I've found is to Reset Content & Settings and then you can install one more time (which is not really an aswer!)


Last time it was related to how we re-signed the app.


It might not be related but in Xcode 8 under provisioning profies, they have changed the text to say "Provisionig Profile (Deprecated)" but I can't find any info on this


If there is a replacement for provisioning profiles then maybe this will work - just a guess

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I remember the last time it had sommething to do with the bundle identifier (full qualified vs. plain) provided in the plist manifest that is used in the itms-services URL...


I will file in a radar and see, if I get a response.

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I'm seeing the same thing, filed bug 26925524.

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guywithmazda
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do we have any updates on this? we encounter the same issue, and it's really annoying...

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No news on that...


For now the only "workaround" (as @trevr2 mentioned) is to erase and reset the device in the settings (just resetting is not enough) so that each bundle id can be used once again.


Tip: Create an iTunes backup before resetting. Restoring from that backup keeps WiFi passwords and installed profiles intact.

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This also solves the problem, but you have to repeat this for each app install: delete "Media > Downloads > downloads.28.sqlitedb" on the device and restart the device.

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This appears to be fixed in iOS 10 beta 2.

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I can confirm, that re-installation of enterprise apps is working with iOS 10 Beta 2.

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