wirelessPrepare.sh

#!/bin/sh

OLD_PWD="$(pwd)";

#get script parameters
APP_BUNDLE_DIR=$1;
IPA_URL=$2;
MANIFEST_NAME=$3;

if [ ! -d "$APP_BUNDLE_DIR" -o ! "$IPA_URL" ]; then
    echo "\nThe script usage:\n\
\033[1mwirelessPrepare\033[0m \033[4mbundlePath\033[0m \033[4mipaURL\033[0m [\033[4mmanifestFilename\033[0m]\n";
    exit 1001;
fi;

#get the filename for the ipa archive from the IPA_URL
IPA_NAME=$(basename "$IPA_URL");

#the default manifest filename is manifest.plist
if [ ! "$MANIFEST_NAME" ]; then
    MANIFEST_NAME="manifest.plist";
fi;

#
#prepare the .ipa archive
#

#APP_BUNDLE_DIR should contain the absolute path
cd "$APP_BUNDLE_DIR";
APP_BUNDLE_DIR=`pwd`;

cd ..;
if [ -d Payload ]; then
    rm -rf Payload;
fi;
mkdir Payload;
cp -R "$APP_BUNDLE_DIR" Payload;
zip -r -y "$IPA_NAME" Payload > /dev/null;

#remove the Payload directory, be clean
rm -rf Payload;

#
#create manifest file
#

#read CFBundleIdentifier, CFBundleVersion, CFBundleDisplayName from Info.plist
BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER=$(defaults read "$APP_BUNDLE_DIR/Info" CFBundleIdentifier);
BUNDLE_VERSION=$(defaults read "$APP_BUNDLE_DIR/Info" CFBundleVersion);
BUNDLE_DISPLAY_NAME=$(defaults read "$APP_BUNDLE_DIR/Info" CFBundleDisplayName);

MANIFEST_DATA="{\
    items = (\
        {\
            assets = (\
                {\
                    kind = \"software-package\";\
                    url = \"$IPA_URL\";\
                }\
            );\
            metadata = {\
                \"bundle-identifier\" = \"$BUNDLE_IDENTIFIER\";\
                \"bundle-version\" = \"$BUNDLE_VERSION\";\
                kind = software;\
                title = \"$BUNDLE_DISPLAY_NAME\";\
            };\
        }\
    );\
}";

#note: we should substract the file extenstion, the .plist extension would be added automatically
defaults write "`pwd`/${MANIFEST_NAME%.*}" "$MANIFEST_DATA";

#as defaults generates binary plist – lets convert it to XML
#there's no difference for iOS but we'd be able simply read the plist file content
plutil -convert xml1 ${MANIFEST_NAME%.*}.plist;

if [ "$OLD_PWD" != "`pwd`" ]; then
    mv "$IPA_NAME" "$OLD_PWD";
    mv "${MANIFEST_NAME%.*}.plist" "$OLD_PWD/$MANIFEST_NAME";
else
        if [ "$MANIFEST_NAME" != "${MANIFEST_NAME%.*}.plist" ]; then
                mv "${MANIFEST_NAME%.*}.plist" "$MANIFEST_NAME";
        fi;
fi;

echo "itms-services://?action=download-manifest&url=$(dirname $IPA_URL)/$MANIFEST_NAME";