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Apple TV - app configs

  • April 23, 2018
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Hi Guys,

We have some in-house apps that have app configs being deployed. However we have a need to either change some info on certain Apple TVs. Our issue is changing app configs requires us to remove and re-install the app (correct me if there is a way without removing) also I cannot re-upload the in house app and give it a different configs as the app already exists. Eg - in-house app 1 (with base config) in house app 2 (with alternate config) does anyone know if this is even possible? Thanks

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  • kowsar_ahmed
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  • April 23, 2018

Managed to upload the same app by renaming the .ipa file. However would be good to find out if we can deploy the custom app configurations without re-installing the app if at all possible?

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@kowsar.ahmed - If you change the Managed App Config on an already-deployed app, it should just push out a new config file, not the whole app again.

That being said, the app itself needs to be written in a way that it looks for and can respond to new settings values. I’ve seen some apps that require a redeployment, and others that listen for changes in near-real time to be able to respond to changes.

I’m not a developer, so I can’t say exactly how to write code. Jamf Research has shared an Xcode Cocoapod to help developers incorporate app config; perhaps that could help.

https://github.com/jamf/ManagedAppConfigLib

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  • kowsar_ahmed
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  • April 24, 2018

@mark.buffington Much appreciated. I'll take that back to our devs to see if this is something they can do...!

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