over-the-air

OTA

🚀 Distribute yours apk and ipa files over the air. Uses ngrok for public distribution urls. Just scan the qrcode from the terminal to install the app.

Installation

npm install over-the-air --save-dev
# or install it globally 
npm install over-the-air --global

Args

Name	Description
app_name	App Name
app_version	App version. Use the semantic version (major.minor.patch).
package_name	App package name
apk	Location of the .apk file to distribute
ipa	Location of the .ipa file to distribute

When distributing .ipa files it will copy the default manifest.plist file from the static folder so iPhone/iPad could show the installation dialog after qrcode scan.

Using the cli

over-the-air --app_name "MyAppName" \
  --app_version 1.0.0 \
  --package_name "com.myapp.package.name" \
  --apk path/to/file.apk \
  --ipa path/to/file.ipa

Using node script

// index.js
const ota = require('over-the-air');
 
ota({
  name: 'MyAppName',
  version: '1.0.0',
  package: 'com.myapp.package.name',
  ipa: '/path/to/file.ipa',
  apk: '/path/to/file.apk'
});

then

node index.js

Scan the QR Code