how to provision .ipa bulit by friend?

Question

My friend has built an app (we both have developer accounts) I have the .ipa to test.

How can I provision the app onto my device ?

Do I have to rebuild from the source with my prov profile? or

Can I just send the .ipa to one of my test devices, if so how?

Answer 1

How can I provision the app onto my device ?

If you simply want to test on your iPhone/iPad Device, you just have to Create Provisioning profile with the Device ID (on which you want to test your app) and .ipa file and add them to your Device.

Do I have to rebuild from the source with my prov profile? or

No, just no. There is no need to do so.

Can I just send the .ipa to one of my test devices, if so how?

If you want to send it to your Testers located in different geo-graphic area then you can always use TestFlight.

It's a beautiful tool to send your beta apps over the air with ease. It's simple, painless, and magical. It provides app management, distribution, tracking, and centralized feedback as well as crash reporting.

You can integrate it in your App easily by following the steps given here : How to use TestFlight to distribute your beta app ?