iOS - Prevent iPhone Configuration Profile from being deleted OR check to see if it's installed
cocoa, configuration-files, enterprise, ios, objective-c
Solution
If you want the configuration profile not to be tampered with / disabled by the user, this is possible! If you're using Apple Configurator to build your `.mobileconfig` file in the generals tab select `security` as `never`. Be aware: once the profile is installed on the device it cannot be reverted unless you restore the device
The long story short is there is no current documented way to even programmatically call / install a configuration profile (`.mobileconfig`) file onto the device: so if you're thinking about checking whether the profile exists and if not to install it, it's impossible (as for available documentation thus far) - if you do find a way let me know
Note:
`.mobileconfig` files can only run through Safari / Mail.
This similar SO discussion may help: Installing a configuration profile on iPhone - programmatically
Problem
I'm working on an iOS enterprise app that relies on an Configuration Profile being put on the phone. Unfortunately, the user can "cancel" this profile, which really screws with our app. So I was wondering if a) is it possible to prevent a configuration profile from being deleted OR b) is there a way to check to see if a configuration profile is installed already (say, at runtime, then we can just install it again if it's not there)?