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If you have an app, either made yourself, or by somebody else, in an .app folder, and you want to make it into an .ipa file, so you can install through iTunes, just do the following:

1. Put the folder inside a folder called Payload
2. Zip it
3. Rename to AppName.ipa

And there, now you can install with iTunes.

Be aware, though, that it will be sandboxed, and the app might not work correctly if it needs access to the whole filesystem.

Also, make sure that the executable is signed. Otherwise it will fail to run.

If you want to add an icon to show in iTunes, just make a 512×512 JPG image, name it iTunesArtwork (with no extension), and put it next to the Payload folder when you zip it.