Apple is about to share your email address with the Republic of Korea
Thursday, December 20, 2018 by Richard Harris
Got a game in the Apple app store and have it set to publish across the entire swath of countries the app store supports? Then your developer email address is about to be shared with the Korean Government due to a change in Korean law. What law changed exactly, we aren't sure yet.
But what we do know is almost every developer chooses to distribute in all cou...
July is the deadline for all iOS apps that don't support iOS 11
Monday, May 7, 2018 by Richard Harris
Apple reminds us that iOS 11 is now in the hands of hundreds of millions of people around the world, and starting July 2018, all new iOS apps and updates submitted to the App Store must be built with the iOS 11 SDK, plus support iPhone X. Also, all new iOS apps and updates for iPhone, including universal apps, must support the Super Retina display of iPhone X.iOS 11 SDK...
Developers Experiencing Apple App Store Upload Trouble With App Thinning: Tech Note 2432
Friday, September 9, 2016 by Richard Harris
If you’ve been experiencing issues trying to get your app to Apple in the past couple of days, you aren’t alone. We are hearing rumbles from around the Internet that Apple engineers might be fighting an issue surrounding bitcode (enabled or disabled) during app thinning. It’s something that I experienced myself over the past 24 hours.The message most are receiving looks...
New Apple App Store Review Guidelines
Friday, September 2, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Apple has announced that the Apple App Store Review Guidelines have been updated to include information on offering in-app digital subscriptions, SiriKit, and iMessage. iOS Developers planning on releasing apps for the upcoming releases of iOS 10, macOS Sierra, watchOS, and tvOS, should be sure to read these updated guidelines.Apple has also announced a couple of c...
Corona Labs Acquired by Perk, Releases New OS X and tvOS Updates
Tuesday, December 29, 2015 by Richard Harris
Corona Labs has announced that it has been acquired by Perk, which provides an app monetization platform that offers virtual and real rewards to mobile and web consumers. Corona had previously been acquired by Fuse Labs in fall of 2014. Corona’s 2d app development platform provides the ability to publish games to a number of major platforms including iOS, Android, ...
Remember Apple's Holiday Break From December 2229
Wednesday, December 16, 2015 by Richard Harris
If you plan on getting a new iOS app approved or want to submit an update before the end of 2015 you better do it soon as Apple will not be accepting new app or app update submissions from December 22-29. Other typical iTunes Connect and developer account functionality will remain available.That basically means if you plan an app release before the end of the year you h...
How to Save the Enterprise App after the End of TestFlight
Sunday, February 22, 2015 by Ran Rachlin
When Apple officially shutters its TestFlight beta testing service on February 26, many development teams who have been working with TestFlight will be forced to switch their testing processes to the iTunes Connect Testing service or to search for other alternatives.As builds from old TestFlight versions will not be transferred automatically, developers will need to set...
Apple's TestFlight Is Upgraded to Improve the Ability to Manage External Testers
Tuesday, February 17, 2015 by Richard Harris
Apple’s TestFlight platform has announced it is now easier to manage external testers using the platform. Improvements have been made to provide the ability to organize testers into groups to quickly send builds, provide separate instructions on where to focus, and to apply an action to several testers at once in TestFlight.Apple acquired the TestFlight platform when it...
Apple Allowable iOS App Size Just Went from from 2GB to 4GB
Monday, February 16, 2015 by Richard Harris
Of obvious interest to iOS developers is the news that Apple has increased the allowable app size from 2GB to 4GB. That’s a big jump and while most app developers won’t want to take up that much room on a users phone, its does provide more flexibility.Here is what Apple says: The size limit of an app package submitted through iTunes Connect has increased from 2 GB ...
Mobile Developers Can Invite Up To 1,000 Beta Testers Through Apple’s iOS TestFlight App
Friday, October 24, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Apple has announced that developers can now invite up to 1,000 testers to beta test iOS apps by sending them an email invitation through iTunes Connect. Once the individual has accepted the invitation, testers can install the beta app on their iOS devices, get updated builds, and provide feedback, all facilitated through the dedicated iOS TestFlight app.To get an app re...
New Era: Apple Turns On Analytics and Attribution For Developers, Finally!
Tuesday, June 10, 2014 by Thomas Sommer
Among the myriad of announcements made at WWDC14 around iOS 8, one of them didn't get the attention it deserved. In one of the smaller developer sessions, Apple announced that they had started offering both an analytics and attribution platform to developers through the iTunes Connect console. In terms of analytics, developers will now be able to track the whole user li...
The Right Way to Invest in the Mobile Market
Friday, April 18, 2014 by Artyom Dogtiev
Be it a tablet, smartphone or that new-fangled wearable tech, mobile is where it’s at. This statement is supported by the fact that in 2013 worldwide shipping of PCs and laptops declined by a record 6.9% (Gartner, 2014). As such, it’s not surprising that there is a huge move by investors towards the mobile market.But, before you run out and buy stock in a nascent mobile...
Apple Introduces a New Sales and Trends Area
Tuesday, February 18, 2014 by Richard Harris
It's been a while since Apple refreshed it's iTunes connect dashboard for developers but today they announced a new look and feature set to the aging "Sales and Trends" area of the website. In a letter sent to developers, they said:"We have released a new version of Sales and Trends on iTunes Connect that introduces interactive features to help you better understand you...
Guide: How to Publish from Xcode 5 To The Apple App Store
Friday, October 25, 2013 by Richard Harris
The process of publishing an app from Xcode has a changed a bit with xCode 5, and if you aren't savvy to the change you could get locked into an endless circle of "no identities are available for signing", or Xcode crashes. We have broken down how to get an app to the Apple App store including the latest changes in just 9 steps;1. Verify that you are using a distributio...
iOS Users Can Now Download Previous Versions of Your Apps
Friday, October 4, 2013 by Richard Harris
In an email sent by Apple to iOS developers today, it appears unless you specifically set the flag on each app you have, users who downloaded your app in the past can now get the older versions that will run on older OS and hardware levels (considering you've updated your app to build to iOS7 and aren't supporting the older versions universally in your binary).From Appl...
Apple Developer Website Hacked!
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 by Richard Harris
In an unprecedented absence from the world, the Apple developer website (developer.apple.com) is going on a week of being offline to developers and the chatter is starting to come to a rumble as anxious apple developers await the re-opening of the portal that breathes life into many of their apps.
It all started sometime last week when the developer website suddenly ...
Some Apple Developers' Information Might Have Been Hacked!
Sunday, July 21, 2013 by Richard Harris
Apple developers have been emailing, blogging, and trying to reach Apple support over the inaccessibility of the iOS developer portal, iTunes connect, and other developer websites over the past few days.Now Apple has released a formal reason as to what is going on:"Last Thursday, an intruder attempted to secure personal information of our registered developers from our ...
Developers Can Now Transfer Apps Around
Monday, June 10, 2013 by Richard Harris
Thank you Apple for making our lives just a little bit easier! In a smooth move by Apple, announced on the same day as the worldwide developer conference comes a bit of fresh air as it relates to who can own in app that is developed in the iOS App Store.Apps can now be transferred from one developer to another within iTunes Connect, for example after an acquisition or w...
Apple Now Stamping Apps with Age Ratings
Thursday, April 4, 2013 by Richard Harris
In yet another measure to inform app users on exactly what they are about to download, Apple is now stamping app descriptions with a "recommended age" rating as seen in the image above. It appears the developer has no control of this, since the iTunes connect website only still allows rating an app based on content. Our assumption is that Apple has formed an algori...
Apple App Store screenshot rule now in effect
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 by Richard Harris
In the iTunes connect developer portal for iOS developers, uploading screenshots used to be a matter of putting them in when the app launches – but still having the option to change them later if need be.But Apple has ended the ability to change or swap out screenshots wants your app is approved. So just like your maiden information you will need to make sure that your ...
What is an App Developer
Monday, January 7, 2013 by Richard Harris
While the mobile industry continues to grow, it's becoming increasingly obvious that some definitions of who is, and what is, have been lost. Being a mobile app developer myself I thought I would stand back and look at the shadow I cast so as to define exactly what it is I am. There is no way I could completely cover every aspect of my job or mobile app programming in g...
8 million Angry Bird downloads over Christmas
Friday, January 4, 2013 by Richard Harris
While most developers sat and waited for iTunes Connect to come back online after Christmas and hope for soaring numbers in their app download reports, it seems once again - the Angry Birds team has trumped us all. On Christmas day alone their staple app "Angry Birds" was downloaded over 8 million times! While some of you developers might be ready to turn away and ...
Apple holiday schedule for developers
Saturday, December 8, 2012 by Richard Harris
The final days for you to get an app in the Apple App Store before the close of 2012 is drawing near. iTunes Connect will shut down December 21–28 for the winter holidays so you would need to get your app ready for review by early next week if you want to make it before the cut off.In addition any pricing changes or other changes to your apps overall pre...
