Session 305 - What's New in iTunes Connect for App Developers

7/28/2019 Session 305 - What's New in iTunes Connect for App Developers

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Session 305

Ricardo CortesSenior Engineering Manager - iTunes Store, Provider Services


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Welcome to WWDC 2012!


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What we will cover


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What we will cover

Whats new with

Contracts

General iTunes Connect workflow changes

iTunes Connect Mobile


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What we will cover

Whats new with

Contracts



Tools support for iOS 6 and Mountain Lion features

Routing Apps

Game Center


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What we will cover

Whats new with

Contracts




Routing Apps

Game Center

In-App Purchase changes


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What we will cover

Whats new with

Contracts




Routing Apps

Game Center

In-App Purchase changes

Best Practices and Common Pitfalls


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Contracts iTC Changes iTC MobileContracts


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Agreement changes


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Agreement changes

iOS OS X

Paid

New App Store Territories

IAP Hosted Content

New Custom B2B TiersNew Custom B2B Territories


IAP Hosted Content

PLA Routing Apps IAP Hosted Content


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New Custom B2B Territories


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New Custom B2B Territories

9 new territories in addition to US

Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, New Zealand,and Japan


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32 new territories

Albania, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina-Faso, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Chad,Republic of Congo, Fiji, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kyrgyzstan, Laos,

Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Federal States of Micronesia, Mongolia,Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Sao Tomee Principe, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Swaziland,

Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Zimbabwe


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All App Store Territories


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Albania

Algeria

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua

Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Barbados Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bermuda

BhutanBolivia

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

Canada

Cape Verde

Cayman Islands

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

The Democratic Republic Of The Congo

Costa Rica

Croatia

British Virgin Islands


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Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Estonia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gambia

Germany Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lebanon

Luxembourg Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Madagascar

Malaysia

Mali



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MauritiusMexico

Republic Of Moldova

Mongolia

Montserrat

Mozambique

Namibia Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Nigeria

Nigeria

NorwayOman

Palau

Panama

Papua New GuineaParaguay

Ireland Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakstan

Kenya

Republic of Korea

Kuwait

Liberia

Lithuania

Macau

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Malta

Mauritania


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Peru

PhilippinesPoland

PortugalQatar Romania

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

SeychellesSierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands South Africa

Pakistan


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Spain Sri Lanka

Suriname

Swaziland

SwedenSwitzerland

Taiwan

TajikistanTanzania

United Republic of Thailand

Trinidad and TobagoTunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Turks and Caicos Islands

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

VenezuelaVietnam

Yemen Zimbabwe


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iTC Changes iTC MobileContracts iTC Changes


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Screenshot changes


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Screenshot changes

iPad: The new iPad now hasa Retina display

Retina screenshots for iPadare optional in iTC

iPhone: Retina display screenshotsare now required

Additional details in Missing

Screenshot app state


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Without Location Bar

Portrait Landscape

iPad, iPad 2 7681004 1024748

The new iPad 14962048 20081536

iPhone 4, iPhone 4S 600960 920640

Screenshot changes


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Screenshot changes


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Screenshot changes


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Large App Icon Changes

Type Size Change Delivery

iOS From 512512 to 10241024 From 512512 to 10241024

OS X From 512512 to 10241024 .ICNS File in App Bundle

Newsstand (iOS)Issue and Default Cover Art

Long edge minimum from512 to 1024

Supplied in iTunes Connect orAtom Feed


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Privacy URL


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Privacy URL

Now available to all iOS and OS X apps


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Privacy URL

Now available to all iOS and OS X apps

Optional unless you are using

Auto-renewables

Free subscriptions


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Privacy link


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New App Store Languages

Danish Finnish

Norwegian Traditional Chinese

Turkish Indonesian

Malay Thai

Vietnamese Greek

Language changes


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New App Store Languages

Danish Finnish

Norwegian Traditional Chinese

Turkish Indonesian

Malay Thai

Vietnamese Greek

Language changes


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Added ability to change default language per app

Language changes


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Added ability to change default language per app

Language changes


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2.0

Detailed app inspection view forall your apps

Swipe each push notification to

drop directly into the detailedapp view


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Customer reviews and favorites

Version sign off and rejection


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2.0






Re-worked Sales/Trends view


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Re-worked Sales/Trends view

Granular user role access (same asiTC web)


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Demo

Jason FosbackEngineering Manager - iTunes Store, Content Delivery


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iOS 6 +MountainLion


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iOS 6 +MountainLion


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Routing Apps

New with iOS 6

Enables app integration with Maps app


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Routing Apps

New with iOS 6


Allows third party apps to offer routing options to Maps app


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Routing Apps

New with iOS 6


Allows third party apps to offer routing options to Maps app

Apps with coverage in local area will be preferred

Option to purchase additional routing apps from App Store


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Routing Apps


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Routing Apps


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Routing Apps


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iOS 6 +MountainLion


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iOS 6 +MountainLion

Game CenterRouting

AppsGame Center


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Game Center

New for OS X

Game Kit introduced in Mountain Lion

Introduces cross-platform play between iOS and OS X


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Game Center


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Implementation choices

Stand-alone OS X support or iOS support

Game Center


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Cross-app or cross-platform invites and match making

Game Center


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Cross-app or cross-platform invites and match making

Cross-app or cross-platform Game Center data sharing Leaderboards

Achievements

Game Center


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Game CenterStand-alone support


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Implement Game Kit for iOS or OS X

Game Center support without cross-app dependencies

Leverage compatibility across your apps versions

Game CenterStand-alone support


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Game CenterCross-app


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Allow match-making and invites with multiplayercompatibility



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Game CenterCross-app compatibility example

Touch Fighter 2.0(iOS)


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TF 1.0 (iOS)

TF 2.0 (iOS)

TF 1.5 (iOS)



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Touch Fighter 1.0(OS X)




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Touch Fighter 2.0 (iOS) Touch Fighter 1.0 (OS X)

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Game CenterCross-appSandbox

CompatibilityProduction

Compatibility


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Game CenterData sharing


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Introducing Game Center grouping in iTunes Connect


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Allows grouped leaderboards and achievements


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Scores posted to pre-grouped leaderboards roll up automatically

Enables backwards compatibility


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Scores posted to pre-grouped leaderboards roll up automatically

Enables backwards compatibility

End result: Unified view with Game Center on iOS and OS X or acrossany app variation


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iPad Achievementtouchfighter.perfectscore


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iPad Achievementgrp.touchfighter.perfectstore

Mac Achievementgrp.touchfighter.perfectstore

grp.touchfighter.perfectstore


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Game CenterData-sharing grouping examples

App(s) Single Game Leaderboards Grouped Leaderboards

Touch Fighter 2.0 (iOS) touchfighter.leaderboard

Touch Fighter 1.0 (OS X)touchfighter.mac.leaderboard

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Touch Fighter 2.0 (iOS)touchfighter.level1

Touch Fighter 1.0 (OS X)touchfighter.mac.level1

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Touch Fighter 2.0 (iOS)touchfighter.level2 grp.touchfighter.level2


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App(s) Single Game Achievements Grouped Achievements

Touch Fighter 2.0 (iOS) touchfighter.perfectscore

Touch Fighter 1.0 (OS X)touchfighter.mac.perfectscore

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Touch Fighter 2.0 (iOS)touchfighter.100wins grp.touchfighter.100wins


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In-AppPurchases


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IAP Hosted Content


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IAP Hosted Content


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IAP Hosted Content


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Newsstand


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NewsstandSubcategories


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NewsstandSubcategories


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Newsstand

Tool/

WorkflowChanges

IAP Hosted

Content

In-App

Purchases

Tool/

WorkflowChanges


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Application Loader Support


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Application Loader Support


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Status sorting

New In-App Purchase statussorting in iTunes Connect

Eases searching issues with specificIn-App Purchases

Allows quick discovery ofproblematic In-App Purchasesubmissions


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Catalog Reports

New downloadable, tab-delimited reports in iTunes Connect

Format is easily ingestible

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Catalog Reports



Allows for wide glance across all of your In-App Purchases

Status of each In-App Purchase is included in the report

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Catalog Reports





New Apps Report and IAP Report will be available today in iTunesConnect

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Catalog Reports





New Apps Report and IAP Report will be available today in iTunesConnect

Game Center report for leaderboards and achievements: Coming soon


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Dave Makower

Senior Engineering Manager, iTunes Store, Content Import


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Manual data entry in iTunes Connect


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Manual data entry in iTunes Connect


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Manual data entry in Application Loader


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Manual data entry in Application Loader


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New from File in Application Loader


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New from File in Application Loader


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GUI is fine for a few items

What if you have 100? or 1000?

XML feed is easier for many


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GUI is fine for a few items

What if you have 100? or 1000?

XML feed is easier for many

Command line

Facilitates bulk data management

Integrates with automatedsystems

In-App Purchase


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In App Purchase

In-App Purchase


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In App Purchase

iOS and OS X

All In-App Purchase types

Subject to App Store policies

Interval pricing

For scheduling sale windows

Game Center


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Game Center

Game Center


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Game Center

iOS and OS X

Leaderboards

Achievements


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General


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Localized metadata

Synchronous validation

Command-line metadata lookup

Fully-documented XML spec

XML


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your_app_sku.itmsp

metadata.xml assets(screenshots)


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Create a package

.itmsp directory

metadata.xml

assets (e.g., screenshots)

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Create a package

.itmsp directory

metadata.xml


Or use command line to look up metadata

Package is created

Edit looked-up XML

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Create a package

.itmsp directory

metadata.xml


Or use command line to look up metadata

Package is created

Edit looked-up XML

Use command line to upload package

your_app_sku.itmsp


In-App Purchase


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In-App Purchase


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Game Center


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Game Center


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Lieutenant


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but we can show you a demo now!


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Demo

Dave MakowerSenior Engineering Manager - iTunes Store, Content Import


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Best

Practices

iTC gotchas


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iTC gotchas

App Delete Mistakes Once your app is deleted out of iTC it's gone


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App Delete MistakesOnce your app is deleted out of iTC it s gone

iTC gotchas

App Delete MistakesOnce your app is deleted out of iTC it's gone


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App Delete MistakesOnce your app is deleted out of iTC it s gone

Editing Your Bundle IDEdit your bundle identifier now in iTC

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App Delete Mistakes Once your app is deleted out of iTC it s gone


App Name Expiry 6 month limit for reserving an app name

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In-App Purchase SubmissionFirst IAPs must travel with a binary

iTC gotchas



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In-App Purchase SubmissionFirst IAPs must travel with a binary

Meaningful DescriptionsHighlight your apps features and summarizehardware requirements; direct users to your support URL for in-depthrequirements

iTC gotchas


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iTC gotchas

For Beta/TrialInvite-only apps are considered betas and will


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For Beta/Trial Invite only apps are considered betas and willbe rejected

iTC gotchas



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Demo AccountProvide full-access demo account

iTC gotchas



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RegistrationRequired registration only if account-based features

iTC gotchas



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URLSFunctioning and relevant support, and privacy URLs

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URLSFunctioning and relevant support, and privacy URLs CategoryRelevant to app content

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URLSFunctioning and relevant support, and privacy URLs CategoryRelevant to app content

Web ContentAvoid 100% web views

iTC gotchas


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iTC gotchas

CompatibilityiPhone-only apps need to run in compatibility mode


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IAP TypeChoose the correct IAP type for your needs

iTC gotchas



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on iPad


No Bundle IconMissing CFBundleIcon, CFBundleIconFiles,

CFBundleIcons

iTC gotchas



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on iPad



CFBundleIcons Ubiquity Code SigningIncorrect values for identifier keys

com.apple.developer.ubiquity-container-identifiers : array, TeamID prefix

com.apple.developer.ubiquity-kvstore-identifier : string, TeamID prefix

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on iPad



CFBundleIcons Ubiquity Code SigningIncorrect values for identifier keys



Invalid SignatureExpired or revoked certificates

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on iPad


No Bundle IconMissing CFBundleIcon, CFBundleIconFiles,CFBundleIcons

Ubiquity Code SigningIncorrect values for identifier keys



Invalid SignatureExpired or revoked certificates

Malformed Framework (OS X)Code signing adheres to strict filestructure


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BestPractices

iOS 6 +Mountain

Lion

In-AppPurchases

Paul MarcosApplication Services Evangelist


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Application Services [email protected]

DocumentationiTunes Connect Developer User Guidehttp://itunesconnect.apple.com/docs/iTunesConnect_DeveloperGuide.pdf

VideoDevelopment Videoshttp://developer.apple.com/videos

Apple Developer Forumshttp://devforums.apple.com

Selling Products with Store Kit PresidioWednesday 2:00PM


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Tools, Services and APIs for iTunes Affiliates Nob HillThursday 11:30AM

Managing Subscriptions with In-App Purchase MissionThursday 3:15PM

Building Great Newsstand Apps Nob HillThursday 2:00PM

Building and Distributing Custom B2B Russian HillFriday 9:00AM

iTunes Connect for App Developers Lab App Services Lab AThursday 11:30AM


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iTunes Affiliate Program Lab Safari & Web LabThursday 2:00PM

In-App Purchase Lab App Services Lab BThursday 4:30PM

Newsstand Lab App Services Lab AFriday 9:00AM

App Store Lab App Store Lab (Level 3)Ongoing


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Ready your App for Mountain Lion


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IAP Hosted Content and Game Center



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Game Center grouping UI is available now

Start grouping/merging leaderboards/achievements

Grouping in OS X goes live when Mountain Lion ships iOS 4 and iOS 5 support too!



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Game Center grouping UI is available now

Start grouping/merging leaderboards/achievements

Grouping in OS X goes live when Mountain Lion ships iOS 4 and iOS 5 support too!

Start implementing iOS 6 support

IAP Hosted Content sandbox support is now live

iOS 6 binaries accepted when iOS 6 ships


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