I am making an app that uses the phone's camera to identify objects and then translate them into Spanish. I'm trying to setup the app store page and Itunes Connect says I need 5.5-inch screenshots for the page, but I don't have an iPhone plus and I can't take screenshots using the Xcode Simulator because the simulated phone doesn't have a camera, so my app's screen is blank. What can I do?
Best way to run app on highest resolution iPhone simulator. And later export those images using 5.5 inch width and height. Hope it helps.
You can do using any simple tool like preview on mac os
Also you can upload simple splash screen with correct resolution and update in future with correct images when you get the device
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We developed ios app. Now we are creating Prepare for Submission
Save section. Apple want to screenshot for us. But we have no require devices. Actually we are using webview. And we have a android app in play store. Just ı opened inspect mode on crome and take a screenshots and upload play store app information. I want to do same thing in appstore but I cant. How can ı solve this problem.
Actually ı tried image resize on photoshop but image quality is very bad if take screenshot on windows
They want 6.5 inch (iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR)
1242 x 2688 pixels (portrait)
2688 x 1242 pixels (landscape)
The screenshots should be in the right dimensions. Here you can check what they are.
And it is important the screenshots that you have to be for the right phone.
What I mean is that some screenshots can be as marketing screenshots. Imagine some additional info on the image and just part of the phone shown in there. But you need to display the right device there. You can check Colibra app in App Store.
Maybe this example can give you a good idea of how to generate your screenshots.
So, I couldn't find an answer to this easily, but here's the longer version of the question.
As iPhone X screenshots are optional, iPhone Xs will use the 5.5" screenshots in the App Store if none are available. However if I add just one screenshot for iPhone X, will they still show the 5.5" pictures as well? or will the App Store now show just that one image?
On a similar vein, am I correct in thinking that I need to upload a preview video separately for both iPad and iPhone, or can I use the same video for both?
I'm making a sticker pack for iOS, and before I can submit it to the App Store, I need to include at least one screenshot of the app from a 5.5" iPhone, and a 12.9" iPad Pro. These are both devices that I don't have.
I'm also not that well versed in photoshop, but I could learn it as I have read that that's a way to make screenshots to use for the App Store.
Thank You for your help!
You could use simulator. With your app opened in simulator press cmd+S or from menu: File -> Save Screen Shot. Screen shot will appear on your desktop.
UPD: as opposed to https://stackoverflow.com/a/41730054/2305175 you'll get ready to use screen shot with size exactly as in simulator without further work like cropping it
Note: Screenshots resolution is independend of your monitor resolution. So this even works when your monitor has lower resolution than what you need for the screenshot.
use the Xcode simulator to run your app on any device you don't have. Then take screenshots using Mac OS X built-in screenshot functionality :)
P.S. make sure the simulator runs at 1:1 scale (set it in the view menu)
#Fydor's apple+s tip sounds way better
The simulator for each device is one option. However, I prefer to use a service for this. I will not plug any services, but google "iOS screenshot service" and take your pick to automate away this process. It should now be part of your app release workflow.
Excuse me, i am a newbie here
i want to ask about submitting App Store
Can I submit an app without any of app preview or only 1 app preview video ? because i dont have all iphone devices, only have 1 devices...
You should note this points :
If your App supports iPad you need to upload at least one screenshot of iPad
If your App supports iPhone than you need to upload at least one screenshot for all iPhone devices including iPhone 4s, iPhone 5, iPhone 6 & iPhone 6+
Regarding uploading video preview it is optional
If you want to submit App preview you need to create preview as per dimensions mentioned in Apple guidelines (See more : https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Chapters/FirstSteps.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011225-CH19-SW34)
Hope it will help you.
You should have at least one image (splash screen image also works here) for every device at iTunes.
1 image is compulsory.
You can take screen shots of your simulator as well.
You don't need all iPhone devices... simulator works fine as well. Or you can always "fake it" with some image editing app.
There are even many tools to help you with this process, such as:
https://github.com/fastlane/snapshot
https://launchkit.io/screenshots/
Now that two more screensize show in iTunes Connect when you update your app. There are more screenshot size to take. My question is, do I have to upload screenshot for all sizes? What if I just upload one set of screens? Will they also show up in app store in other size devices?
Yes, Apple now requires you to also submit screenshots for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. You can either take screenshots in the iPhone Simulator or simply scale up your existing screenshots (not recommended) if the app doesn't fully support the larger screen sizes yet.
If you don't submit the screenshots, you will get:
ITC.apps.validation.screenshot_5.5-Inch_missing
ITC.apps.validation.screenshot_4.7-Inch_missing