I have in my application a video as an App Preview of my application. I have my game localized with up to 10 languages.
The thing is, I don't want to show this AppPreview in French and Italian, but I can't find any way to filter this, looks like it is shared for all languages.
Do you know if it's possible?
It's not possible to have different "versions" of your App Preview, i.e. you cannot even delete it for specific languages. What Linus is referring to only concerns screenshots.
An app preview demonstrates the features, functionality, and user
interface of your app or game in a short video that users can watch
right on the App Store. Each preview is between 15 and 30 seconds long
and appears in all countries or regions where your app is available.
For details on capturing app footage, see Creating Videos for App
Previews.
Source: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-previews/
In-depth properties: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Appendices/Properties.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011225-CH26-SW10
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I am trying to A/B test various screenshot sets in the App Store. One of the variants is removing video preview and just keeping the screenshots. However, I have US as the primary language and when I upload the video to itunes connect it automatically defaults to all localizations.
Is there a setting where I show video preview in one location and not the other?
January 9th, 2019 Update
"You can have up to three app previews for each language your app
supports"
https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-previews/
After logging into AppStoreConnect, selecting your app, selecting View All Sizes in Media Manager under the App Previews and Screenshots section we're presented with many different configurations for our App's Preview in the AppStore.
On the right, we can choose which locale we'd like to localize for in the dropdown.
It's not possible to have different App Previews, you can have only one:
Uploads must be done using Safari and OS X 10.10, and only one localization is accepted. App previews must disclose In-App Purchases and may contain no ads, no platform logos, no pricing, and no timelines.
Source:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Appendices/Properties.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011225-CH26-SW10
I was browsing through the app store today and noticed a few apps (Instagram, Netflix and other supercell games) that had a page with custom font colors and the header seen below. Is something that is accessible to all developers or is this in beta or what? These are all on the top 144 apps so I was just curious to see if this could be done without having a very popular app or if this feature is only available to larger companies?
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When a local iTunes team chooses to feature your app they ask you for special artwork.
This is not available to us mere mortals.
I would like to be able to launch the iTunes app from my app when I tap a button (note that I mean the actual music player, NOT the iTunes Store or App Store). Preferably I'd like it to go straight to the Now Playing screen. Is there any way to accomplish this?
Yes, it is possible to open the iTunes music player to the "now playing" screen using the music:// URL scheme. Found this out rather incidentally while reading this post on how to quickly launch apps using Siri.
Also, here are a few sites that you might find handy if you ever need to answer the question "Can I open Application X with a url?"
handleOpenURL - a searchable database of iOS apps that accept URLs (and the URL schemes they take). You can submit your apps here.
Adrian Kosmaczewski's Wiki lists quite a few iOS app url schemes as well.
app lookup blog has more.
I want to create a small App that just shows WebPage with link, video Playing and PDF Documents. The problem is that I expect the app to open Video, PDFs etc without accessing internet.
So, when I click on video, it should play even without internet.
Is it possible to do this in PhoneGap?
As long as they are in a format that the device can handle in the browser directly, you should be fine. A good way to think of PhoneGap is like an enhanced web browser.
You should be able to put the files into the resources, and PhoneGap should be able to access them completely fine. It essentially works by using the file:/// scheme, so you can probably try making something like you'd want to put on the iPad, and try it on your computer. If it doesn't work on there, it likely won't work on the iPad either.
In terms of video files, you'd probably want to use an .mp4, as these should be natively supported by the iOS WebView.
Now that being said, if you're trying to get your app in to the AppStore, you may want to look into the Apple User Interface guidelines. For example section 12.3 of the App Store Review Guidelines states that apps that are ... a collection of links, may be rejected.
You may also find the iOS Human Interface Guidelines helpful.
I'm making an audio player app.
In apple's Music app, if music album or podcast doesn't have artwork, musical note image or podcast icon image are shown instead of artwork.
I want to do same thing.
Can I use images in apple's Music app for my app?
Will apple reject my app?
Do I have to create images of musical note and podcast icon by my self?
Or is it recommended to use apple's images for my app for user experience?
I also want to use history icon, podcast icon, and audiobook icon which are used for tab bar icon in apple's apps.
Reusing toolbar / button icons is fine and Apple probably appreciates UI consistency. Many many apps make use of the Apple icons not included in the core set which are in the app store. Using 'larger' art will be frowned upon though, like splash arts / stock images.
I did used an image from Apple, and I might say it's rather bizzarre:
1) I uploaded an application for a client that used the "Photos" application icon, and everything went ok, the application was approved.
2) In the next month, I uploaded a new application, for a different client, but with the same logic (only the design was different) and used again the "Photos" application icon. This time the application was reject, stating that I couldn't use Apple icons. After that, I changed the icon and it was approved.
Next time, I won't be using images from Apple. In my case, I didn't had tight deadlines, but if I had, I would be screwed.
It depends on the reviewer. Some will let it go and others won't. As far as I am concerned, it isn't worth the risk. Just find/create another graphic to use.
Note, that you don't have legal rights to use Apple's images. They are copyrighted.
Even if the application is not rejected (approver doesn't have to notice the use of copyrighted image), you can have problems later.
Yes apple will reject the application if we use Apple's owned graphics/ property. you can check the guidelines if you need