So I'm using Twitter Fabric for analytics and beta testing on an iOS app, and so far I've had it in my default "Root" organization that Fabric automatically creates. Now I have a collaborator and want him to be able to work on the app as well.
The documentation makes it pretty clear how to do this - create a new organization and add your team member to the organization. What it does not make clear is how to change the organization of an app.
Currently my app is in my Root organization, I want to move it into the new organization I've just created, but there is no way I can see to do this.
Any ideas?
Unfortunately, there is currently no way to do this.
Given this: https://docs.fabric.io/apple/fabric/settings/working-in-teams.html#add-organizations
We currently don’t allow apps to be transferred between organizations. If you’d like to move an app to a new organization (for example, if you are turning app development over to a new team or a different company), you will need to remove the app from your current organization and onboard it into the new organization.
Is stated within the given link.
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I'm about to upload my app to AdHoc for Beta Testing however the Xcode project is named "MyApp" (not the actual name of the app) but I want to upload it to the app store as "MyLive". The bundle identifier is also com.myproject.MyApp but I would like to rename it if possible to something like com.mycompany.MyLive.
At the moment this is just a personal app attatched to my personal App ID but I'd like to future proof it as best as I can so it doesnt cause me any problems down the line.
As I've enrolled in the Apple Dev program using my personal Apple ID the only team I can choose is my name. However, is it possible to create a new team so that it seems like a company based around the app?
Lastly, if I upload it connected to my personal Apple ID how much personal information will be publicly visible? Is it possible to hide my email address?
EDIT: Is it possible to transfer an App from on Apple Developer account to another? Say when my current membership runs out and I set one up in the company name would I be able to transfer ownership?
Once you've created an app in iTunes Connect the bundle identifier can never be changed. If you have created it as com.myproject.MyApp then it's stuck as such. However, if this is your first upload, there's really no loss to create a different iTunes app with the bundle id of com.mycompany.MyLive.
None of that really matters though as no one will ever see this except you and anyone you've allowed on to your account. Just keep it simple.
You can rename your iTunes app name when your app is in editable state. i.e. If you've already submitted version 1.0 of the app with an iTunes app name of 'MyApp', you cannot change it for that version. But you can setup a version 1.1 and change the name before it's submitted.
It's not possible to create new 'teams'. A team is basically a developer account. You can be invited to join other teams via the owner of those accounts. In the future you can convert your personal account to a business account. It requires a bit of legal paperwork but is not hard.
The only publicly available information is what you've added when creating your iTunes Connect app. You have to add an email under review contact info, this is only used by Apple to reach you in case of questions with your app. You are also required to provide a support URL so your customers can reach you.
Everything you wanted to know about what goes on iTunes:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Appendices/Properties.html
Google's answer for ability to transfer apps:
https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Chapters/TransferringAndDeletingApps.html
I recently changed my developer account from company to individual. I have successfully transferred my applications, apart from the application groups.
I cannot see anyway of transferring the existing app groups and my thoughts are that if I create a new app group, existing users will:
Not be able to upgrade
If they were able to upgrade, their existing data would be lost
None of these situations look good unfortunately.
Therefore in terms of TL;DR:
How can I transfer app groups between developer accounts?
Thanks.
So I just spoke with Apple on the phone - they were awesome at helping and we found a solution.
Let's assume account A is the old account and B is the new account that you want to transfer the app group to.
Simply delete the app group from account A and recreate it in account B with the exact same identifier. Problem solved :D Thank you Apple!
I am using Crashlytics (Fabric) for distrubution of one of my iOS apps. I want to rename an organization and its apps, but that it doesn't seam possible to do that.
The solution appears to be to delete the old organization, create a new one and add the app to it.
However, there is a real catch 22 here, in order to delete an organization in Fabric, it has to have zero apps. Twitter staff person #mike-bonnell says:
If you need to remove an organization, you need to be an admin and have no apps in that organization. Then head to fabric.io/settings/organizations609, select your organization and then click on the "Delete Organization" button in the top-right corner.
It is now it becomes a real catch 22, when I try to delete my only app in the organization I wish to delete, I get an error message saying;
Oops!
Can't delete your last app
So.. well... that sucks... What to do?
And no, I do not just want to rename the app, I want to rename the organization (and add an app with a new name to this new organization).
Mike from Fabric here.
If you want to remove your current organization, first you would need to create the new organization and add an app to it. Then you could remove the old app and organization.
However, if you're only looking to rename the organization's name, you can do that from your organization's settings page on Fabric. Select the organization, then click the pencil icon next to the current name and enter the new name. Press Enter to save or click on the blue checkmark.
This is still an issue and the documentation is still not helpful either, even after the Google acquisition.
To remove an organization, head to your app’s settings. Then remove
all existing apps in the organization by following the steps here.
After removing all apps and confirming the organization’s deletion,
the organization will be removed and no one will be able to access it.
You must be an Admin in your organization to remove an app. Also, your organization must have at least 2 apps to remove one.
However, I found a solution while I was cleaning up my old organizations.
If you have only one app, add another app.
Go to organization settings and open the details of all of the apps in separate tabs
Delete all the apps using those separate tabs.
To me it seems like not letting the user delete the last app is just an arbitrary restriction.
It is now possible to delete an organization that doesn't have apps. There's a link on the top right corner to delete it.
im a developer and i have my own developer-account for IOS. I have a Prototype-App which i want to sell to my clients. All of my clients do not have a MAC and a own developer account. Im searching for the easiest way for me and for my clients for uploading the app on their dev-accounts.
So i thought, that i let my customer open a own developer-account (99$/year) and send me only the login-data. Then i can prepare and upload the app on their account. Is this possible? Can i upload from my MAC (XCode) to a different Dev-Account?
The best way to accomplish what you want is for the client to setup their own dev account but instead of giving you their credentials, they should add you as a collaborator. Given that you will be handling everything for them, they may as well make you an admin (although a technical role may work as well).
One of the annoying thing with iTunesConnect is that a login can only be attached to one account.
If you already have an iTunes Connect account for distributing another
media type besides apps (music, TV, movies, or books) or for
participating in the Volume Purchase Program, the same Apple ID cannot
be used to manage apps. When you enroll in the iOS Developer Program
or Mac Developer Program, you'll need to use a different Apple ID. (source)
So you will need to create a new login for yourself. I do this with clients by creating custom email address for each one. Say my client is Odyssey, I would create an Apple account "odyseey#mydomain.com" and have them add that account into their iTunesConnect.
Thanks to Vijayts in the comments: You can actually append +something to your email address to reuse the same one with a different login id (so same email, different login basically). So if my normal ID is firo#mydomain.com I can use firo+odyseey#mydomain.com.
This gives the client the most control, while allowing you to accomplish everything you need.
I'm not sure if this question already exists, since I'm not exactly sure what to search for.
So here's the deal:
I have an Apple Dev account linked to the email ash#ashmenon.com. I've worked on an app in the member center, and I've also got an iTunes Connect account connected to this same Apple ID.
Right now I'm working on an app (Super Marvel App) as part of a team (let's call it Team Marvel) My Apple ID has been added to that team, as an 'Admin'. So when I go into the member center, the MC asks me which organisation I want to choose (my own, or Team Marvel).
However, the agent for this team was unable to add my Apple ID in iTunes Connect, as it belongs to an existing dev account. So what we did was to add a plus-suffixed version of my email, in this case 'ash+marvel#ashmenon.com'.
Problem is, I'm the developer for the team, not the agent (he's non-tech), so any archiving, submission, validation, and exporting comes from my XCode. But when I try and submit/validate my archived app, it tells me that my organization does not have permission to submit this application. (not sure if this is important, but the name of the organisation it displays during this error is not the same as the name of the development team that I selected earlier in the submission process.
I tried adding the ash+marvel#ashmenon.com address as one of the Apple ID accounts in XCode, but it tells me 'Error Fetching Developer Info'. I presume this is because the account in question is not an actual Apple Dev account.
For now I've worked around the process by submitting via Application Loader, but it feels like I'm hacking the system somewhat.
QUESTION 1:
Is there a proper way of doing this that I'm missing out? Gut instinct tells me that this hack-esque workaround is going to bite me in the backend later on.
QUESTION 2:
Is the Team Marvel agent required to do all iTunes Connect submissions himself? This seems like a very counter-intuitive approach considering this is Apple we're talking about.
Any assistance is much appreciated. Stay awesome, you guys.
NOTE:
Names of applications and teams have been changed for privacy reasons, and because Marvel is infinitely cooler than anything else.
UPDATE: Do not use this approach any more. Apple has finally fixed iTunes Connect, Developer Center and Xcode to properly handle one Apple ID for multiple organizations. Add the same Apple ID to as many organizations in both systems as you need.
I believe there is finally a way to make this work while preserving your sanity in Xcode 6.3.2.
The main trick is to make sure that your iTunes Connect account and Member Center account Apple id's are the same for any particular organization. It looks like Xcode assumes that and tries to use the Member Center Apple ID to access iTunes Connect.
So, as mentioned in the question, make sure and use a "+folder" style of email address to avoid creating and managing a whole bunch of real email accounts. But here's the crucial part - add that "+folder" style account to Member Center (i.e. invite the "+folder" account) for that organization and remove your plain Apple ID if you were using it there.
I.e. don't use Member Center's ability to associate multiple organizations with one account. That will just confuse Xcode if you also need to access multiple iTunes Connect accounts. Use one "+folder" account for each organization you are working with and add that Apple ID to both iTunes Connect and Member Center.
As far as I know, that's the way it is. iTunes Connect is not linked to Member center, and unlike Member center, it cannot handle multiple accounts per email. I'm on the same boat as you. Always need to save an IPA file and submit from Application Loader. Wish we could select the proper iTunes Connect account