I want to upload an app to AppStore and provide a link to selected users only. In other words, i want to send them the URL so they can download it, but i don't want other to be able to search for it on the App Store.
You can use App Store redeem codes without releasing an approved app for sale. Unless released, it will be invisible. However, redeem codes are limited in number, and you may not be able to update an app without releasing it.
Read about B2B or use adhoc builds for selected devices.
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I've an iOS app.
But I've several issues with my "Ready for Sale" app.
My app is distributed as custom app.
But users are unable to install the app with a "redemption code".
I tried to explain to them but very few have got it.
Others were getting discouraged with my custom app implementation. They're asking why it's not available in app store.
So I need to make available my app in app store. So that all user can download the app from the app store like any other app.
How can I make my custom app available in app store for download.
Distributing an app in the AppStore, is fairly simple but there are some conditions:
You have to be a a registered Apple Developer, which means you have to pay the USD 100 fee, you can join here
Your app must follow App Store guidelines: read them here
Since any apple user can download your app, you must find a way to allow only your users to use the app it, it could be a user/password or any way your find appropriate
Once an app has been marked for distribution as a custom app it cannot be made available as a general App Store app.
You can take your existing source code and change the bundle id, effectively making it a new app. You can then set up a new app record in App Store Connect for this new bundle id and submit it for review by Apple.
You should be aware that if the app targets a specific or limited audience then it may not be approved for the App Store.
I have purchased the Apple Developer Program and built an iOS app which works only for iPad.
Now I want to upload the same iOS app on iTunes Connect and will submit it for review, but when my app will go live, I don't want it to be visible for everyone. I want to show my app for some selected users.
I know that the Apple Developer Enterprise Program is available for this requirement but I don't want to purchase it.
Secondly, I like to know if it's possible to attach some password to an iOS app before downloading it from the App Store, so that only those users will download it who have a password.
There is currently no option for this, at least not in the way you want to do it.
You can distribute your app through TestFlight or a third-party ad hoc distribution service. Alternatively, you can implement a password system to your app, so only the selected users can view its content.
You can distribute your app through TestFlight. you can use internal and external users. you can input upto 2000 users in external.
We have an iOS (iPhone and iPad) B2B application that is already working with a specific name. We want to use the same name in another iOS app or convert B2B application into public one.
We have been searching in the internet and we have seen 2 alternatives, but we have some doubts with both:
1-Delete B2B Application.
If we delete this App, will we be able to use the App name for other App in other developer account?
Will the current users' installations of this App be deleted from their mobiles automatically once we delete the App from B2B?
2-Convert B2B to public.
By making some changes and uploading an update to iTunes Connect, can we release the App as normal to the public, moving from B2B?.
Firstly, if you delete the app, you will indeed be able to use the app name again. Secondly, the current users installations won't delete. They will have to manually delete the apps from their devices, as you cannot delete them remotely.
I am not 100% sure about converting an app from B2B to public, but I believe that if you upload it normally to iTunes Connect and the select the stores you'd like to sell it in, as well as the pricing and the submit it for review this will without a problem release it for sale in select stores.
Hope that helps,
Julian
I have a paid App in the App store and would like to add In-App purchases to it, progressively in time (that is, put one Product now, one product next month, etc) but I wonder:
Do I have to handle the case where the user sees the product but is not allowed to purchase it because it needs a newer version of the app or does Apple only show In-App purchases that are available for the installed version in the user's device?
Thank you all in advance.
You can always add in app purchases to the app and show different purchases to different users depending on their app version or other configurations.
I have developed multiple apps to the app store where the clients depending on the version of the apps have access to different purchases. Though you will have to handle somewhere on the code which purchases you want to show for an specific version.
No, that cannot happen. If you add a product to the app you need to add it somewhere where the user sees it and buys it. Users with an old version wont have that view.
I am submitting an app to the app store however I dont have a logo as it is taking longer than usual for my partner to get it up. We have however set a date for it to be submitted and i was wondering if any of you knew if it would be possible to submit an iphone app without a logo?
Thanks
Yes, you need an icon to submit the app for approval. Apple wants to see you icon before the app goes live, and you can not change it without submitting a new binary.