I have app called "X". It's already approved in the app store. Now I want it to be called "X Pro" for some reasons. What should I edit in plist or ITC to change this name? I guess I should change bundle_name or bundle_display_name, but will it change app name in the App Store or it will change just name on the device?
Create new app in ITC is not an option coz app is already approved. Thanks!
If you have already created the new version in ITC, you can edit your apps name with the following steps:
In iTunes Connect, click your app and you will see versions at the bottom of the page, click "View Details" of your updated version (e.g. 1.1).
Then click "Edit" next to "Metadate and Upoads"
In the pop-up change the text in the field "App Name"
Direct quote from Apple's documentation:
You can change the name of your existing app only when submitting an
update of your app binary. If you submit an app name which is already
in use within the same geography in which your app is sold, you will
be prompted to enter another name.
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With the new updation of iTunesConnect Layout You can change the application name for Appstore by following steps.
Login with you Apple id at iTunesConnect and go in to the app that you want to change Appstore name.
Find the field at the left side called App Information like in the following screenshot:
Here you can find the editable filed called Name? that you need to change name what you want to use for next and just save it.
NOTE: You can only edit application name for the app store if your app is as an updated version or rejected state. Live app can not be able to change the name if you want to change name you must be create a new version of your live app.
The name of the app as it appears on the app store is entered when submitting a new or updated app binary. The app name is not actually configured inside the app binary itself. Hope that is clear. If you want to change the launcher name as it appears below the icon in iOS, then you can change that in your actual project configuration.
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In some countries my app name have a very bad reputation. So I decided to change app name.
If I follow this steps:
Change bundle ID
Change app name in info.plist
Upload new binary to app store connect
Change app name in app store connect
These steps are enough to change the app name? I have not forgotten anything?
If yes, will I be able to keep my current users? If yes, app name will be changed to new one on their device?
Don't change your app bundle ID.
You need 2 steps.
Step 1)Change app name in Xcode. Go to Targets->Build Settings->Product Name, change app display name here
Step 2)Change app in AppStore Connect. For this you need to create new version of your app(It's mandatory).
See this below screen shot
And finally change your app search keywords.
To keep your existing users but changing the app name as per your problem:
Change the display name in XCode, it will change the name on users' device
Change the name on App store connect, it will change the name on app store download and search screen
Possibly you might also want to change the logo (app icon) as well (change on app store as well as xcode, with latest xcode you don't need to change the icon on app store, changing on xcode only will work)
You can also think about changing the search keywords as well, but that depends.
And to this changes you'll obviously have to upload a new binary to app store.
For example, in iPhone device I want show application name as "App Name", but on AppStore "App Name: very nice app". How I can do it? Thanks!
You can set the name that appears in the app store in the App Name field on iTunes Connect. You can change the name whenever you upload a new version.
Device Whatever name you want to show on the device, you can put it inside Info.plist file as Bundle display name shown below,
AppStore Whatever name you want to show on AppStore, you can put it on itunesConnect in App Information section as shown,
I submitted my app to the apple app store and it is In Review.
And at the same time I requested for the TestFlight (beta app review).
It was successfull and now I can send invitations to the external users properly.
Now , my problem is , it shows the given name as the app name, when I submit to the app store correctly (In TestFlight). but after I download it, it show the the project name of my app.
Note : As an example, I create the xcode project and a I give the name as "MyAppOne". after that when I submit it to the app store, I give the app name as "MyAppTwo". so when it shows to user for download,app name displays as "MyAppTwo" (the given name while submission to the app store) and after users downloaded it, the app name shows as "MyAppOne" (which the name given when I create the xcode project)
Does anyone has an idea of this.
Do I have to resubmit the app to app store.
Hope your help with this. thanks in advance.
Go to Targets in Xcode
"Get Info" on your project's target
Search for "Product Name" under "Packaging". Change the value of what
you want the new program name to be.
you can refer this so post fore more details with screenshots and different ways!
Badly we cannot change the app name (
display name when user installed the app to iphone/ipad , not the name display in app store.
) if the app has approved already.
If we want to change it, we have to do it with the next version of the app, that means we have to submit the app again as another version.
so before we submit the next version of the app (which have already appreoved), we have to change the Bundle Display Name in info.plist like below.
can do it with changing the Bundle Name, but better to change Bundle Display Name
I submitted an app to the app store, but a few weeks later we decided to change the name of our app. Can we simply upload a new version of the app with changes to the metadata or do we need to go through the entire submission process again with Apple?
And by metadata, I'm basically referring to title, keywords, descriptions, and screenshots. All of these should match the new name.
You don't need to add a new app for that, but you need to submit a new build of existing app to make these changes. After adding a new version in iTunes connect, you can change the app name, keywords and other meta-data information there.
The answer is very broad and ... it depends.
If your app was called ABC and it was never published on the app store and you wanted to change the name to be completely different like XYZ then you need to change metadata to XYZ in itunesconnect and you also need to change the bundle display name in your info.plist file, repackage / archive the binary, re-upload to itunes to reflect the new name "XYZ". If you don't do that then the lords will reject your app.
If your app was "ABC - great app" and you decided to change the name to "ABC - super duper" app, as long as the installed name of the app was "ABC", you don't need to do anything other than just change name in itunesconnect.
I released an iOS app in the Apple App Store some weeks ago and now want to rename my app (I only want to add a space). I did not find an "edit name" button in iTunes Connect or a solution via google.
Can someone tell me how to rename the app? Is it enough to rename the app in Xcode to get the name to automatically updated with the next Apple approval? Or do I have to release a completely new app with the new title?
You will need to do an update to the app store. I would leave your targets and executables the same, just change the Bundle Display Name property in your info.plist to the name you want your app to show on the iphone screen. That should do the trick.
To change the displayed-name of your application as it will show on the iPhone screen ("springboard"),
edit your application's plist.
To change the displayed-name of your application in iTunes App-Store,
edit the details of the last revision you have uploaded to iTunes -
see here the answer from 0x7fffffff:
change app name in App Store