App Store listing process/Apple app release process

Step 1: Have your own Apple developer account:

There are two types of development accounts: $99 (used to release the App Store, that is, the one used to put it on the Apple Store); $299 (enterprise credit certificate, which can be used without putting it on the appstore. Disadvantages: the certificate is easy to be blocked, and the monthly subscription for the certificate is 500 around yuan)

See the link for development application details:

Step 2: Create relevant certificates and configuration files:

1. Understand the difference between relevant certificates:

1. Log in to the developer account: https://developer.apple.com/account/overview.action

2. Enter the page, the left column is the relevant certificate column:

   • Certificates: Certificates, there are 4 commonly used certificate types: real machine debugging certificate, push debugging certificate, release certificate, push production certificate.
   • Identifiers: App ID, and the Bundle Identifier of the project project (that is, the bundle id), this id is the unique identifier of the app.
   • Devices: iOS devices need to include the UDID of the device before they can be installed during real machine debugging and AdHoc release.
   • Provisioning Profiles: Configuration files (description files). Different types of developer accounts include Development and AdHoc profiles. The difference is that individual and company developer accounts have profiles published to the App Store, while enterprise developer accounts are Profile published within the InHouse enterprise.

3. Create a certificate (Certificates):

4. Create the certificate file:

   1. Create a certificate request file (Mac computer must be used): After opening, select Keychain Access--Certificate Assistant--Request a certificate from a certification authority, as shown in the following figure:
   2. Fill in the certificate information and save the certificate.
      Note: User email address is required, ca email address is optional, common name appears by default and can be omitted;
      request is: select "Save to Disk" to save to the computer desktop, conveniently one.
   3. Click "Continue" and select the location to store the certificate to generate the certificate request file, as shown in the following figure:

5. Generate relevant certificates in the background:

6. Start creating the certificate:

   1. Start creating a certificate: Under the certificate column of the developer account, click the "Create Certificate" button in the upper right corner. Select "Publish to App Store" and fill in the relevant information, as shown in the figure below:
   2. There are two types of certificates, development certificate (Development, also known as debugging certificate) and release certificate (Production) to configure this certificate.
      Commonly used are the following:
      ① iOS App Development: real device debugging certificate.
      ② Apple Push Notification service SSL (Sandbox