App Store review is divided into 7 steps:
1. Install the auxiliary software Appuploader for iOS
2. Apply for an iOS release certificate (p12)
3. Apply for an iOS release description file (mobileprovision)
4. Package ipa
5. Upload ipa to iTunes Connect
6. Install TestFlight to Apple mobile phone for testing
7. Set APP information and submit it for review
We have done the first four cloths before, see this blog for details: Use Appuploader to apply for the certificate and description file required for IOS development on the window, we mainly look at the next few steps.
For steps 5-7, please refer to: APICloud Development Documentation: iOS Application Submission AppStore Guide
1. Upload ipa to App Store
1. Log in to iTunes Connect before uploading ipa, click My APP to create an APP
https://itunesconnect.apple.com/login, which is actually the current app store connect
2. Enter and click the + sign in the upper left corner to select a new APP, select the platform iOS,
Application name: the name of the APP
Language: The language of the APP, Chinese or English.
Package ID: (application id, appid, package name, which must be consistent with those used in the certificate application)
sku: Can’t write in Chinese, just make up a random one in pinyin, so it’s easy to recognize. If the app is called Taobao, just enter taobao.
User Access: Select Full Access
To create an APP, go to the next step to upload the IPA file first, and other relevant information does not need to be filled in temporarily
3. Before uploading ipa, you need to configure a dedicated password for uploading
APP-specific password app-specific password is a password specially used to upload ipa files, and it is a security mechanism of Apple! Now that the Apple developer account has enabled two-factor authentication, this password is required when submitting the ipa file! Its features:
(1) Will not fail
(2) Can generate multiple (forgot to re-apply)
(3) Different APPs are available on the shelves (no need to generate repeatedly)
Here are the build steps:
(1) First open the apple id management center:: manage your Apple ID, log in to the Apple developer account
(2) After logging in, find the security item, and click to generate a special password. Enter the password label casually, 123, app, etc. are fine.
(3) Click Create to generate (note that the password label is not a special password, but a string of passwords generated by the Apple system). The special password is the following password, copy this password, and open Appuploader
If it is Appuploader software to upload ipa (Appuploader software can help directly apply for iOS certificate and upload ipa on Windows computer)
4. Open the AU software and click on the upper right corner (the arrow in the figure below)
Enter the settings, copy the upload special password, and check the save password at the same time, click Save to save, and then go back and submit the ipa upload to upload normally.
5. Select the newly packaged ipa package
Appuploader will automatically upload your IPA. If the package is large, it will take a while to upload. When the following prompt appears, the upload is successful.
If the progress bar is red, it means that the upload failed. Find a solution according to the prompt.
Common error solutions: Upload ipa common error solutions
6. After the upload is successful, go to the background to view the uploaded version
Log in to iTunes Connect https://itunesconnect.apple.com/login to view the uploaded ipa in the background
2. Set up APP information and submit it for review
1. After uploading and testing the ipa, configure the background information of the App Store!
In the App Store item, first select the first APP information, and you need to set two places.
(1) Privacy Policy URL: You can directly fill in the link to our official website http://blog.applicationloader.net/blog/zh/3721.html or your own website!
You can also refer to this tutorial to make a formal privacy policy link: Privacy Policy Link Template Tutorial
Subtitle: to write or not to write
Category: Choose according to your APP type.
Note: The main type is required, you must choose one
2. Then select the second price and sales range on the left
Price schedule: Free apps are set to free, and paid apps are set according to the situation.
Sales scope: If it is only on the shelves in China, choose China, or you can choose all regions. The impact is not big, and the storage is set.
3. Select the third item on the left to submit and enter
This page needs to set several pieces of information, step by step.
First set the APP screenshot
Open the app installed during the real device test, and take a screenshot of the app page you want to display (you can upload up to 10 pictures, usually three or four screenshots are enough)!
- 6.5 inches (required) is a screenshot of the x-series iPhone (iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, you can choose a screenshot), the size is 1242*2688, the size of the small screen x mobile phone screenshot is as follows If there is a difference, use ps to adjust the size before uploading!
If you don’t have an Apple mobile phone, please see the tutorial below p-picture upload: If you don’t have an iPhone, make screenshots of iPhone series mobile phones through ps
- 5.5 inches (required) is not a screenshot of Liu Haiping's iPhone (iPhone5, 6, 7, 8 models), the size is 1242*2208, if there is any difference in size, use ps to adjust the size and upload it!
- 12.9-inch ipad screenshots (if the app does not support ipad, no need to upload!), the size of the second and third generations are both 2048 * 2732!
App preview means video, you don't need to upload it.
4. Pull down and set the slogan, description and keywords of the app
- Propaganda text: A one-sentence introduction to the APP (if you don’t know how to write it, go to the App Store to search for the app reference of your peers)
- Description: Detailed introduction of APP
- Keyword: Search for the keywords of your app, you can set multiple keywords, and separate multiple keywords with commas in English
- Technical support website: It can be set as a company website or a personal website, or directly set up our official website without a website http://www.applicationloader.net
5. Click the + sign next to the build version to select the previously uploaded version
If there is no + sign, please see the following tutorial to check the problem: AU uploads ipa successfully but there is no build version problem in the background
If you have selected the version before, you need to select the newly uploaded package, move the mouse to (the red circle in the figure below), click the red delete button, and click the + sign again to select the version.
6. The App Store icon will appear automatically if you choose the ipa build version, no need to set it!
Copyright is set according to the format, you can refer to the format to write. © +APP name or company name such as © Juhui Home
The version is the version number displayed after the setting is put on the shelf, and it does not need to be consistent with the ipa version number you uploaded. For example, the uploaded ipa version is 2.1.0, and the version can also be set to 1.0
Then click the edit button of the classification to enter the next step of setting
7. The grading option can be selected according to your application situation.
8. If the app has a login function, you must provide an account to Apple for review and testing. If the app does not log in, remove the tick
Fill in the contact information, pay attention to add +86 in front of the phone format and then write the mobile phone number.
9. All information is set in this way, stored, click submit for review, and go to the next step.
10. The information that appears here depends on the type of app, and there are different options. Choose according to your own app situation
Usually there are 3 options
- Export compliance information: generally select no
- Content copyright: generally choose no
- Advertisement identifier: If the APP has advertisements, choose Yes, if not, choose No
Then submit it, show it as waiting for review, wait patiently for Apple to review it, and the result will be available within 1 to 2 days after the initial submission.
11. Submit for review and return to my APP to view, it will prompt that it is waiting for review
The review sometimes takes a day or two quickly, or takes a few days. Always log in to check the review status, or read the email reminder.
If it becomes available for sale, congratulations ~ the listing is successful!
12. Handling of follow-up issues after listing review
When Apple returns the review result, if it is available for sale, it means that it has been successfully put on the shelf, and the app that has just been put on the shelf will be synchronized to the App Store within 48 hours. If you can’t search for it temporarily, wait patiently!
I did not fill in some of the above information completely. When submitting for review, an error message was given, just fill in as required.