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Publishing an Mobile App

This is Not a Step by Step guide, rather a helpful set of tips that will save you time through the process of publishing an app.

PlayStore Android

Now that you have your App ready for distribution follow these steps to publish the app to Apple/Play store:

Before start make sure you have:

  • Signed APK
  • Google Developer Account, (if you don't have one ask in your team for help)
  • A set of Assets (banner image, icon, at least 2 screenshots of the application)
  • Group of testers with goggle's account (for alpha/beta release)
  • Create the Application in Google Play Console

Assets

Screenshot

Take 2 screenshots of the app while running on Emulator, then upload those to screenshot panel in the form step.

High-res icon

  • 32-bit PNG (with alpha)
  • Dimensions: 512px by 512px
  • Maximum file size: 1024KB

Feature graphic (Banner image)

  • JPEG or 24-bit PNG (no alpha)
  • Dimensions: 1024px by 500px

Testers

log in Google Play Console go to Settings > Manage testers > then create list of testers and add their emails to the list

Publishing

Store listing
  • Complete the form with all the required fields, you will need to include the required images here.
Content Rating
  • Complete the Content Rating Review
Others
  • Manage Production Releases: you can create Alpha, Beta or Production Releases, select your release and upload a valid signed APK
  • Set a group of countries where the app will be available.

TIP

if you miss anything in the process of publishing the app, you will find an alert icon in the left menu pointing to root of the issue.

Resources

IOS APPLE STORE

Before start make sure which distribution process you want to run:

Now that you know which process to Run, continue with the steps for exporting the project with xcode

Important Note

Make sure you have the right Provisioning Profile when signing the app in your xcode (Ask your team for credentials)

Now that you have exported your app via xcode you can upload it to iTunes Connect via Application Loader

Once you have uploaded your .ipa with Application Loader follow next steps

Step 1: Configure Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles *

  • Go to https://developer.apple.com/
  • Log in as White Prompt Member (Ask your team for credentials)
  • Select Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles
  • Select > Provisioning Profiles from left Menu panel
  • from Right Menu Panel Create new Provisioning Profile
  • Select what type of distribution you need and continue the wizard steps
Manage User Devices (AD HOC)
  • Select > Devices from left Menu panel
  • Register User's Device (These are the users that will be testing the app)

Step 2: Create an IOs App in the Apple Store for AD HOC or public distribution

If you don't have these accounts ask in your team for support.

Required Assets

After completing the form you can send your app for revision

use the iTunesConnect dashboard to manage and configure your distribution.

Step 3: Distribute an IOs App to testers using TestFlight

Test Flight is the preferred method. An alternative would be [[Distribute an IOs App to testers using AdHoc Distribution]]

  • Get the email names and email addresses of the testers
  • Open https://itunesconnect.apple.com/login
  • If you don’t have an account ask the Administrator to [[Create a Development account on Itunes Connect]]
  • Open My Apps
  • Go to Test Flight
  • Create new Group
  • Add testers (all the testers will need to download test flight app for testing)
Manage Compilations

You can manage your compilations from iTunesConnect > TestFlight > Compilations

  • Add a group of testers to the compilation
  • Remove current compilation (only if you need)

The process of publishing your app to apple store will take a couple days depending on what revions you had from the Apple Revision Team