I use Unity for my apps.
Browsing the App Store I saw some apps, such as "Google Chrome" that have the background above the icon in the store listing.
My question is, how do I put it for my apps? With Android it is easy, there is the image to insert on Play Console, but on Apple I have not found anything about it.
Should I enter it via Unity? Or how should I do?
There isn't an option for this on App Store Connect. Apple reaches out to developers for whom they promote on the store or whose apps are featured in Stories on the App Store.
Read over the page here about being featured on the App Store: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/getting-featured/
Side note: you'll notice that most apps with App Store banners are either (A) from large companies (like Google, as noted in your question) or (B) have been repeatedly featured on the App Store (like 1Password).
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I have already got an app available in App Store, and now making some more.
I want my new app to contain list of my other apps and to update it automatically when a new app comes out.
The 2nd I want to make is: on clicking such link I want not to open an AppStore app, but displaying that app info in the app, with ability to install it right from there (an example - Cut the Rope game).
Any ideas?
Solution
In your iTunes store app link you need to change the following text:
?ls=1&mt=8
to
?mt=8
This will open the app page as an iTunes preview page.
I am developing one application. In that I want to know some X application is available in AppStore or not programmatically. So please tell me how can I access and get the information from app store programmatically.
You could use for that purposes iTunes Search API. There are a lof of different filters by which you could find apps from iOS App Store and Mac App Store.
The Search API allows you to place search fields in your website to search for content within the iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore and Mac App Store. You can search for a variety of content; including apps, ebooks, movies, podcasts, music, music videos, audiobooks, and TV shows. You can also call an ID-based lookup request to create mappings between your content library and the digital catalog. Terms and conditions apply.
The Affiliate Program allows you to earn a commission on qualifying revenue generated by clicks initiated from your website or app into the iTunes Store, App Store, iBookstore, and Mac App Store. For more information on the Affiliate Program, see http://www.apple.com/itunes/affiliates.
I know that apple made the app store to, among other things, discourage web apps and control an unfair 30% cut of app transactions. Luckily for me, my rev comes from companies that are listed on the app, not users.
However, I want an app that does nothing but immediately open default browser and navigate to my webapp page. There is not even intermediary screen - See app icon/name on phone desktop, click, browser with webapp url launches.
Will this have problems getting approved by apple? If so what are the issues that I need to circumvent/overcome, and suggestions to do so? Thanks.
App Store Review Guidelines, 2.12:
Apps that are not very useful, are simply web sites bundled as apps, or do not provide any lasting entertainment value may be rejected
You can essentially do this using the apple-mobile-web-app-capable and apple-touch-icon attributes supported by Safari, and you'll save the $99 fee.
I think bookmark distribution inside the Facebook native iOS app is a great opportunity. However, based on the table at http://developers.facebook.com/docs/mobile/support/, it appears that option is only available to native iOS apps. Does anyone know if there are future plans to make web app bookmarks available inside the native app?
It's possible that the bookmark feature within the native iOS Facebook app violates Apple's policies regarding content on their platform, i.e. a web app bookmarked within the Facebook native app would represent a different user experience from the one that was cleared by Apple when they let the Facebook app onto the App Store.
If this is the case, there will be no bookmarks available in the native app unless Apple changes their policy, or grants Facebook a waiver.
Hi can any one suggest me it is possible or not and if possible then how?
The premise is that the user pays for the app via a website and they gets an access code to send to her guests via the website. The user downloads the free app from the iPhone store and enters the code. We're trying to figure out if we can enable each user to customize the app icon so it can appear with a different image or text on the user phone.
You can't. The application's icon (and the application's property list file) is in the application bundle, which cannot be modified.
This would also violate the iOS SDK Terms of Use and the iTunes Store Terms of Service; you cannot have a third-party receive payment to access a free iOS application.
You can customize the iOS icon of a web app clipping, and put the web site to be clipped behind your private paywall. Apple has been reported in the past to accept App store apps that generate URLs to customized clippable web apps. No idea if they currently or will continue to do so.
Icons on App store iOS apps for stock OS devices can only be changed by Apple approving an update.
Evan is right... This goes against so many terms of the iOS SDK.
One thing you could do (but I can't guarantee it will be accepted by Apple) is create a registration system on your website. Then have a login on the App as soon as it loads and check that the user has a valid account which has paid the subscription. You would have to handle all of your payment stuff on the webside though, meaning the app would be useless unless the user has already sorted that out. If you do this, on submission of your app make sure you provide Apple with a demo account username and password!
As for the icon, you can't change it once the App is submitted. It is bundled in with your app binary and there is also a logo included in iTunes connect. You can change them, but only by submitting a new binary.