Have recently started using Flutter and so can deploy apps to Google Play as well as to Apples App Store. When I want to put an app out for internal test though I am finding some difficulties. With The App Store I can make internal tests for up to 25 users immediately (it doesn't have to be reviewed). However Google Play's Internal test channel still requires a review (which has taken 6 days recently). Is there any offering in Google Play that I can use deploy quicker to my Android users?
Thanks for any advice
Your first upload must be approved. After that they are automatic.
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I have an application published in the Appstore and Google Play Store. Which one should I use for this?
Well, while the in_app_purchase package is the official package from flutter, you have to write a complete backend that communicates with the Google Play server and the Apple Appstore server to verify your subscriptions and consumables/non-consumables what is really important to protect your app from fraud.
However RevenueCat's servers handle that validation process for you.
I personally always prefer using official packages, but if your app is generating lower revenue/has not so much users/... its probably worth it to use RevenueCat's Plugin in the beginning as you save a lot of time and it is free to use up to a monthly revenue of 10,000$
Later if your app is generating higher revenue you can consider writing your own backend.
This is the 3rd time I am facing this issue without any fault of mine and every time it happens I lose revenue. I would like to know if there is any better alternative to admob in flutter which google play will accept as I am tired of this limit being imposed for which I have to wait several weeks to recover. Developers spend several months of time and energy to make great apps and to make some money and this is really sad.
Every time I build a newer app version, I even comment all my ad-related code before running it on the emulator, and then once it is ready, uncomment it and release
Does this happen to every developer out there?
Any alternative to admob in flutter acceptable by google play?
Many of the developers out here are facing this issue.
You can use the following services which are considered as competitive to Google AdMobs.
Amazon Publisher Services : Newest options available to mobile app developers. Since it is a newbie (not much popular among developers) it is not as easy to use as AdMob, but it's a very potent competitive option.
Facebook Audience Network : A true rivalry to Google AdMob and considered it as a replacement to Google AdMob. Mostly loved by business peoples and market analyst to monetize their services.
Now ball is in your court and you need to take the call. If you still want to stick to the Google services then please try Admob Frequency Capping to limit the ads served to your individual user.
I got an offer to develop a simple iPhone app that would call a web service with user's credentials. An user would get the list of files that can be downloaded (.pdfs) and could then download the wanted file. Simple enough...
Now, I've had bad experience with publishing on AppStore. Basically, they refused one app because according to them our RSS reader for a online newspaper wasn't in accordance with their guidelines. They said that the application was a simple web aggregator which I won't argue now. Not now :)
So, back to the new app problem :)
I would like to know what are the options for distributing the new app. The client has a web page and wants to give it's visitor this app to get that data from their phones too.
Technically, the app doesn't have to be a native app. It can be a phoneGap solution too since it's quite simple regarding the functionality. Sincerely, I am afraid that there is no way that Apple will allow this app to be uploaded to their store being native, phoneGap...
P.S.
I would also like to know is there a way to distribute an "internal" (not publicly available) iPhone app? For example, a company needs an internal tool for their 500 employees, but can't afford to go through the process of conecting each device and compiling the app for each device individually...
If you want to sell customized apps to companies, you should consider the B2B program.
if you are in an enterprise that wants to deploy apps inside your company, the Enterprise Developer Program is a good choice.
For internal:
100 test devices.
alot of iphones with the distribution profile after the 100 devices
with the enterprise:
https://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/
I have an iOS app that uses the Google Docs List API to access and download spreadsheet data. I've done a basic test with upgrading my Google Docs account to Google Drive, and everything still seems to be working okay.
Based on the answer for this question Google Document List API and Google Drive SDK it looks like things will continue to work for awhile.
Are there any steps that mobile devs should be taking now to move to the new API? My main concern is that most of the developer docs so far are related to web apps and not mobile apps so requirements like registering for the chrome web store don't seem to fit. For example:
"Warning: Apps will not have any API access to files unless the app has been installed in Chrome Web Store. To test an app during development, you must first create a listing and install it."
Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated.
Check this answer for the rationale behind the Chrome Web Store installation: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10476737/186674
Also, we are considering removing the installation requirement for the development and testing phase, we should have some updates soon.
iOS apps using the Documents List API should now update to using the Google Drive API and the newer Google APIs Client Library for Objective-C.
The new API and library are quite a bit easier to use and more efficient than are the older GData alternatives.
Three questions for iPhone developers using Google Analytics within their apps for tracking use of their apps:
Will using Google Analytics cause us to be in breach of the terms and conditions of the Apple SDK 4 for developers?
If the answer to #1 is YES, then what are we -- as iPhone developers -- allowed to use to track usage of our apps?
Has anyone who is using the iPhone SDK 4 built their apps that included the Google Analytics library and found it not to work? I'm being told by my developer that it doesn't work when you build with a Base SDK set to iPhone Device 4.0 and and an iPhone OS Deployment Target set to iPhone OS 3.0.
Thanks in advance!
Answers to your questions:
Yes, with the current API and data collection it looks like it is not compliant with the terms of the SDK. I am using both Flurry and Google in my apps because they offer different feature sets that I need. While Flurry has been very vocal that they are working with Apple to resolve the terms of the SDK, Google hasn't said a peep. So, I'm nervous about using Google but not Flurry, because I think Flurry will change their data gathering if Apple presses hard enough. In any event, I have made sure that I can rip out either analytics service quickly if Apple rejects my app.
My understanding is that it's fine to collect your own device data, as long as you don't report it to others. You especially don't want to share any data that would hint at new devices. That's what got Flurry in trouble. Just remember that you are under NDA with Apple, so anything not publicly announced is between you and Apple. There are also rules about what you do with Device IDs, so make sure you understand those as well.
I am using Google analytics on iOS 4, with deployment target set to 3.0. While I no longer have a device to test against 3.0, it is deployed on the AppStore and seems to be working. (No crash reports)
Louie, I encourage you to take a look at Localytics, our app analytics service. Our service is real-time, we don't sell data to third parties and we release the source code to our libraries.
We also have an updated library that works better with the multitasking or fast-user switching in iOS 4: http://www.localytics.com/blog/
Check out www.flurry.com - they have an awesome service!
They allow you to add "events" so you know not only how many times the apps been downloaded, opened, removed... but you know what buttons and areas they are navigating to once the app is open.
If your app uses core location, you can even see where the users are on a map. Very cool!
Good luck my friend!