Does Apple reject the app if Bundle Display Name and iTunes app name are not identical?
ex : My app name is ABC, iTunes doesn't let me use it in App Store as it's already taken by someone else. So, I'm going to change it as ABC - My country name.
Does it make a confusion to the user? And will my app get rejected by Apple?
Always maintain app names in iTunes Connect and as displayed on a device should be similar, so as not to cause confusion. Please refer 3.4 from apple review guide. Apple Review Guide
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I am trying to create my app on iTunes Connect, so I can add my game center features. When I reach the screen where I fill in the default language, app name, sku number, and bundle id, I receive an error message:
The App Name you entered has already been used.
Does this mean someone else has used this app id? I couldn't find the an app with this name on the iTunes Store anywhere.
I just started creating the app on iTunes Connect, so I definitely didn't use it.
Is there some way to verify that this is not a bug, and someone else has chosen the name?
If you created an entry for the first App in iTunesConnect, even if it was never submitted or uploaded, then that name is locked to that iTunesConnect App permanently. That means if another user have choose same name already but still not upload and release app than you will not able to find on itunes store.
See Apple app store tips
The name you select for your app is perhaps one of the most important aspects to marketing your app and can distinguish your app on the App Store.
If you submit an app name which is already in use within the same geography in which your app is sold, you will be prompted to enter another name.
You can find more info in iTunesConnect Developer's guide
You can submit an app with the same name if you change the default language (for example, changing English (US) to English (Canada).
replace Runner with your app name
Apple also accepts the appeal on it only If you have trademark rights of given name.
The app name you entered is already being used. If you have trademark rights to this name and would like it released for your use, submit a claim.
I'm trying to upload an app to the app store and getting the following error (which is easy enough to understand):
The App Name you have entered has already been used
The app is not on the iTunes. Is there any way to figure out who owns the app or what bundle id it is associated with?
It's means the app name is already registered by another developer. If that developer already releases the app then you can find the app by searching the app name in iTunes store.
App names can be reserved for 180 days (6 months) as detailed here: iTunes Connect Developer Guide
After creating your app and it is in the state Prepare For Upload or
Waiting For Upload, you have 180 days (6 months) from your creation
date in iTunes Connect to deliver a binary to Apple. If you do not
deliver a binary before the 180-day deadline, your app is deleted
from iTunes Connect. As a result of this deletion, your app name can
be used by another developer and you cannot reuse the app name, SKU
or bundle ID. See “Deleting an App” to learn more about the
ramifications of App Delete.
This may be why the app is not in the store. There's no official way to find out who owns that name, or what the bundle ID is. That is all private to the developer's development account.
you can use the same bundle id..you just have to put different name in the app store.
It is not possible to find out the bundle id associated with it..since it might be possible it has not released on the app store
I rather stupidly removed an app on iTunes Connect, thinking I could re-create it with the same name.
No you can't do this!
So, when creating the app in iTunes Connect, on the first screen, can I call the app: "Xxxxxx for iPhone"
.. and this will be the name in the store (?). Then could I make the app just show up as Xxxxxx on the actual device when people install it?
Yes, if you type "XXXX for iPhone" in iTunes Connect, that is the name of your app that will show up in the App Store. While il Malvagio Dottor Prosciutto is mostly correct about not being able to use iPhone or iPad in your app name, Apple does allow you to use it if your app name ends with "for iPhone" or "for iPad". That is fine while "iPad Drawing" or anything of the likes is not good.
The name that appears under your app on the home screen of iOS devices is called the bundle display name. This does not have to be exactly the same as the iTunes Connect name, and you can set this up and change it when making your app (i.e. it is not linked to iTunes Connect, it is changeable). Apple requires it to be similar to the app name on iTunes Connect as obviously the users won't know what the app is if it has a different name.
First you can't use iPhone, iPad or any other copyright word in your app name: 99% they'll reject your app! (I say 99%, 'cause review process sometime ends with unpredictable results...). I mean in the name that Users will see both on App Store and on Springboard (They can be different).
The name in App Store is configured in iTunesConnect site, while the app name on device is taken from the bundle infos you set with XCode.
In my application I need to have one link which is directly conncect to the app store and it is the link of my application on iTunes App Store. Can anyone please let me know how to do it?
When you add the app to iTunes Connect, it gets an Apple ID (a 9 or 10 digit number). You can use a URL of the form http://itunes.apple.com/app/id<your_id> to link to your app in the store, for example http://itunes.apple.com/app/id417817520 if your Apple ID was 417817520.
The link will only work after the app has been approved of course.
You can now use Short Links:
appstore.com/exampleappname
Just strip all white space from the app name. More in this Apple tech note:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/qa/qa1633/_index.html
We can generate the app link before the application being submitted to iTunes app store for review.
Here you need to follow the below mentioned steps.
(1) First login to your app store developer account and go to iTunes Connect.
(2) Then go to the option "Manage Your Applications".
(3) Now create new application here and add meta data and all the information about the application like Description, Category, Keywords, Price, etc. which can be edited later. Here you just remaining with the binary submission which you can do after adding the app store link.
(4) After creating your application here from the "Manage Your Application" section, you will get the Application listed. Now you select the app and then in the top menu click on More -> View on App Store.
(5) Now copy the link opened in the browser and that is the link of your application.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/appname/id123456789?ls=1&mt=8
- Where appname = name of the application
- id123456789 = it will be the ID of your App
These are the simplest steps to create APP store link before the app being submitted to app store actually.
Let me know if you need more help.
You can just use http://itunes.com/apps/[your company name]/[your app name].
Both the company name and the app name are without spaces and lowercase.
Is there anyway to change the app name in iTunes connect. It took me 3 or 4 goes to try and upload my app the first time and somehow I made a bit of a mess of it.
iTunes Connect is now telling that the app name has been used and cannot be reused. Is there anyway around this ?
The actual app name that appears on the device is correct, I edited this on the info.plist.
Regards,
Stephen
As of right now, no. You can change the App's name when you submit an update, or simply create a new App in iTunes connect. You might want to submit a feature request to Apple at http://bugreport.apple.com.
From the Deleting an App section of Apple's iTunes Connect Guide guide:
If you delete your app, you cannot reuse your SKU or app
name in the same account again, and you cannot restore the app you
have deleted. If you have uploaded a binary or set up this app for the
iAd network, your Bundle ID cannot be reused.
Next they mention this:
If you are selling your app to another developer for their own
distribution and need to remove it from your iTunes Connect account,
we recommend that you use App Delete so that the app’s name will be
freed for their use.
So if you are more attached to your app name than your developer account you could start a new one and get the name back.
In Build and Analyze 93 Marco discusses some reasons and logistics of having 2 developer accounts. As I remember: Apple does not allow 2 accounts with one tax ID but if you have your personal and an LLC for instance you'll be able to setup multiple.
If your application is in Waiting for review mode then you can change your app name inside Viewdetails->Metadata and Uploads->app name
If your application is in live mode then you need to submit new version with new name.
It looks like you can edit it when in an 'editable state', but I have not tried it yet.
http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/10_ManagingYourApplications/ManagingYourApplications.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/