I am trying to use an app created as a test app from the main, production app (that has a company registered). However, the test app isn't using the company from the main app, and I just see the button to register a new company.
How does one test payments using the main company (or none at all)?
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I commissioned a dev on upwork to build my app for me and release it into play store and app store, the agreenent was that I own the code but the dev has been using his own signing keys,etc.
Do I need to create my own signing keys to put into the code? Or do I need to be doing this myself?
Should I create my own Play account? Can I get my dev to release it into my play account?
What else do I need to replace to make it mine so I dont have to rely on that dev to make changes down the road?
Anything else I should worry about?
In order to be owner of your own code and be completely independent for future releases with another developer you would need the following:
Your own account on the App Store / Play Store, so you can manage developer's access when they do the release of the app, but you keep the account and full admin access and they can't temper with the app itself once released.
Git (github, gitlab, bitbucket or any 3rd party provider) account and repository to which you give access for the developer, so he can commit code of the app. This preserves the history of his work + you can manage multiple people having access on the same codebase. Also already pushed code can't be lost on his local PC.
Other than that all accounts that are needed for 3rd party services also need to be created by your own account. An example would be Firebase console account or google account to access it's API for geolocation or any other 3rd party...
Regarding keys...all keys that are generated during the development time serve for that development period, and they can be changed later on when new developer comes onboard. The developer can share them with you, so you too have access to it all, but that's not something that can block your action on the account/application at any point when you break up the contract for any reason.
You should own your apple and google store account and signing key for every app released on the stores.
Of course you have to own the code but if you want to publish your app the code needs to be built and get signing and be uploaded on the stores.
You could make your developer in charge in building, uploading and getting feedback from apple or goolge store team or customers
The signing key do nothing changes in your code. it will be used only when build your app and devlier to the stores and somewhere else.
Is it possible to migrate an app from a business manager to another?
We develop an app that required business verification and we associate it with a sandbox business manager, instead of the real one.
Now we want to correct this error and associate the app with to real business manager, but there is an error because the app is owned by another business manager.
I saw that in the wrong business manager it is possibile to remove an app, but what will happens? Will the app stop to work? What's the right migration procedure to avoid service interruption?
I know that an account for full access of all features is required when submit an app for review.
Users of my app are in fact university teachers and students. Actually this app is just a third party one which I developed for iPhone users, for the reason that the original and official website of my university runs pretty bad and sometimes even fails on Safari. Obviously I don't have the access to the database to create a test account.
In addition, the auth server is only open for users inside my university (the IP address of the server is a virtual one for local network.) Even though I provide them with my own account, they will still not be able to login.
You can't. Apple will not review a login-required app if they can't log in to it.
Build a test server that interacts with the app exactly the same as the real client server except for being visible outside your clients secure network (and containing only a dummy data set, no actual private or proprietary data), create test accounts on that, test your app against that, then submit the app to Apple with a working test account on the test server.
I have an apple developer account using which I have developed an application for one of my clients. Now, the client also has a developer account. Is there anyway, I can create an app ID like com.client.* in the clients developer account and then upload an application's release version using an appID like com.mycompany.applicationname which is created in my developer account.
Or else, there is no option like that??
An app ID is a unique application identifier. Even the exact same source code, built with two different app ID's, would be considered two completely different applications.
In order for you to compile your client's application, you will need to get a copy of their profile using com.client.* and compile the application as com.client.appname.
That would be possible, (as far as I know, apple doesn't check the AppIDs if they are used anywhere yet outside of your program) but might get problems when submitting to the appstore and furthermore, you could not submit with his account, what he probably wants. Here's what we usually do:
1. Create a *. Provising profile for yourself for development purposese.
3. For push notifications, you should be able to create a DEV certfiicate with Appid com.client.appname in your developer program
4. Have your customer invite you into his Program and create the matching provising profile for appstore submission and push notification with this Appid.
You can be in multiple development programs (I'm currently in three different ones..)
I will create multiple sale versions of the same application with push notifications feature:
CoolApp (full version)
CoolApp Free (free, features limited
version)
CoolApp InApp (free version
upgradable to full via InApp
Purchase)
While registering for App ID in Apple Program Portal is possible to create "Bundle seed ID": "The Bundle Seed ID portion of your App ID can be utilized to share keychain access between multiple applications you build with a single App ID"
Is possible to create only one App ID, for example: "XDFGYE6TR4.com.company.coolapp" and use it for all three versions of CoolApp, with enabled push notifications and in app purchases?
No, this is not possible. The App ID is what controls each app's capability to share keychain access.
The key here is the "...between multiple applications you build with a single App ID" portion.
App ID is not the bundle. "com.company.coolapp" is the App ID and is what controls keychain access...as well as things like whether it can be push enabled, etc.
Unfortunately what you want, it seems, is "using a wildcard App ID".
This cannot be done if you want to use push and in-app purchase.
Remember, though...Apple has frowned on having both a "Lite" version as well as an "in-app" updatable version. One or the other. Recently they have been pushing the "in-app" updatable...it makes them more money.