I could not find any data on the documentation ,or on the net, about the descriptive caption of an app in the store .
I know i can add more words to the app name to describe it , but i don't understand, does Apple show on the device ONLY the first words before the : ?
i don't want to get the .... after the app name on the device because the name is too long..
I am trying to understand, if the words before : or - , is taken out on the device ,without getting the "..."
Thanks .
The descriptive caption and the app name shown in the device are different, and they are introduced in different places.
The app name is introduced in the Xcode project. You can see whether the complete app name will be shown by compiling your project and running it either in the simulator or device. If the ... appear, then you need to shorten the device app name.
The app descriptive caption, as you name it, is introduced in iTunes Connect and may be totally different from the device app name. It is only shown in iTunes and doesn't have anything to do with the app name shown in the device.
Sorry for the repetitive way of this response, but I have made all efforts so it is absolutely clear.
Finally, as an example, imagine your app name is The Best App in the World. So that is the name your app has, but it doesn't fit in the device! So the name you gave it in your Xcode project could perfectly be TBAITW, or BestApp, etc.
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Greetings,
My app name(the one that appears on the home screen) contains a special character, if i keep the name of the build(Appname.app) to be the same, it gives some sort of error. If I keep the name of the build without any special character everything works fine. Now we want to upload this app to appstore, I was just wondering if that could get my app rejected(keeping app name and build name different).
The App Store Review Guidelines state:
3.4 App names in iTunes Connect and as displayed on a device should be similar, so as not to cause confusion
"Should be similar" gives them a lot of leeway, and in fact I've had an app rejected where the names were (I thought) very similar. But, there's definitely no rule that says they must match exactly, and I'd guess you'll be in good shape if the only difference is a special character.
I have an application on the store that has two versions: for iPad and iPhone. I have noticed now that one of the apps have a misspelled name on the product name field on the target info (see picture).
I wonder what would happen if I correct that. Will I have problems changing the name there?
My concerns are:
iTC complains that the app is not the same as before
The corrected version is not seen anymore by iOS as an upgrade to the old release. So, users are unable to update and will be forced to buy it again to continue receiving updates
Do you guys know something about this?
thanks.
It shouldn't matter. What determines the uniqueness of your app is its App ID.
The Product Name is just the name displayed on the home screen.
So as long as you don't change the App ID, you should be fine.
i am created one app, when i upload app store, raised one doubt, Whether app name what i given while developing and app store app name should be same or different?
Regards
Srini
Apple's specific guideline as of this moment:
App names in iTunes Connect and as displayed on a device should be similar, so as not to cause confusion
The name you were using while you were developing it isn't important, necessarily -- you can completely change the name of the app before submitting.
It's just important that the name you used when you submitted the app for approval is similar to the name under the icon. From my experience, it's fine to do the following with the name under the icon:
Eliminate articles: "The Best Game" becomes "Best Game"
Use initials if the name is very long: "Greatest Calculator Built By Man" becomes "GCBBM"
The key, I suspect, is that when the user sees the app on the phone they'll be able to recognize it based on the name of the app they saw when they bought it.
Many apps have significantly different Bundle Display Names, product file names, and the Application Names in their iTunes descriptions. For instance, short display names under the icon, long app store names with spaces and special characters, medium length file/ipa names with no spaces or special characters. Etc.
However, if the names are misleadingly different, Apple may find a problem with accepting the app.
Does apple set the name depending on the submitted binary or can the name be set by the developer?
I changed my display name of my app but didnt want to recreate the project to change the old name. So my .app name is not the name I want to give it in the app store.
Reason for this is that during the development of my app someone submitted an app with the same name.
What should I do to solve this?
Since the app with name already exists there is no option then to choose new name.
Name given to app in code(bundle icon name ..) is one which the user see when he installs application to his iPhone from app store.
Name provided at the time of upload - for ex: blah application , if user searches blah in app store it will show your application.its like tag on which user searches the application.
hope this helps u.
You can change your iTunes App Name each time a new binary is submitted.
You can change your .app bundle name each time you upload a new binary (this is changed in the info.plist).
If the app is already in the App Store, you'll have to submit an update to change the app name(s).
In order to get the two to match, you need to upload a new compressed binary with an app name that at least resembles the iTunes App Name. Since you can only show a small amount of the name on the Springboard (app launch view on the device), a lot of people abbreviate or shorten the name.
As an example, say you have an app called "My Brand New App" in iTunes (since this name can be longer). Well, you'd wanna shorten that name or abbreviate it in the .app bundle to be something like "New App" or similar so the entire name would fit under the app icon without being truncated by the OS.
I am preparing a update for one of my apps.
I want to change the "product name" of this application in Xcode.
Will this give me any problems? I mean, will users that already have bought the application be able to download the update?
What exactly identifies the application for iTunes and the iPhone? The bundle identifier and version on info.plist?
thanks for any help.
You dont have to change the product name, although if you do it shouldn't matter either. Apps are identified by their bundle identifiers.
Likely what you really want to do is change the display name, which is the 11 characters that appear below your icon on the device. End users generally dont see the "product name" as that is used for the executable or '.app' file name. In which case users will only see it if they look for the resulting .ipa file on their harddrives after purchase form the store.
In your info.plist there is a field for "bundle display name". This is what determines the name displayed under your icon. You can just change it there in the info.plist, keeping in mind that anything over 11 characters gets truncated. You can change this without an issue from apple, although your users might be slightly confused if the name is drastically different.