I am having around 10 live iPhone mobile applications in my account under same category (All Tamil devotional), and going to add more. All applications have In App purchase.
I want to create a master application through which user able to buy all my smaller apps. Is it possible? If so, is there any sample application in store?
There is no any sample app, specific to like this on App store but you can do even better at your end.
If all your apps are of same categories, then you could do a common app and implement categories according to the apps and upload it to the app store.
So user can download your common app only once and they'll get all your features, of course your in app purchase is distributed category wise in a common app.
Related
Imagine that we have bought other application, then transfer it to our accounts in application stores. Seems like it's possible for all 3 major smartphone platforms.
Imagine then that we bought app for great community, not for app features. Could we publish our own app as an update for bought app?
P.S.: we don't consider possible negative reaction from community, only tech and legal possibility. Also we don't consider that at least in Apple App Store publishing absolutely the same app with different bundle id counts like spamming.
For Google Play techincally it is possible to transfer a app from one account to another and yes you can publish other app as the update for the existing one as long as your app has the same package name as the existing one.
http://phandroid.com/2012/06/21/getting-acquired-how-to-transfer-ownership-of-your-android-app-or-game/
I have five iphone apps which have similar interface/functionality but for the use of five different business persons.They are doing same type of business. So the similarity in app. The app will be free to use by public.
Apple says
1. Apps which appear confusingly similar to an existing Apple product or advertising theme will be rejected
2. Developers "spamming" the App Store with many versions of similar apps will be removed from the iOS Developer Program.
3. Apps that look similar to apps bundled on the iPhone, including the App Store, iTunes Store, and iBookstore, will be rejected.
Is these guidelines applicable for apps under enterprise app deployment ? Is it possible publish apps under Ad-hoc mode and give link of the app through another website?
if your app is same interface functionality. just add a db to it for different people. No need to publish it more than once. and issue regarding duplication on apstore, they already have billions of apps so no care for what purpose your app is. just differentiate the database as your goal is manage users separately.
App Store
We have been developing an app for quite some time now for a company, we're at the moment planning for the application to be submitted to the app store within a few weeks.
Lets say that the application will have around 10000 users.
Now, the application is meant to be used by the company's own clients, as they will be the only ones able to log in on said app.
Is an app, such as this, supposed to be deployed on the app store or is it supposed to be deployed using an enterprise license?
Will this cause any complications?
Android Market
Lets also say that said company wants us to develop same said app but for Android, and publish it to the Android Market.
Will google have any problems with an app that will only have selected users?
This has long been a nailbiter for me and also; said company knows more or less NOTHING about smartphone development.
Thanks in advance.
Is an app, such as this, supposed to be deployed on the app store or is it supposed to be deployed using an enterprise license?
If it's for clients, app store. The enterprise program is for distributing apps to employees.
You'll have to provide the reviewers with a test account that they can log in with, but it should be ok on the app store from what you've said.
I'm going to develop an iPhone app, and want to make sure what I want to do is possible, and will be approved by Apple.
I'm going to create an app that will be fully branded on per submission basis. I want to have one app per customer (our customers are companies) with their logo, skin, etc.
This apps will be downloaded and installed by the employees of each one of our customers.
In other words, we would use the same base code (logic doesn't change), but will brand it for each customer. Something similar to what Magento (http://www.magentocommerce.com/product/mobile) does, they created an Ecommerce mobile app, and they brand it to their customer, but the app logic remains the same.
Would Apple consider this as duplicate apps? what is the best way to do it?
Thanks in advance.
I would have said "no problem" until I read:
This apps will be downloaded and
installed by the employees of each one
of our customers
It sounds like what your creating is (a set of) private applications, which are intended to be targeted only to specific users - i.e. employees of the company.
Apple has a separate "enterprise" development program geared towards this - allowing developers to deploy programs for their own company - and do it outside of the App Store.
If your program is very specific towards the companies, Apple may make you do this - rather than putting the Apps up for general consumption on the App store.
See here for more details:
http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/
Also:
If your application is really intended for a wider audience, and your could in-fact sell/distribute it a such - you could "skin" the app dynamically. For example, on first-time launch, when you "register" with some "service" - based upon your email address it could download the appropriate skinning graphics.
I can say I know of several companies built on this strategy. The code doesn't change one iota from app to app, only images and names change and they continue to bring in revenue.
EDIT: Note this is against apple policy and if they find out they have been known to ban accounts. They consider it spamming and prefer that you sell one app that provides in app purchases. Directly from their feedback on a particular group of app submissions:
Thank you for submitting your
Photography apps to the App Store.
We've completed the review of your
apps, however, we are unable to post
them to the App Store because they
provide the same feature set and
simply vary the content. Apps that
replicate functionality with different
content create clutter in the App
Store, hindering users' ability to
find apps, and do not comply with the
App Store Review Guidelines
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guidelines.html:
2.20 Developers 'spamming' the App Store with many versions of
similar apps will be removed from the
iOS Developer Program
You can now use Apple's Volume Purchase Program to release differently branded versions of the same app to different customers. The app can be free or paid. Each customer must have a DUNS number (Dun & Bradstreet). See the FAQ for details.
Can some one tell me if it is possible to submit two different iphone applications which has same Icon.png but have a different bundle name?
I am working on a travel guide app that is targeted for different cities. I want the users of different cities to download the app as per their cities. So I want to submit different apps for different cities(3 in my case).
User can also purchase any of these cities through in-app purchase. In that case the new purchased city would be unlocked in the app.
Here is my thing. I want the same icon for all the three apps. I can do away with different names for app store and bundle(home screen icon name).
But I am not sure if apple would approve/reject this app.
Can someone enhance this blur picture I have?
Would an altogether simpler solution not be to have the base app be free, with previews of the data; and then using in-app purchase to fill it out once they have downloaded the app, hence obviating the need for multiple applications?