I finished working on one iPhone app, and my client wants to port it over to iPad.
Now I created another storyboard for the iPad UI in the same project, and have the iPad UI working and sharing some code with the iPhone code.
The project has one target, with devices supported as universal.
My question is: My client expects that I present him with two apps, one for iPhone and one for iPad, will this configuration work?
When I submit this to the app store, will it know to split it into two apps, or should I just create a separate project for iPad all together?
Thanks.
With your current configuration it will upload to the app store as one app, but for users logging in it will display the correct app depending on the device they use on the app store when they search for it.
So depending on if your clients wants two separate APK files or if they want two apps on the apps store:
If the client is requesting two separate apps you will have to split the project, unless there is an easier way that I am not aware of.
You can also explain to the client that with the current configuration the app will have a little plus icon on the app store to indicate that it is a universal app and will work on both devices, which will be determined by the device they use to download and open the app.
If they want to sell the app, again as far as my current knowledge allows, you will need two separate apps as you can not set different prices for it in the current configuration, this statement is under correction. Unless your client wants to sell both iPad and iPhone apps for the same price then you wont have an issue.
Hope this helps
No, it will not, because it's the same bundle ID, so in this case, in the App Store you'll have one universal application.
If you want to have two applications, you should create a new Xcode project that supports iPad only.
What you can do is to create different target, one for iphone and the other is for ipad. You can follow the answer on this question, it is quite good. Because you have 2 different target, you can have different bundle identifiers, specify different AppDelegate, but all the other code could be shared
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Is it possible to create an app that does not appear in the Home screen, and allows another app to grab its resources (sounds, images, etc)?
I want to create a lightweight app (app #1) and upload it to the app store. Then I would like to be able to direct users to download an add-on (app #2) if they want that contains more images and sounds. Then app #1 would read these resources from app #2.
I'm trying to avoid having my own server to serve these images, and just have the App Store handle this for me. I know I can do this on Android, and was wondering if it's possible in iOS as well.
Is it possible to create an app that does not appear in the Home
screen, and allows another app to grab its resources (sounds, images,
etc)?
Not only can you not create an app that's hidden from the user, you also can't access the resources of one app from another. Each app lives in its own sandbox and cannot read (or write) into the sandbox of another app.
I want to create a lightweight app (app #1) and upload it to the app
store. Then I would like to be able to direct users to download an
add-on (app #2) if they want that contains more images and sounds.
Then app #1 would read these resources from app #2.
The normal way to do something like that would be to host the resources you need on a server or just store them inside your app.
I'm trying to avoid having my own server to serve these images, and
just have the App Store handle this for me. I know I can do this on
Android, and was wondering if it's possible in iOS as well.
No, not possible.
If you are able to use the In-App Purchase system, then Apple will host this for you. From the docs, I'm not clear if this is iOS 6 only or is available for older versions (I haven't seen any reason it wouldn't work for older versions, but I haven't tried it).
Note that most iOS 6 specifics are under NDA, so please do not discuss them here until iOS 6 releases. This particular fact is public, however:
https://developer.apple.com/technologies/ios6/
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/in-app-purchase/index.html
https://itunesconnect.apple.com/docs/iTunesConnect_DeveloperGuide.pdf
No it's not possible. You have to setup an icon and it will be displayed on the iPhone springboard.
No it cannot, why do you need one?
Sadly No in IOS but in android this is possible.
There can exist an app without an icon. But it can still be managed or removed in "Manage Application" under settings.
This is required in scenarios, like say I want this app to alert user when he is going out of region, using GPS in the background. I do not want any icon nor any user interface.
I have created Map application for iPhone and I developed same Map application on iPad too by my client requirement. Now I have same Map app project but two .ipa files one for iPhone and another for iPad.
I have already put iPhone version on iTune and it showing status "waiting for review"
1>Now I want to put my iPad version app on iTune with the same project name. How this can be achieve?
2>What Setting should I do in plist file and with xib files?
If there is universal app iPhone/iPad then in app store we can see both iphone and iPad app having same project name...So in my case what steps should I follow. Plz suggest
You can't upload two binary versions of the same app under the same name.
You either have to make a universal app (meaning iPhone/iPad app in one app) or submit under another name.
Start reading this: http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/iPhone/Conceptual/iPhoneOSProgrammingGuide/AdvancedAppTricks/AdvancedAppTricks.html
You can submit multiple apps from the same Xcode Project by using multiple Targets, and editing the Bundle ID suffix of each Target so that each Target has a unique Bundle ID. You might also want to change the Product name for each Target in the Build settings so that your apps will have different bundle file names.
Note that, unless the iPad version is different enough (uses iPad only APIs for instance) from the iPhone version, it has been reported that Apple might reject a nearly identical iPhone/iPad pair of apps and request that you submit a single Universal build instead.
If you wanted your iPhone and iPad project to be in the same app, you should have built it that way.
However, if you did specifically want a separate iPhone and iPad app, then you should make the difference clear in the names of each app.
There are many companies who have both iPhone and iPad apps on the appstore. Generally, the iPhone app is just called 'appName' and the iPad version is usually called 'appName for iPad'.
Examples of this are:-
Skype and Skype for iPad
Ebay and Ebay for iPad
If you want the application to have the exact same name in iTunes Connect, you will have to make it a universal app.
You can cancel the "waiting for review" and submit your universal binary instead:
Can I reject a binary that has already been submitted for review?
Yes. You are permitted to reject your binary, to remove it from the
Apple review queue, when your app is in one of the following iTunes
Connect states:
Waiting For Review
In Review
To reject your binary, simply click the Reject Binary button. After
the binary has been rejected, you can then indicate you are ready to
submit another binary through Application Loader, by clicking on the
Ready to Upload Binary button.
Please note that if you reject a binary that is Waiting For Review or
In Review, your review time will be reset and you will start over from
the beginning once you submit a new binary.
iTunes Connect FAQ
However, if you absolutely need to have two seperate applications, you can create a new app in iTunes Connect and name it for example "[your app] for iPad" or "[your app] HD" or something similar like a lot of apps you see on the store.
Are there any particular reasons you aren't submitting a universal application ?
It would have been better if it was a universal app.
In itunes Connect you cant create/re-use apps-name,sku number,bundle-identifier. You could submit a universal app as update.
If you still want multiple apps, Then you will have to create multiple apps in itunes connect with different name, sku number and bundle-id,
But note one thing the name of the application installed in the device is what you give on xcode, not the one in itunes connect. So I guess you could only give that much similarity.
PS if create a app with details{apps-name,sku number,bundle-identifier} and you delete without publishing also, you cant reuse these again.
So tell client the best(may be only possible) solution is Universal app.
if you have the same application for both iphone and ipad, for iphone app name will be - [appliction name], for ipad it should be - [application name ] HD
This is a subtle question. I am planning to release an iOS app with two versions - one for iPhone and iPod Touch, and the other for iPad. The apps will be named, say, MyApp and MyApp HD. The app allows you to save files, and also to communicate with other users of the app via GameCenter.
I would like the iPad and iPhone versions to be able to interchange files, and also to communicate with each other via GameCenter. So, my question is, in iTunesConnect, should (and can I) assign both apps the same bundle ID (e.g. com.mycompany.myapp) or do I have to give them different bundle IDs (e.g. com.mycompany.myapp and com.mycompany.myapphd).
iOS and GameCenter experts, please advise!
Each app needs a different bundle ID. You can have a single bundle ID if you create a universal app, otherwise they'll need to have different ones and will appear as different apps in GameCenter.
Here's the answer I received from developer support:
Every app in the store is required to have an unique id, however, that id has common elements with other ids such as:
com.mycompany.myapp.ipad
com.mycompany.myapp.iphone
And regarding GameCenter: GameCenter has no support for sharing data between two apps. The only way for an iPad and iPhone app to share data is for there to be one universal app for both platforms.
I have two separate iPhone and iPad apps that I have now turned into a universal binary. I think I've done the hard part, but now I'm kinda stumped on how to submit that universal binary through iTunes connect in a way that users of the existing apps are prompted to upgrade. I know I could just submit this as an entirely new app and then pull the old stand-alone apps down, but I would lose the continuity of reports, reviews, and the prompting of the current users to upgrade....
Any tips?
I don't think you can, both your iPhone and iPad apps as have separate bundle identifiers on iTunes Connect. To be able to make users upgrade, and to keep your reviews and everything - you need to have a single bundle identifier.
What I can think of is - remove one of the apps and update the other one to the universal binary.
There has been a lot of talk around iPad-Apps / Approval / Store-related Questions. I've recently built an App which I'm just about to release / send to Apple for approval.
I'm thinking about developing a dedicated iPad-App as well.
Now, in order to not have two seperate Apps in the Store (one for the iPhone, one for the iPad) i want to create an universal-App for both platforms.
However, i couldn't figure out if it is possible to first send in my iPhone-only app and later publish an update that enables my app to run on both platforms.
Does anyone have an idea on that topic?
thanks in advance
sam
Yes, you can update an iPhone app to become a universal app.
Many apps are already doing that. Universal apps provide the better user experience, I think, as they reduce the number of "duplicates" in your iTunes library (and on your iPad).
Unfortunately, a great many developers are going the "two separate apps and make the iPad one really expensive" route instead, too.
The only downside to universal apps I can see is the increased size (all the iPad-only stuff that iPhone users do not need), which could be a factor for the more fancy applications. Does anyone know if iTunes is clever enough to strip this out when syncing?