I've tried this: ™, I've tried this: ™ and I've tried this: ™. Each and every time, they'll show up on the preview and on iTunes as the TM sign. But on the iPhone, it shows up in plain text. How do i do it?
Type it in directly instead of as an HTML entity. On a Mac, hit the keys Option+2 (or just copy it: ™).
I don't think you're supposed to be able to include those characters in your app name, but since it isn't working anyway, I suggest you don't.
Have you tried just typing the actual character into the name in iTunes Connect? (™) That might work. ( iTunes Connect: App name with special characters (german 'umlaute') )
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My application used to work just fine. When I changed the Product name to non-USA characters 2 very strange problems appeared:
When I touch a UITextField the application crashes.
The application cannot play sound that is saved to disk.
The issue (1) has been mentioned before but I cannot understand why it happens and how to solve it. Check out last comment: UITextField causes crash in iOS 5, works fine in iOS 4
If I go back to English everything will be fine. But I need an application name with non USA characters.
I don't know where you have changed Your product name. As per my knowledge you have to change the value of key 'Bundle name' in '<>-Info.plist' file.
I couldn't find any specific rules about the character set allowed in the Product Name, but I would keep it in ASCII just to be safe, and perform any customizations to the name using Bundle Display Name (and/or Bundle Name) in your Info.plist file. This would let you have a different application name for different user languages (I'm assuming you want localized app name(s)).
As to what is actually causing your app to crash, it could be that bundle paths are mangled because you have non-ASCII characters in the product name, but I don't have proof of that. Try the suggestion above and see if it works for you.
I would like to use a special character in the name of my app (é to be precise). When using the name for the Xcode project, strange things happen. So I thought I could name the project something else, without the special character. The real name though should still appear on the iPhone, in iTunes and in the App Store. So my question is: Is it enough to change the Bundle display name property? As far as I know, the App Store name can be set when the app is sent to Apple, is this correct?
I would appreciate some help, Fabian
The Bundle display name is what actually shows up on user's devices.
Yes, it can be CLOSE TO the "official" app name.
It does not have to be absolutely identical, so you don't have to panic about accents, etc.
(If it is very different, Apple will reject it.)
For example, it's normal to have reasonable abbreviations, and there would be no problem if you had for example accents in one and not the other.
I had the same problem because I wanted to add a ™ symbol after my app name. When you're putting in your Application Name in iTunes Connect, it accepts special characters. To do one, with your cursor in the text box on the web page, select Edit -> Special Characters... and select your character.
I see with some apps like Toodledo they use checkmarks for their revision history. How can you show/use special characters in an App Store product description? Does it allow HTML or do you just have to use ascii character codes?
Any tips/tricks for better presentation of our app's product information?
Thank you.
I think Apple just made the rule stricter on the App Store. I have been using special characters in my metadatas for a very long time but got a bad surprise today when trying to submit a new version:
Got this error message on iTunes Connect:
What's New In This Version must not contain the following characters: ★, ❤
Simply enter the characters using the character table in OS X.
To show it, go to OS X System Preferences -> International and select "Show Input Sources in Menu Bar". You should get a flag symbol next to the clock in the menu bar. Clicking on it results in a menu where you can open the character table, in which you can select and paste pretty much any character.
I am the author of the Toodledo app. Here is how I did it. I found the character I wanted on the internet by searching for "unicode symbols". I found it on wikipedia
I then copy and pasted the checkmark ✓ into my app description. And every time I need to make a new checkmark, I go and copy and paste it again since I don't know how to type it. There are lots of interesting symbols to choose from. I also use a star★
UnicodeChecker is an excellent Mac app that contains a database of over 100,000 characters defined in Unicode. You can search for characters by their assigned English names. For example, search for "check" to find several kinds of checkmark characters. Once found, you can copy a character and paste into your description.
UnicodeChecker is free of cost.
What gives? I've tried multiple browsers, using safari on a mac.... the description text will NOT take any returns / line feeds, they just get stripped out. It doesn't matter if you cut/paste the description in the description form box, or write your own, everything gets stripped of line feeds and it ends up looking like a wall of text.
Has anyone seen this?? Is this normal? I don't want a description to hit the store like that...
It looks this way on iTunes Connect but the formatting is respected on the AppStore.
Hit the 'Edit' tab next to Metadata to edit the listing.
I discovered I probably should rename my app. What characters are allowed in the name? I have searched for the list of restricted characters but have found none.
A second question. Apparently the simulator won't allow a slash in the name. Any workarounds (assuming / is allowed)?
You can keep your product name simple (not sure about the the exact rules - I stick with alphanumeric characters), but put additional characters (like '/') in the Bundle Display Name key of your Info.plist file. The name of the built file on disk will be your product name (set by the Bundle Name key), but the iPhone will show the Bundle Display Name value.
I ran into a similar problem a while back with the + character - I couldn't sign any apps with the character in the bundle name. So, I changed the name from Xxx+ to XxxPlus and set the Bundle Display Name to Xxx+. Looked like I wanted it to in the GUI and the signing worked fine.
/ is allowed, see attached scree cap .. alt text http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/5462/slashs.jpg