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.
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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.
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
I have posted 2 apps on the App Store that are only for the iPad.
I now want to post the iPhone versions for the same apps.
However, I have read that Apple Guidelines state that developers spamming the App Store with many versions of similar apps will have their accounts terminated.
So I basically want to ask 2 questions:
To avoid spamming, should I not post the iPhone versions at all or post Universal app versions?
Apple asks to change name if posting same app for a different device. For iPad, I can say "game_name HD". But what about naming for the iPhone? I was thinking "game_name Pro".
Would appreciate any help very much. Thanks.
In the past, I have used the term "Pocket" for the iPhone/iPod Touch version. As in, Barnyard Bluegrass Pocket Edition.
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
I've just ported our iPhone app to iPad app (not using Universal).
So, I'm about to submit the iPad app to the AppStore.
Here's my question:
Do I need to create another App ID & provision profiles for the iPad app equivalent?
Or I can just use the same App ID & provision profile being use in the iPhone app?
Thanks
You need to create a new App ID for it.
App IDs have to be unique. If you want 2 separate apps in the store, you need 2 different App IDs. And of course, the provisioning profiles have to be compatible with the IDs you use. A wildcard profile might be compatible with more than one ID, if you choose them all correctly.