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Editing screenshots in iTunes Connect after iPhone app was approved
I've recently uploaded an update for one of my iPhone apps, but I didn't update the screenshots. It has now dawned on me that they are old screens for the new game, which might be confusing for users.
Is there anyway to upload the new screenshots without submitting a new binary?
Thanks
James
Seems like Apple can't make up their mind what they want to allow. Originally, you couldn't and then they changed it to allow you to change them and now you can't change them anymore.
Here's the relevant section of the documentation:
Important: Screenshots are locked for all apps except Newsstand apps.
Newsstand apps are able to change their screenshots without creating a
new version of the app.
Wait a sec, update Sept 16, 2010:
Screenshots are now an unlocked metadata attribute and can be updated at any time
From the iTunes Connect Developer Guide.
Although when I go into iTunes connect and click the Edit link to edit my Screenshots, I see that I can change the order of them but I don't see an upload button. I also see I can click an "X" at the top right of the screenshot. I assume this deletes it, but will I then get a box to add one back?? Not really sure I want to experiment here. So much for intuitive interfaces.
It looks to me like Apple's documentation doesn't match their implementation. I agree that iTunesConnect does not allow us to edit the large 512x512 icon (that's the case today anyway, 08.03.2011). But according to the iTunesConnect_DevelopmentGuide.pdf (version 6.9, July 20, 2011, p.97), "Clicking on the Edit button next to Uploads will allow you to edit the large app icon and your screenshots for your version. For Mac OS X apps, you will only be able to edit the screenshots, as the large icon is uploaded as part of the binary".
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I have made new version of the app and i want to update it on apple store. Also i want to change some keywords and screen shots, because there are new features.
But browsing the stack overflow i noticed that some of these properties are editable only during the upload. Since i don't want to mess things up, and it is delicate matter, i would like step by step instructions, if possible.
So do I first upload binary (in xode archive and then distribute), and after that go to my developer account and edit things, or reverse?
The two items that are locked after app submission are Screenshots and Keywords. Description Metadata may be updated at any time, even after approval. Data in the "Version Information" section cannot be edited after the app is made "Ready for Sale" with the exception of the copyright notice.
The process you will most likely want to follow is:
Create a "New Version" placeholder for your app in iTunesConnect
Update your Keywords
Update your Screenshots (Be sure to include 3.5", 4", and iPad if applicable)
Update Description
Set App as "Ready to Upload Binary"
Submit the binary -- AFTER THIS POINT YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO EDIT SCREENSHOTS OR KEYWORDS WITHOUT REJECTING THE BINARY
After Approval, you can still edit Description
Hope this helps!
I did it like this for my first app :P
click the app you want to update in "Manage your apps".
then add version.
edit everything you want! and done.
I have a simple question.
Can I change Screenshots of my app in the "Metadata and Uploads" section in itunesconnect.apple.com, after submission of app ? (At very first my app was rejected by apple after rejection, i made some changes in the app and then again uploaded new binary using "Ready to upload binary" button in iTunesconnect while uploading he didn't ask me for updating screenshots..)
If not then, do i need to reupload binary ?
My current status in itunesconnect shows Waiting for review
Thanks.
Even more recently (who knows when...) apparently you can change screenshots again while the app is waiting for review.
More recently (2015 or earlier), you cannot change screenshots even while your app is "waiting for review."
You are not allowed to change them after the app has been approved so be quick. See this news release by Apple:
This move is thought to be a way to deter spammers from posting a fake app and then changing the screenshot to mimic an existing popular app.
Update after talking to Apple:
On 2015-08-18 # 12:30pm EST, the answer is still NO -- but there is hope.
I spoke with Apple on Monday, 2015-08-17 and after investigating the issue, they explained that iTunes Connect Screenshot uploading has a temporary error due to ongoing updates to iTunes Connect as aforementioned at WWDC. They are now aware of the issue and their engineers will restore the legacy functionality allowing us upload new images while Waiting For Review, as soon as possible. Meanwhile, if one needs to modify screenshots, simple "Remove this version from review", change the screens, then re-click "Submit For Review".
I hope this helps.
:-)
On 2015-08-16 # 2:48am EST, the answer is NO.
I can not edit, add, or remove screen shots in either Safari, Chrome or Firefox at time for status "Waiting For Review". I cannot do it before editing anything else - like the title or keywords, which ARE editable - nor can I do it after editing anything else.
I have read all of the guidelines provided in the links above in full. At a certain point, it becomes circular linking regarding editing metadata and app statuses. Yes, screens are locked when the app is not editable, but all indications are that Waiting For Review is an editable status. There is nothing stating this is not the case. Heck, at the top of the App's screen is blatantly states:
"(i) You can edit all information while your version is waiting for review. To submit a new build, you must remove this version from review."
However, one CAN NOT do it. This is a real blow as one will not realize this until it is too late and one is reading these posts - and now one realizes that one has lost the time and must reject and re-queue. Either that, or go to market with inferior metadata screens.
I will call the contact number in the morning at 7am PST. If anything changes, I will update this post. If not updated, one can assume this is the final status as of this time.
*** Sadly:
If you need to change your meta screens, and you cannot do it, stop hoping, stop reading, I am sorry to say: You cannot do it. Cancel the submission, change the version number, change the screens and resubmit the sooner, the better.
:-(
I just discovered this evening that they lock it down when it goes into "In Review".
These "rules" change from time to time, currently (Jun 2015) you can change certain items but not images when you submit for review.
More information about what you can and cannot change is located here:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Appendices/Properties.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011225-CH26-SW2
The last column currently states Locked. There it also states:
General App Information properties are either locked or unlocked.
Unlocked properties are always editable. Locked properties are only
editable when your app is in an editable state. The tables in this
section indicate whether a property is locked or unlocked. Changes you
make to unlocked General App Information properties are posted
immediately (expect 24 hours for a full refresh of the change on the
store). See also About App Statuses.
Information about app statuses:
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/LanguagesUtilities/Conceptual/iTunesConnect_Guide/Chapters/ChangingAppStatus.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40011225-CH30-SW23
Apple have recently changed their guidelines. You can apparently no longer delete or change screenshots once an app has changed status to "Waiting for review".
-_-
If you need to change your binary you can change it. You can upload new screenshots by removing existing screenshots if five or replace one.
I was able to change several screenshots for app that is already "Waiting For Review" today. So apparently it's possible again.
While an app is "Waiting for Review" state you can change screenshots. I did check it on Friday, 18 October 2019.
Copied from App Store Connect web site:
You can still edit all information while your version is waiting for
review.
Simply yes.
You can upload/change the screenshots after application approved.
Even you can also change price and description of the app.
But you can not change the category of the app.
So, at the moment, if you have uploaded 2 screenshots, then after app approval, you can upload other 3 screenshots or change the existing 2 screenshots as well.
Hope, you have an idea.
Cheers!
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How can i enable file sharing functionality in iPhone app. I am very curious about this to know because when i connect my iPhone with iTunes then it show me three apps. One is Skype and second one is bump and third one is my own app. My app is about augmented reality and show some videos and images on specific markers, also i did social sharing and APNS work and flurry integration that all major working in my app and I did nothing which enable this functionality but why and how this happen. Kindly let me know. This will be great for me. Thanks.
You should Enable UIFileSharingEnabled in the application plist file, Keep this value to YES like this then your application can share data of your application documents
There is an option in {projectname}-Info.plist named "Application supports iTunes file sharing".
Your app will appear in iTunes File Sharing if the UIFileSharingEnabled key is set in its Info.plist. (This appears in the Xcode editor as "Application supports iTunes file sharing ".) If this is enabled in your project and you're not sure how, either you accidentally clicked something for this in Xcode, or you're working from a project template in which it's pre-set.
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Direct “rate in iTunes” link in my app?
It's possible to let the user rate or write a review from within my app ?, or my only option is to prompt a message asking my user to rate the app ?
In-app purchases can be rated ?
Someone told me that when an app was erased, it was possible to ask the user to ask rate the app, but that feature was removed in IOS4. It's this true ?, the SDK provides me any support to do this kind of stuff ?
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Lot of apps use Appirater (written by Arash Payan) for Rating. It is extremely customizable and free. You can do lot of customizations by changing settings. eg. Prompt user to rate only if he has had your app for 7 days and has used it at least 5 times.
I have blogged about the same here as well: http://iostipsntricks.wordpress.com/2011/05/10/how-to-get-people-to-rate-your-ios-app/
The best you can do is a direct link to the review page in iTunes. So you ask them to rate the app and supply a button that takes them directly to the reviews page. See this previous StackOverflow answer.
Rate on delete used to be built into the operating system and forced upon everyone. It's now been removed. Many of us consider this to be a good thing, since the implicit question was "what do you think of this app, given that you don't want to keep it?".
EDIT: iOS 6 came out after this answer was first posted; Apple has added SKStoreProductViewController which allows you to show the iTunes page for any product directly inside your app. So you can remove the step that jumps out to an external display.
You can prompt the user to rate your app or leave a review, and if they agree (press the OK button or whatever), then you can open a URL that points to your App on the App Store. On an iOS device, iTunes links should open the correct part of the App Store, and the user can rate / review from there.
To get a URL that links to your app, you can copy it from the iTunes Connect interface in the Manage Your Applications section.
All the rating features are aspects of iTunes/AppStore applications, or in the case of the rate-app-on-delete-app part of iOS itself. There is nothing you can do to get the same functionality in your application... Other than perhaps use a rating system totally outside of the iTunes system.
While previously Apple didn't allow editing screenshots without a new binary, as of Sept 2010 they say this: Screenshots are now an unlocked metadata attribute and can be updated at any time
Ok, that's good, but when I go into iTunes connect and click the Edit link for my screenshots, I see options to re-arrange or delete screenshots, but no upload box, to put in a new one.
Do I have to delete a screenshot before the upload box will appear? That's my guess here, but I don't feel like experimenting. So much for intuitive interfaces.
Yes, if you have 5 images, you have to delete one first. It's the same when you upload your app and add screenshots for the first time.