TODO list for deploying native application on the Apple store & Google play store

application-stores.md

🚨 Deploy an application on all stores is a complex task

Marketplace

apple app store

• Apple, follows much stricter publication criteria

android play store

• Google Play’s guidelines can be found here

Design

• Prepare all screenshots for differents platforms

  • iOS Screenshot specification
  • android graphic
  • Sketch Template http://sketchtoappstore.com/

• Application icon for homescreen and favicon

• SplashScreen

• optionnal: Onboarding with 3 ~ 4 slides

DevOps

System

• Check xcode update
• optionnal: Check macOS update

Credentials

• apple developer account 100$ / year
  • Create a certificate
• Google developer account 30$ / year
• one .csv file with beta testers emails and name
• Developer laptop with git & Github
• 👉 For android we need to have a passphrase when we sign the application

Copywriting

• Name and description of the application
• Keywords for search in stores
• Contact information of sales department
• URL for terms and conditions
• For every update: Changelog with notes

Best Practices

• Checklist https://splitmetrics.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/Most_Ultimatest_ASO_Checklist.pdf
• App Store Guidelines https://developer.apple.com/app-store/product-page/
• Google Play Badge https://play.google.com/intl/en_us/badges/