HOW POLITICS HAS EMBRACED THE APP TECHNOLOGY

To initiate the significance of political apps can never be confined to a few words, it has been proven its worth time and again and marked a bridge to cater the issues of citizens to political pundits in a less chaotic way. The very first time the mobile app technology was embedded with a political party, was in the year 2008 by President Obama for his presidential run, where Mr. President organized a person’s iPhone contacts to enable supporters to call any friends located in important electoral districts, the app also featured a donation interface, news feeds, local campaign events, and a list of Obama’s positions on major issues. Sooner the mobile app development spread like a wildfire and other politicians and political groups around the globe, developed apps to advance their issues.

In the digital era of today, the mobile apps for the political parties can be recommended for the following reasons:

• Awareness- Creates political agenda much clearer to the public and spread the awareness
• Fundraising – Increase contributions
• Message – Easily accessible to everyone
• Engagement – Increase supporter’s engagement
• Media – Increase positive media engagement and coverage
• Educate – Educate public about issues, events, and party goals
• Social media – Expand social interaction
• Surveys – Utilize opt-in surveys to find out what issues are important to constituents

• A Sound Medium Of Interaction

The best way to reach and listen to one’s views is through interaction, but sadly, politicians who work according to the views and opinions of the public, are unable to reach all of them at  the same time. Politicians can’t rely upon their party representative or offices to communicate with their potential followers, and it turns more relevant during the election times. Political candidates need to express their ideas, discuss and seal partnerships, so they require a medium to share all the essential information with their voters, in such scenario a mobile app for their political party, acts as a blessing, where they can reshape how politicians communicate, raise money and get out the vote

• A Great Tool For A Candidate

A political career graph of a candidate can surge up if there is transparency in his plans and goals for the country. A candidate is needed to be vocal about his values, background, for the identification purpose of his supporters since the supporters want to experience a connection with their leader. A mobile app for the political party or, for the particular political leader provides the candidate’s history, his professional political career, experience, accomplishments, etc., while social media connectors can be a window into his day-to-day activities.  It is not useful during the campaigning time only, even when the elected leader chooses the mobile app platform to discuss the public’s concerns and understand the community’s needs, an app can be as much a communication tool as a means to collect precious data to get ahead in the polls, fair and square, just for the instance Indian Prime Minister Mr. Modi chose to get an unbiased review of the nation regarding the recent commendable demonetization step and it created a stir in the nation, as the public got an open platform to share their valuable feedback directly with their PM.

• Share Your Agenda

A mobile app for the political parties can weave an inseparable fabric of trust and values between a political party and the public. Through the mobile app, the local public can learn more about their favorite political party’s upcoming agenda or event. A mobile app lets the political representatives promote their upcoming events through a Calendar section and can schedule on their agenda, with a description of the event, the exact address, and other relevant information. For the later stage, the detailed reports of events can be published for the app users through an article or video to let the people know the party’s upcoming goal and benefits oozing from it.

• How To Make The Political App Engaging

A mobile app for the political parties can be tricky if not handled wisely since it can grab or distract the users, based on the user experience if it is not pleasant enough. There are a few aspects you need to take care of while creating a mobile app for the political parties:

• UI and UX of the mobile app needs to be unique
• Make the features useful and entertaining with animation or emoticons

Apart from the technical view, there are a few non-technical aspects as well, which ought to be a part of every political mobile app. The following are the non-technical features:

• Let public use the app to ask questions before an event, post photos
• Offer the relevant news, in the form of Articles, Videos or even Audio sections
• Make the app not merely focusing on delivering news about the party or the event, but also include the issues that are useful to the community in general
• People are busy with their day-to-day tasks and don’t get enough time to open their mobile app frequently, therefore Push Notifications are essential for the long life of a mobile app. These notifications can be utilized to make important announcements or just to invite users to access the latest content posted on the app
• A live chat section, within the app, brings the public closer to their political party and understand each other in a much better way.

The main agenda of any political party is to reach out to the public and share their agenda and beliefs for the development of the nation. App development has the potential to significantly influence democracy and mobile apps are reshaping how people learn about politics and interact with their elected officials. Politicians can reach out to the right audience at the right time and can help the people to come together and achieve their goal.

At Techugo, we take pride in developing the mobile apps for a leading political party in India and our political app development team  has the expertise to create a unique  variety of political application for your party, which would help you to showcase your idea, goal, and dream in the most informative and engaging way. Our of top mobile app development company is here to help assist you with every step of your political app development strategy. We consult, brainstorm, manage the project, design, develop, test, launch, and market apps in the best possible way. You can get in touch with our team to discuss further your concept to bring into reality. The discussion would help you to gain a better insight of your app requirement.

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Source: http://www.techugo.com/blog/politics-embraced-app-technology/

PRIVACY OF MOBILE APPS – AN UNAVOIDABLE ASPECT

With the ongoing mobile apps passion, people love to flood their mobile memory with all sorts of mobile apps. Mobile apps are a tradition these days rather than being a simple trend since mobile apps turn useful for the most productive task accomplishment and provide us knowledge, location, entertainment and many other things, which would cover the page if I would start to pen down. Apart from providing some of the greatest convenience, the loophole is that Smartphone apps can also invade your mobile app privacy.

Find it shocking? Yes, it is shocking and scary as well, but the harsh core fact is that apps can track your web habits, look into your contact list, track your location, and examine your files and more. They can also automatically send information such as location data to mobile ad networks. Once an ad network receives the personal information, then a hocus-pocus recipe of your genuine profile is served to the marketing companies.

How to protect yourself

After reading the first section, the first thing which has come in your mind is that how can you protect yourself and still enjoy the mobile apps privacy on your phone. So the answer is that there is no way to know whether apps are indeed sending your info to third parties, but you can protect your privacy with precautions, handled on time.

• Be extra cautious while giving Permission

You must know that not a single app shouts clearly to invade your privacy, but they ask for permissions, such as a single-player game asks for permissions to send SMS messages, which is a clear warning sign since a game app does not require any need to send text messages. Just don’t simple tap on agreeing on the button, but handle wisely the permission section.

• Your personal information

The “Read contact data” permission presents the actual privacy issues since it means the apps can view all of your contact information. Although, this information is highly needed by some of the apps, such as social networking apps, Skype, and many others, to function, so be a smart reader and then click the button.

• Storage

Many apps such as camera, music, file management, seek the permission “Modify/delete SD card contents” but in many other apps, where it is not relevant, it turns out to be a potential privacy risks, because it allows the app to write information to your SD card, and access the data from it as well. 

• Your location

Apart from the GPS-based app or network based app, seek your location details, never give it, since that would be a way to invade your privacy through your location identification. You can ensure the privacy from the above-mentioned steps, but for the existing or updated apps, your privacy is still on a stake but you can still be saved just by opting for few simple steps. Have a look :

For Android Device

• To access the App Permissions settings
• Select Settings
• Select Apps
• Tap on the icon to Configure Apps
• Select App Permissions (here you would find a list of each permission)

To play safe, you can also turn off your phone’s location services.

• Tap the Menu key
• Select Settings
• Select location
• Turn it Off

It would turn off all location tracking, but you would also not be able to use any location services. Although you can turn on this service by installing a home screen widget that lets you turn services on and off. For the update part, you should check the permissions for the updated version, since there might be chances that the developer has changed the set of permission in the updated version.

For iOS

Apple is quite sophisticated with its security aspect. While reviewing every app, Apple verifies the minuscule details about the app. The hectic and rigid process of reviewing does work in favor of iOS apps. On the other hand, the liberty given to developers is very limited in iOS device, which improves the iOS app’s security. Although there are iOS apps which request to access your personal data, so here again, you have to play the safe game of reviewing the app reviews.

• Do the proper research

Before you install an app, you need to keep in mind few important things and consider below-mentioned suggestions:

• Number of downloads, app has got
• Permissions- which set of permission the app seeks
• Check the reviews app has received

Smartphone adoption would continue more in the future and apps from all the major platforms would go through the threat of privacy invasion less or more and users must be extra careful to protect their information being invaded by the unwanted elements. Undoubtedly, the mobile ecosystem is complex and multi-faceted, but the challenges for the ordinary users can be minimized by the simple evaluation of mobile apps’ security and privacy risks.

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Source: http://www.techugo.com/blog/mobile-app-privacy/

MIDDLE-EAST – A LEADING PERFUME DESTINATION

The trail of fragrances kept on following me, since the time I entered the Middle-East pavilion in international trade fair. My sole reason to bear the mayhem of different people around the world in international trade fair was to buy the wonderful and exclusive perfume and attar range from Middle-East. I love fragrance and my love has bloomed further with experience of the exotic fragrances from all the top brands of perfume manufacturers around the world. I am fragrance aficionado and I think every girl is, we all love luminous fragrances coupled with fabulous accessories.  Let’s not divert to the full fledged coverage of perfume and girls, let’s resume, where I left…It was already 2:30 pm and since I knew I was running late due to my never-ending responsibilities of CTO profile with Techugo – a top mobile app development company (I mentioned my company, since astonishingly, I laaahv (sic) my job a lot), I had to almost run at the Olympic speed to the pavilion, which was set at the other corner of the world from the parking area. I reached and almost in the midst of puff and blow I asked the pavilion owner for my favorite ‘Senora for Women’ by Ajmal, and he instantly picked my favorite perfume bottle in that most beautiful violet shade, then suddenly I eyed on another perfume bottle of some different brand in the mid-row of the pavilion table, and it was a wonderful perfume from Arabian Ouds and was simply mesmerizing, I did not waste the time to pick it also and then being highly excited, the pavilion owner, kept few more bottles in front of me and started showing me the testers.

My Job Helped

I could not resist the fragrance oozing from the tester bottles, but had to stop at two only, since did not want to be laden back from my budget crisis at mid of the month, I gently told him, “no, will buy later,” on which I got a static reply in the typical gulf accented English from him, ”Ma’am, some of these perfumes are not even available online but are very popular, so buy now, else you would have to wait till next year.” On hearing this, the actual CTO from a top mobile app development company in India, awaken within me and I could not resist myself from asking him, “Are you sure, now everything has an online presence” and he interrupted me in between and said, “Agree, but many perfume owners are selling their products through third-party shopping carts and don’t have their own website or mobile app in my city.” After formal exchanging of our business cards, he showed me his website and asked for my review, hesitantly I told him about the flaws and he accepted whole-heartedly by saying, that there are not many good web designers in his city in the UAE and asked for revamping his website…I was confused since I came to spend but surprisingly I grabbed a business deal. Although, it was a glad-tiding affair, but I was somehow, not sure enough with the aspect that not many perfume brands have a valid online presence in Middle-East, so to comprehend the scenario more clearly and before to start with the perfume project website revamp, I decided to pick my own set of research to get a clear picture of the perfume industry in the Middle- East.

Global Hub of Perfume Creations

It would not be wrong to say, in spite of sharing the space with the international perfume brands: Yves Saint Laurent, Prada, Gucci, Dior, Versace and many more, yet the perfumes and attar range from  the Middle East region is unavoidable. It has become a legendary destination for fine fragrances and exotic ouds, attracting the international and national buyers more frantically. The fragrance industry was calculated for 19.6 percent of the Middle East and Africa’s beauty and wellness market in 2014, with a retail value of $5 billion for the year, according to global analysts Euromonitor International (EMI) and the sector is expected to post an annual growth rate of 6.3 percent to be worth $6.4 billion in 2018. Saudi Arabia and UAE are the two leading markets in the gulf region, followed by the upcoming markets in Bahrain, Oman and Qatar.  The fragrance sale in the UAE was recorded $401 million in 2014 according to EMI and is expected to grow 5 percent annually to reach $485.5 million by 2018.

International Brands In The Perfume Industry

It is surprisingly interesting that the most of the international perfume brands work and adapt the gulf consumer closely, and have introduced the customized and modified some of their exclusive product range to fit in gulf culture. While travelling, you can easily encounter the Arabian-style glass bottles carrying the brands, such as: Clive Christian, Armani Prive and Tom Ford. The particular range is developed specifically for this gulf region, and they are able to make an impressive impact over the local perfume industry in the region, since the local perfume manufacturers are struggling to achieve their international ambitions because they do not comply with global marketing requirement and lack of online presence.

Perfumes Are No More A Luxury

The Arab world has a strong connection with the fragrances from religious to social platforms and perfumes are used as a mainstream component in the cosmetics, and personal care industry, people use this essential as a trend of appearance and personal care, part of pride, self reliance, and confidence. In the Gulf, the fragrance industry has a strong representation, perfumes or attar is developed from Agarwood and oil that can compete with the western perfumes which are produced from flowers. Perfume industry is driven by the consumer’s unique cultural attitude to “fragrance” and luckily fragrance industry in gulf, has created an uncritical concept of fragrance from their production.

Marketing Mechanism

The Arab world is the land of mysteries, beauty, food, fragrance, adventure and many more glorious aspects, to be associated with it. While researching about the perfume industry in the Gulf, I found numerous and wonderful perfume brand names and resented not to try them at all, but was appalled to know, they don’t have a worthy online presence, maybe this had been a reason for my negligence. The digital revolution has shrunk the globe and has made every product made available at our fingertips, but except a few of the top perfume brands in the gulf region, none has the online presence on mobile app or a worthy website. The digital existence is the robust marketing mechanism for any industry to go global and access the consumers at any point of the day, regardless of their time zone. My job as a CTO in the top web & mobile app development company – Techugo, has given me an opportunity to meet numerous clients across the globe, who have been unable to scale top on the chart of revenue generation, just due to the lack of mobile app or a valid website, which could exemplify their products’ visibility to the consumer’s across the globe.

How Online Presence Helps

Dealing with the challenges of daily life, it turns almost impossible for us to plan a trip frequently, visit the website, or pick the products from the physical stores. We all need a compact and convenient solution for our needs and Smartphone is the answer for the same. We can access the mobile app and make shopping at any time, at anywhere and without disturbing our demanding schedule. A perfect mobile app or a refined website version for the perfume brands in the UAE can get the advantage of being highly accessible to the consumers across the world, and would make their product a worthy brand with the online presence.

We at Techugo– a top mobile app development company, have already catered to various eCommerce platforms, such as: fashion, restaurant, perfume, hotel, travel & taxi, with our top mobile app development services and have revamped the websites for some bigger and top-notch brands across the world. If you also have a concept for your eCommerce sector, you can get in touch with our team. I assure you that we are the top web & mobile app developers in India and all over the world and your concept discussion with us, would help you to gain a better insight of your requirement to fit your business requirement.

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Source: http://www.techugo.com/blog/middle-east-leading-perfume-destination/

PROCESS OF PAYMENT GATEWAY INTEGRATION INTO AN APP

With your mobile app you want to cross the continents, you want to be a synonym to success, but have you stopped to think, what is the success recipe for your mobile app, it surely starts with a unique concept, finely tuned into an app, which has the best UI, features, information, accessibility to buy your services and many other features which could turn your app into a dream app for your users. You can’t make an app without the mobile payment options. The world has gone digital, people love to spend more and more time in mobiles and online shopping is the most convenient way to make the payment.

How Mobile Payment Gateway does increase the sales

• It provides mobile phone users a safe & secure medium to purchase.
• It is a less expensive medium to conduct business transaction.
• It is highly accessible interface for the merchant and the buyer.

To have your set of fear and insecurities as a merchant or a developer, payment gateway integration in a mobile app, is a most common affair. Mobile devices are everywhere and so the technology, the existence of either cannot be ignored. When your product goes online as per the convenience of your targeted customers, then it is must for you to provide them a platform where they can conveniently and directly transact in real-time. It moves you one step ahead in the digitalization era, and lets you experience the cashless society. As per the survey conducted, user many a times, change their mind when buying things, or uninstall the app, if they experience even a minor error in the payment process, so integrating the correct payment method is most significant. Here is the complete list to check out when payment gateway integration in your mobile app.

• Security is a Priority

In order to make your payment gateway a secured process for your users, choose a payment gateway with a PCI-DSS (Data Security Standard) certification; it protects card holder’s data highly. The certification would not only secure the data of your users, but it would also help your users to trust on your services, since it would come with a certification intact with the payment gateway integration.

• Don’t Stick To One Option

Every user has his/her own preference, when it comes to make the payment for their online shopping, some choose PayPal, Paytm, freecharge or any other e-wallet service, whereas some may opt for the debit or credit card payment, and possibility is that some would also pick COD option. Just by thinking the variety of users, your options for the payment should also vary.

• Define Your Product

There are two different categories of products: digital content and physical goods. If your product falls into the digital content list, then your payment would be handled either by Google Play Store or Apple App Store policies for in-app purchases. Since these platforms don’t involve third-party payment processors, if it relates to the selling of digital products or content in your application. This involves a 1-click purchase, because users already have a Gmail account or Apple account, depending on an operating system. It would be carried out either by embedding an API in your application code or by using special frameworks. On the other hand, if your products are physical goods, then you have to opt for mobile payment gateway providers.

• Make it Easy-to-use

Make the payment gateway a hassle-free and least steps required process for your users, being lengthy, might distract your user’s attention and they can abandon the shopping in between, finding it troublesome. Get a proper planning done for your payment gateway integration so users can have a smooth experience of shopping, encouraging them to opt for your services again and again. Every developer is well aware of SDKs, which include strong mobile libraries that facilitate your job since credit card data are processed by them. Every user wants an app which is fast and easy and does not make their device slower. You have to be very particular, while choosing the SDKs for your app and must opt for the one, which offers a fast and easy mode of payment for your users.

• Merchant Accounts

Being a merchant, you also need the quick payment settlement. You need to know that there are two types of merchant account: dedicated merchant account and aggregated merchant account. The dedicated merchant account, let you have more control over the money, but the acquisition process is time consuming and requires a book of information about you and your company. With this account the money gets transferred within 2-3 days only.

On the contrary, the aggregate account, allows your funds to be in a bunch with other merchants’ money. Within this account, the information about you and your company is required, but the acquisition process is far easier and you attain your account much sooner. With the aggregate merchant account, fund transfer takes longer time, first it seeks your permission either to spend the money on something or make a request for transferring your money to your real bank account. After that, you will wait around 5 business days to get credited to your account.

Integrating a payment gateway in your mobile app, is a necessary feature for both merchants and developers, the tech-market is flooded with the options to accept payments in your mobile app. But you need to be wise enough to not to compromise on quality, and also make the payment gateway integration feature in your app a useful process; else many users might quit the apps finding the payment process tiresome and unsafe.

Select wisely to find the best solution for your particular app, and don’t hesitate to get in touch with us, at Techugo, you can get in touch with our team to discuss further your doubts and confusion related to app development process, we assure you to bring your concept into reality. The discussion would help you to gain a better insight of your app requirement.

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Source: http://www.techugo.com/blog/process-payment-gateway-integration-app/

DUBAI- NEXT SILICON VALLEY OF THE WORLD

I love to travel and given a chance, I can travel like a nomad for the rest of my life and can settle at last, in my dream destination, which has evolved over the years and has subsumed the beauty of the world, it is Dubai- my favorite city, a city of dreams and a business possibility for many. It would be unfair not to discuss the worlds most prestigious and popular tourist attractions in Dubai, which entice visitors from different sectors, nationalities to come to the shores of this city and experience the luxuries offered by this city. As the report suggests, Dubai, is one of the five fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the world. The population of United Arab Emirate has exploded from less than a million a decade ago to almost 3 million today; about 80 percent of those are expats. Although the decline in oil prices has almost put the other Middle Eastern economies at some risk, but Dubai, has certainly drawn tech talent from around the world and has become the emerging tech-market of the world.

Technology is Promoted by Government

Year 2014 witnessed a major overhaul decision, which aimed to make the emirate more attractive for technology firms and supporting the job market, consequently it would make Dubai to make a pace with the most innovative and creative cities of the world in the next seven years as part of UAE’s Vision 2021. To give this vision a life UAE government has invested AED 4.5 billion and even declared 2015 the ‘Year of Innovation’, motivating technological development and tech heads to walk down on the innovation path more aggressively.

Taxation Relief

Dubai has become the favorite zone for startups and entrepreneurs to invest, due to the relief of taxation; Dubai’s import duty is merely 5%, which makes the buying of materials and products at much affordable. The well-developed, sophisticated banking system in the UAE lets extensive credit facilities and ample liquidity. On the other hand real estate in Dubai is quite reasonable compared to other global cities like Singapore and Hong Kong. As per the UAE property web portal Bayut.com, offices in Dubai can be rented for only AED 25,000 ($6,806) per annum, which surely makes the Dubai an investment hub for the budding IT investors and entrepreneurs.

JAFZA

The Jebel Ali Free Zone Authority (JAFZA) has been key to foreign investment in Dubai since its creation in 1985. Since 2011, only JAFZA-registered offshore companies have been able to purchase real estate in Dubai. Although foreign individuals have been allowed to own property in Dubai since 2002, many investors choose to invest through JAFZA companies in order to avoid local laws, which can interfere with the succession and transfer of properties.

Financially & Politically Stable

No doubt, Dubai is the city of dreams, it has money, entertainment, luxury and most importantly it is the emerging tech destination also. Dubai is an entry point to the fast-developing markets of Asia, the Middle East and Africa, but apart from these strategic points, there are demographic and political reasons as well, which makes Dubai a hub of innovation and investment. Dubai is a part of the UAE, which has the lowest crime rate and is the politically and financially stable.

Ample Opportunities for Trading Links

Dubai is a trade link bridge between the Far East and Europe on the East-West axis and the CIS and Africa on the north-south axis. It has ample supplies of cheap energy and primary aluminum, Dubai’s international trade has grown on average by over 11% per year, highly accessible via 120 shipping lines and linked via 85 airlines to over 130 global destinations, does not have exchange controls, quotas or trade barriers. Dubai has a huge transportation and trading infrastructure and has a huge deepwater port, Jebel Ali Port, that lets the trade flow from the Gulf, Africa and the Indian subcontinent.

Flexible Business Rules

The UAE has a well defined, sound legal framework for business and a clear set of ownership rules, which allows foreigners to opt for the ownership rights of up to 49% for limited liability companies established within the Emirate of Dubai and up to 100% for professional companies, branches and representative offices of foreign companies and free zone enterprises. Dubai is investing vigorously in transport, telecommunications, energy and industrial infrastructure.

Fusion of Different Cultures

UAE consists of seven emirates; Dubai is one of them and is a cosmopolitan society, which has the population and business from over 150 countries. From the security perspective, it has the most secured and stringent e-governance protocols.

To conclude, Dubai is certainly the next destination for technology and innovation; companies like Careem, Bridg, Souq.com have already scaled the technology business in Dubai. Dubai is also in the midst of preparations for World Expo 20/20, expected to draw 25 million visits from Oct. 20, 2020, to April 10, 2021. Lower taxes make Dubai a natural choice for entrepreneurs, and Dubai is seen as a tech hub in the Middle East and it would be known as the next Silicon Valley of the world.

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Source: http://www.techugo.com/blog/dubai-next-silicon-valley-world/

2 Dec 2016

10 STEPS TO SUBMIT YOUR APP TO THE APP STORE

You get a concept in your brain, you take it to the top mobile app developers and they give oxygen to your lifeless concept and finally, after the months of hard work and dedication of you and your app developers the final product is ready to go live, but are you worried how to submit your wonderful mobile app to Apple’s App Store. Curious to know, are there still some flaws in your application? To ensure the best for your mobile app we shall guide you further with this tutorial given below.

Step 1: Follow The iOS Rules & Guidelines

Once you have written that last wonderful code and implemented that much-awaited terrific app feature in your mobile app, you have got to do much more, your job does not end with it, but the actual trip to the final destination, begins from here, that is testing your app on more than one physical device, and you need to follow the iOS Human Interface Guidelines and the App Store Review Guidelines. Apple is very particular about is guidelines and if missed something, your app would face the rejection from Apple, so sift down the pool of guidelines religiously.  Get your app tested on iPhone as well as on iPad too, it will ensure your app would succeed substantially in the app store and would guarantee a better score of downloads.

Step 2: Gather The Apple Prerequisites

The next thing you need to gather is the prerequisites, which includes: an App ID, a valid distribution certificate, and a valid provisioning profile.

Step 3: App ID

App ID or Application Identifier is a must for every mobile app, it can be of two types: an explicit App ID & a wildcard App ID.

Explicit App ID: is utilized if a mobile app is based on iCloud or has got the iOS features like Game Center, Apple Push Notifications or In App Purchase.

Wildcard App ID: is used for building and installing multiple applications.

Step 4: Get a Valid Distribution Certificate

In order to submit an application to the App Store, first you need an iOS provisioning profile for distribution, and to get the distribution profile you require is the distribution certificate, the process is similar to creating a development certificate.

Step 5: Create A Provisioning Profile

After following the last two steps, you may proceed to create an iOS provisioning profile. The ad hoc distribution profile can only be used if a wildcard App ID is used for the project, else you need to create a different provisioning profile for App Store distribution.

Step 6: Release Build

• Select the target from the Xcode’s Project Navigator
• Open the Build Settings at the top
• Update the settings in the Code Signing
• Match the distribution provisioning profile

Note: Sometimes, provisioning profile is not visible in the Code Signing section of the build settings; you may quit and relaunch the Xcode to view it in the settings.

Also, you can write in Deployment Target, it works as user guidelines for the users, to tell them briefly about the app and its update related guidelines. You can write a few words about your application’s deployment target, which may include the minimum version of the operating system requires, for the application to run. It is useful for your users, so they would be informed in advance, to prevent potential problems in the future.

Step 7: Version Information

• Icon Artwork

Every iOS application is needed to be shipped with the correct sizes of the artwork. Here is a reference list:

• iTunes Artwork: 1024px x 1024px (must)
• iPad/iPad Mini: 72px x 72px and 114px x 114px (must)
• iPhone/iPod Touch: 57px x 57px and 114px x 114px (must)
• Search Icon: 29px x 29px and 58px x 58px (optional)
• Settings Application: 50px x 50px and 100px x 100px (optional)

Note: If the targeted app is for iPhone/iPod Touch device family, then do not include an application icon for the same.

• Screenshots

Screenshots work as another interesting marketing tool for app business, since it tells the user, what your app is all about. Add separate screenshots for an iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad/iPad Mini and you can optionally include separate screenshots for the 3.5″ and the 4″ screen sizes of the iPhone/iPod Touch.

• Metadata

Application’s Metadata includes: application’s name, the version number, the primary and an optional secondary category, a succinct description, keywords, and a support URL. You can also provide additional information such as: What’s new in this Version section, sign-in requirement for the users (if applicable) – this detail should be followed by a test or a demo account to Apple to ensure no hurdles integrated in the signing-in process.

Step 8: Submission

The release of Xcode 5 has made it quite easier for the developers validate and submit an application, but you also need to create your application in iTunes Connect and the process follows:

• Visit iTunes Connect
• Sign in with your iOS developer account
• Click Manage Your Apps on the right
• Click the Add New App in the top left
• Select iOS App
• Fill out the form :

• Basic Information

It includes a unique App Name; the SKU Number is a unique string that identifies your application and the Bundle ID of your application.

• Price and Availability

It requires you to specify the application’s price and availability. Apple works with price tiers so that you don’t have to specify a price for each country that Apple operates in. Mention which stores your application would be available.

Note: The information provided in this step can be modified once your application is live in the App Store.

• Rating

Based on your application’s content and functionality, you can set the rating system. It will help your users to know about your application’s content and features.

Note: Do not play with the excessive ratings to your app, since Apple can reject your application if it doesn’t agree with the rating that you have set.

Step 9: Upload Binary

After metadata is submitted:

• Under Versions you can see the version you have just submitted
• Click the View Details button
• Click the Ready to Upload Binary button in the top right
• Answer the questions regarding your application
• You should see a message telling you that you are now ready to upload your application binary
• Now status of your application would change to Waiting for Upload
• Create an archive of your application on a physical device
• Select the archive from the list and click the Distribute button on the right
• Select Submit to the iOS App Store
• Enter your iOS developer account credentials
• Select the Application and Code Signing Identity
• Now, application binary is uploaded to Apple’s servers

Note: Your submission process can fail if an error occurs during the validation. This process would help you to save the horror of rejection from the App Store review team.

Step 10 : Review Process

After the submission process your application’s status will change to Waiting for Review and it would take several days for Apple to review your application.

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