Publish Your App to App Store
Publish Your App to App Store
Prerequisites
Before reading this chapter, please ensure you have completed Building Your App.
Publishing Process Overview
| Step | Action | Jump |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upload App to App Store Connect | View Details |
| 2 | Select Build Version | View Details |
| 3 | Configure Encryption Declaration | View Details |
| 4 | Fill App Metadata | View Details |
| 5 | Configure Agreement Links (Required) | View Details |
| 6 | Submit for Review | View Details |
1. Upload App
After completing Building Your App, click App Store Connect and Xcode will handle the upload automatically.
After Xcode finishes uploading, you will see the following interface:
2. Select Build Version
Since we already created an App in the In-App Purchases chapter, we only need to add necessary information for review.
2.1 Select the successfully uploaded Build version
2.2 Click the Done button to confirm
3. Configure Encryption Declaration
Common Choice
Usually choose None of the algorithms mentioned above unless your application uses special encryption algorithms.
4. Fill App Metadata
You need to fill in your App's name, description, screenshots, videos, price, regions, languages, categories, keywords, etc. For details, refer to the App Store Connect official documentation.
Recommended Tools
Recommended using appicongenerator to design App Icon, completely free.
Information like descriptions, screenshots, videos, price, regions, languages, categories, keywords can be generated using AI. Reference prompt:
Based on this App's functionality, generate information for App Store Connect review, promotional text, descriptions, keywords, etc.
This is very helpful for the first version's quick launch, you can modify it later according to your App's actual situation. This also involves ASO (App Store Optimization) optimization.
5. Configure Agreement Links
Required
You must include links to your Privacy Policy and User Agreement in App Store Connect, otherwise there's a high chance of rejection.
| Agreement Type | Content to Fill |
|---|---|
| Terms of Service (EULA) | https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ |
| Privacy Policy | Fill in the address of the privacy policy you generated on freePrivacyPolicy |
| User Agreement | Fill in the address of the user agreement you generated on freePrivacyPolicy |
6. Submit for Review
After completing the above steps, click submit for review.
More Features
App Store Connect has many useful features. For more information, refer to the App Store Connect official documentation.
🎉 After Successful Publishing
Congratulations! Your App has been successfully published! Next, you may need to learn more promotion and operation techniques:
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