Once the app is on sale there are two possibilities for it to be removed from sale. Apple always puts a disclaimer on this process indicating that it can take up to 24 hours to propagate to all the stores. Once all approvals and prerequisites have been met the App should quickly go through the Processing For App Store state and then finally reach Ready For Sale where it will start to appear in the App Stores. Find out what to do if you cant see the icon. Click the device icon in the top left-hand corner of the iTunes window. The final reason ( Pending Developer Release) is fairly new and allows the developer to determine when the app will go live instead of it automatically going live following approval. Open iTunes and connect your device to your computer with a USB cable. If you still have to complete iTunes contract or export compliance details this will be reflected in the app status. Waiting to Go LiveĪfter getting the good news that your app was accepted there are still a few things that can delay it from reaching the App Store. Of course if you do this you will need to upload a new binary and go through the whole process again from the start. You can do this even if Apple has started to review the app. At the end of the review process you will be notified with the good or bad news.ĭuring this phase you can as the developer decide to abort the process by rejecting the binary. The length of the review process depends on your app but if things are going smoothly this stage usually lasts 3-4 days (not counting weekends).
Once you get past the upload process you end up in the queue Waiting For Review and usually with a day or two you end up actually In Review. Apple say that if this does not happen within 24 hours you should contact iTunes Connect Support. If all goes well the status should then within a few hours change to Waiting For Review. I have never had it happen to me but I believe at this point you can get a reject for either an Invalid binary or a Missing Screenshot (in the case that you uploaded a binary for a Universal app but forgot to include both iPhone and iPad images in the app metadata). After uploading the binary you should then see the status change to Upload Received - I have seen this take an hour or two following the binary upload. Once all of the metadata has been entered and you select the ready to submit binary button the status moves from Prepare For Upload to Waiting For Upload.
The process kicks off with the creation of a new app or a new version of an existing app. The blue boxes indicate actions required by the submitter where as the yellow boxes are actions performed by the App Store. Descriptions are based on my understanding/experience, all corrections are of course welcome.
ITUNES CONNECT PDF
A pdf version is also available for download should you want a larger version.
If you’re a developer, plan your Christmas app releases accordingly.Inspired by this flowchart of the iOS 4 UIApplication Delegate I thought I would have a go at Omigraffling myself a chart of the iTunes Connect application status during the submission process. Access to iTunes Connect, delivery of app updates and scheduled releases as well as price changes will be disabled or delayed between December 22 and December 29. Releases scheduled with a sales start date between these dates will not go live until after the shutdown.Īs with last year’s shutdown, for the end user this means App Store apps won’t receive updates or price changes for a week, quite possibly the most profitable for iOS developers alongside the Thanksgiving festivities in the US. We also recommend that you do not schedule any apps to go live during the shutdown. Pricing changes scheduled to take effect during this date range will not be reflected in the App Store and the app will become unavailable for purchase. We strongly recommend that you do not schedule pricing changes through the interval pricing system in iTunes Connect that would take effect from December 22 through December 29. In an email sent to developers earlier today, Apple has confirmed that iTunes Connect – the developer portal to manage applications to sell in the App Store – will be closed from December 22 to December 29.
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