Blog by Jeevan

After successful launch of my last iOS app ,  I wished to make another one  for a different app category. Last time it took me comparatively long time to make highly stable, premium quality UX after much many iterations. Thanks to valuable feedbacks from my peers & social media friends. But this time all I need it in a very short duration. Yes! at the speed of F1 car. Being an F1 fan, I felt heat of upcoming 2019 season a month before it actually begins. I was assured that there are already couple of apps in the App Store which serves the same purpose. Even the official F1 organisation has got own feature rich / futuristic app. So why I am thinking to make my own version which could be a clone... 🤔 Well... the official F1 app is loaded with many great features & uses Unity framework under the hood for live circuits (a state of art feature). All these made heavier (~165MB when installed in my phone) app size to just view race results (if in case!). Couple of...

A latest iOS version update can cover ~85% of iPhone users which is significant compared to a newly released Android running just ~0.1% of devices. ( @StatistaCharts collected on September 2018 - iOS 11 vs Android Pie). If your application matters for the rest ~15% of “genuine” iOS users, then you have to spend extra time to support. Why does it matters ? Giving uniform user experience irrespective of iOS version and device factors - will give bonus market space for the sales. Essentially it will boost your revenue and popularity of the application. Deployment Target vs Base SDK Before heading to solution, we have to understand Xcode settings for Deployment Target and Base SDK.  A deployment target refers to the oldest version of iOS that is capable of running your project. To change your deployment target, open up your project file in Xcode and check the setting under Build Settings -> Deployment. Base SDK refers to the newest version of iOS that is capable of runn...

Apple scans on each and every app submitted to App store. Our responsibility is to make sure app followed all  App Store review guidelines  and will get approved before dead line. But sometimes the guidelines are interpreted differently by different reviewers and frequently change over time.  Interestingly, I exposed to some common and "repetitive" rejections. Those I listed below and you are welcome to consider it as your checklist. 1. If the app contains any kind of bugs and crashes will surely rejected. Make sure app involved in testing and cleared test cases. Also involved various iPhone models & iOS version in the process. 2. Lacking of meta data is also leads to rejection. The key point is Apple expects behaviour of app should match with app description.  3. If the app submitted with demo features will be considered as incomplete. So make sure your app  doesn't include keys like 'Beta', 'Demo' or 'Test'. 4. Even missing demo a...

  E very time when you rush to Appstore or Playstore, you can see tons of apps. Does every best or top trending app will fit in your smart phone ? Well it does not!. You have to make choice. Yes, the mobile app market is really saturated . There are more than 3 million apps floating across app stores. But average user has only 20-25 apps on his device. Out of these, most of them covers Social Media apps and Productivity tools as well.  The first study , by Nielsen, revealed that the average number of apps that users open on a monthly basis has remained relatively stable over the past two years between 26.5 and 26.8 (although average time spent in apps per month has increased by more than 50% in the same period). Consider a taxi booking app you want to download.  Wave of apps like Uber, Ola, Meru and many more listed in the store. Which one would you choose? One alone or Two apps cannot serve your purpose. For instance you have Ola app installed. U...