App Store Connect, TestFlight and App Store Changes

In this episode we take a look at the changes announced for App Store Connect, TestFlight and the App Store.

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Show Notes

- Fully supports standalone watchOS applications

- Application Loader has been removed from Xcode 11

- There is a new application called Transporter for macOS that does not need Xcode to be installed.

- Sign in with Apple ID

- Choose your team

- Drag and drop files to Transporter including the IPA file exported from Xcode.

- Errors and issues will be displayed in Transporter for you to fix before delivering the package to App Store Connect.

- You can upload many packages at once if you need to.

- Emails with issues now include the version number in the subject line.

- There is a new Build Activity view in App Store Connect to better track the history of your applications.

- You can also be notified as the progress of your application changes by turning the notification on in the app.

- TestFlight application has now been localized in many more languages.

- TestFlight Feedback is a new feature that enables users to give direct feedback to you via App Store Connect.

- Any time your application crashes Feedback will offer users the ability to send information right there and then.

- You can customize the on-boarding experience delivered from TestFlight Feedback for your application, this appears the first time a user launches your application from TestFlight.

- When a user takes a screenshot of your application downloaded from TestFlight they now get a new “Share Beta Feedback” option to send that screenshot and any annotation and comments directly to App Store Connect.

- The feedback information submitted to App Store Connect can be downloaded and includes device and user information.

- TestFlight Feedback can be disabled in App Store Connect if you no longer want that option available to users. You do not need to release a new version to TestFlight remove it.

- 9 new languages have been supported in the App Store, this brings the total to 37.

- Right to Left languages are now supported in App Store Connect.

- App Analytics now supports macOS including

- Impressions

- Product page views

- App Units shows how many times the app was downloaded

- Sales will show the total purchases including in app purchases

- App Analytics now shows iOS app deletion from devices.

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