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Requirements to consider before uploading the app to the store

• Include a section in the app with the privacy policy and its terms and conditions.
• If the app requires login to use it, we need to have test credentials available for Apple to perform the necessary checks. This account will be added to the App Store Connect control panel.
• If we use social logins, we must include login with Apple.

These points are vital, but it’s important to follow Apple’s guidelines document to get the app approved.

Adding users to the App Store organization

From the App Store Connect, we will manage our organization. To add a user, we should go to ‘Users and Access’ and fill out the form with the plus button.

• At least one developer in the team should have an Admin role because that will let them manage the certificates and configuration required in the app.A

• All the developers in the project should have at least the App Manager role and check the ‘Access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles’ and ‘Access to Cloud Managed Distribution Certificate’ because this is required to make app builds and distribution.

  

Using TestFlight

TestFlight is the tool to test the app on an iPhone before releasing it.

• You can download it from the App Store.

Once we have it, there are two ways of managing users on TestFlight:

• For users added to the App Store organization, we can use Internal Testing. After adding them, they will receive an email with a link to join TestFligh.
• If users who have not joined the organization want to test the app, External Testing is the way to do it. We have two ways of inviting people: by email or with a public link they can use to join it. For this mode, the app should be previously reviewed (this review is automatic, unlike the release review, which is manual and takes a couple of hours).

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Uploading a build

To get a build to test or release, we will use xCode following these steps.