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Q&A: Promoting your app or game with Apple Search Ads
Apple Search Ads helps you drive discovery of your app or game on the App Store. We caught up with the Apple Search Ads team to learn more about successfully using the service, including sign...
Apple Search Ads now available in Brazil and more Latin American markets
Drive discovery and downloads on the App Store with Apple Search Ads in 70 countries and regions, now including Brazil, Bolivia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Hon...
Let loose.
Join us for a special Apple Event on May 7 at 7 a.m. PT. Watch online at apple.com , on Apple TV, or on YouTube Live.
Check out our newest developer activities
Join us around the world to learn about growing your business, elevating your app design, and preparing for the App Review process. Here’s a sample of our new activities — and you can always...
Web Distribution now available in iOS 17.5 beta 2 and App Store Connect
Web Distribution lets authorized developers distribute their iOS apps to users in the European Union (EU) directly from a website owned by the developer. Apple will provide developers access to A...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 17.5, iPadOS 17.5, macOS 14.5, tvOS 17.5, visionOS 1.2, and watchOS 10.5 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these release...
Updated App Review Guidelines now available
The App Review Guidelines have been revised to support updated policies, upcoming features, and to provide clarification. The following guidelines have been updated: 3.1.1(a): Updated to include ...
Hello Developer: April 2024
Welcome to Hello Developer — and the kickoff to WWDC season. In this edition: Discover WHAT’S AHEAD AT WWDC24 — and check out the new Apple Developer YouTube channel. Learn how the all-new ...
Knotwords: Gage and Schlesinger at the crossroads
Knotwords is a clever twist on crossword puzzles — so much so that one would expect creators Zach Gage and Jack Schlesinger to be longtime crossword masters who set out to build themselves a ne...
WWDC24: June 10-14
Join the worldwide developer community online for a week of technology and creativity. Be there for the unveiling of the latest Apple platforms, technologies, and tools. Learn how to create and...
Provide your trader status in App Store Connect
To align with the Digital Services Act (DSA) in the European Union (EU), Account Holders and Admins in the Apple Developer Program can now enter their trader status in App Store Connect . S...
More options for apps distributed in the European Union
We’re providing more flexibility for developers who distribute apps in the European Union (EU), including introducing a new way to distribute apps directly from a developer’s website. MORE ...
Uncovering the hidden joys of Finding Hannah
On its surface, Finding Hannah is a bright and playful hidden-object game — but dig a little deeper and you’ll find something much more. The Hannah of Finding Hannah is a 38-year-old Berlin...
Q&A with the Mac notary service team
Security is at the core of every Apple platform. The Mac notary service team is part of Apple Security Engineering and Architecture, and in this Q&A, they share their tips on app distribution and...
Hello Developer: March 2024
Welcome to Hello Developer. In this edition: Find out what you can do at the Apple Developer Centers in Bengaluru, Cupertino, Shanghai, and Singapore. Learn how the team behind Finding Hannah cr...
New App Store and iOS data analytics now available
We’re expanding the analytics available for your apps to help you get even more insight into your business and apps’ performance. Over 50 new reports are now available through the App Stor...
Updates to app distribution in the European Union
Over the past several weeks, we’ve communicated with thousands of developers to discuss DMA-related changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting apps in the European Union. As a result o...
The latest OS Release Candidates are now available
You can now submit your apps and games built with Xcode 15.3 and all the latest SDKs for iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, and watchOS 10.4. Developers who have...
Updated App Review Guidelines now available
The App Store Review Guidelines have been revised to support updated policies, upcoming features, and to provide clarification. The title of the document has been changed to App Review Guideline...
Privacy updates for App Store submissions
Developers are responsible for all code included in their apps. At WWDC23, we introduced new privacy manifests and signatures for commonly used third-party SDKs and announced that developers wil...
App submissions now open for the latest OS releases
SUBMIT IN APP STORE CONNECT iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, tvOS 17.4, visionOS 1.1, and watchOS 10.4 will soon be available to customers worldwide. Build your apps and games using the ...
Developer activities you’ll love
Apple developer activities are in full swing. Here’s a look at what’s happening: JOIN AN ONLINE SESSION to learn to minimize churn and win back subscribers hosted by App Store experts. CELE...
Q&A with the Apple UX writing team
Writing is fundamental — especially in your apps and games, where the right words can have a profound impact on your experience. During WWDC23, the Apple UX writing team hosted a wide-ranging Q...
Hello Developer: February 2024
Welcome to the first Hello Developer of the spatial computing era. In this edition: Join us to celebrate International Women’s Day all over the world, find out how the Fantastical team brought ...
“The best version we’ve ever made”: Fantastical comes to Apple Vision Pro
The best-in-class calendar app Fantastical has more than a decade of history, a shelf full of awards, and plenty of well-organized fans on iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch. Yet Michael Simmons,...
Updates to support app distribution changes in the European Union
We recently announced changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting developers’ apps in the European Union (EU) to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), supported by more than 600 ...
App Store Connect upload requirement starts April 29
Apps uploaded to App Store Connect must be built with Xcode 15 for iOS 17 , iPadOS 17 , tvOS 17 , or watchOS 10 , starting April 29, 2024. Learn about submitting your apps
Apply for the Swift Student Challenge now through February 25
Every year, the Swift Student Challenge aims to inspire students to create amazing app playgrounds that can make life better for their communities — and beyond. Have an app idea that’s clo...
Request a consultation about the changes to apps distributed in the European Union
Meet with an Apple team member to discuss changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store impacting apps in the European Union to comply with the Digital Markets Act. Topics include alternative distr...
Blackbox: Rebooting an inventive puzzle game for visionOS
If you’ve ever played Blackbox, you know that Ryan McLeod builds games a little differently. In the inventive iOS puzzler from McLeod’s studio, Shapes & Stories, players solve challenges no...
Apple Vision Pro developer stories and Q&As
Meet some of the incredible teams building for visionOS, and get answers from Apple experts on spatial design and creating great apps for Apple Vision Pro. DEVELOPER STORIES “THE BEST VE...
Price and tax updates for apps, in-app purchases, and subscriptions
The App Store is designed to make it easy to sell your digital goods and services globally, with support for 44 currencies across 175 storefronts. From time to time, we may need to adjust pric...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 17.4, iPadOS 17.4, macOS 14.4, tvOS 17.4, and watchOS 10.4 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take advan...
Apple introduces new options worldwide for streaming game services and apps that provide access to mini apps and games
NEW ANALYTICS REPORTS COMING IN MARCH FOR DEVELOPERS EVERYWHERE DEVELOPERS CAN ALSO ENABLE NEW SIGN-IN OPTIONS FOR THEIR APPS Today, Apple is introducing new options for how apps globally can...
Update on apps distributed in the European Union
We’re sharing some changes to iOS, Safari, and the App Store, impacting developers’ apps in the European Union (EU) to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA). These changes create new opt...
Updated App Store Review Guidelines now available
The App Store Review Guidelines have been revised to support updated policies, upcoming features, and to provide clarification. We now also indicate which guidelines only apply to Notarization f...
Swift Student Challenge applications open February 5
We’re so excited applications for the Swift Student Challenge 2024 will open on February 5. LOOKING FOR SOME INSPIRATION? Learn about past Challenge winners to gain insight into the motivat...
“The full impact of fruit destruction”: How Halfbrick cultivated Super Fruit Ninja on Apple Vision Pro
Fruit Ninja has a juicy history that stretches back more than a decade, but Samantha Turner, lead gameplay programmer at the game’s Halfbrick Studios, says the Apple Vision Pro version — Supe...
StoreKit and review guideline update
Starting today, because of a recent United States Court decision, App Store Review Guideline 3.1.1 has been updated to introduce the StoreKit Purchase Link Entitlement (US), which allows apps th...
Realizing their vision: How djay designed for visionOS
Years ago, early in his professional DJ career, Algoriddim cofounder and CEO Karim Morsy found himself performing a set atop a castle tower on the Italian coast. Below him, a crowd danced in the ...
Hello Developer: January 2024
Welcome to Hello Developer. In this Apple Vision Pro-themed edition: Find out how to submit your visionOS apps to the App Store, learn how the team behind djay approached designing for the infini...
Q&A: Building apps for visionOS
Over the past few months, Apple experts have fielded questions about visionOS in Apple Vision Pro developer labs all over the world. Here are answers to some of the most frequent questions they�...
Submit your apps to the App Store for Apple Vision Pro
Apple Vision Pro will have a brand-new App Store, where people can discover and download incredible apps for visionOS. Whether you’ve created a new visionOS app or are making your existing iPa...
Updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement now available
The Apple Developer Program License Agreement has been revised to support updated policies and provide clarification. The revisions include: Definitions, Section 3.3.3(N): Updated "Tap to Prese...
Announcing contingent pricing for subscriptions
Contingent pricing for subscriptions on the App Store — a new feature that helps you attract and retain subscribers — lets you give customers a discounted subscription price as long as they�...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 17.3, iPadOS 17.3, macOS 14.3, tvOS 17.3, and watchOS 10.3 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take advan...
Hello Developer: December 2023
Welcome to Hello Developer. In this edition: Check out new videos on Game Center and the Journaling Suggestions API, get visionOS guidance straight from the spatial design team, meet three App St...
Q&A: Spatial design for visionOS
Spatial computing offers unique opportunities and challenges when designing apps and games. At WWDC23, the Apple design team hosted a wide-ranging Q&A to help developers explore designing for vis...
“We’re trying to drive change": Meet three App Store Award-winning teams
Every year, the App Store Awards celebrate exceptional apps that improve people’s lives while showcasing the highest levels of technical innovation, user experience, design, and positive cultur...
With Ancient Board Game Collection, Klemens Strasser goes back in time
Klemens Strasser will be the first to tell you that prior to launching his Ancient Board Game Collection, he wasn’t especially skilled at Hnefatafl. “Everybody knows chess and everybody knows...
25 hours of Xcode Cloud now included with the Apple Developer Program
Xcode Cloud, the continuous integration and delivery service built into Xcode, accelerates the development and delivery of high-quality apps. It brings together cloud-based tools that help you bu...
Privacy updates for App Store submissions
THIRD-PARTY SDK PRIVACY MANIFEST AND SIGNATURES. Third-party software development kits (SDKs) can provide great functionality for apps; they can also have the potential to impact user privacy in ...
New design and technology consultations now available
Have questions on designing your app or implementing a technology? We’re here to help you find answers, no matter where you are in your development journey. One-on-one consultations with Apple ...
Get your apps ready for the holidays
The busiest season on the App Store is almost here! Make sure your apps and games are up to date and ready in advance of the upcoming holidays. We’ll remain open throughout the season and look...
App Store Award winners announced
Join us in celebrating the work of these outstanding developers from around the world! Discover the winners
App Store Award finalists announced
Every year, the App Store celebrates exceptional apps that improve people’s lives while showcasing the highest levels of technical innovation, user experience, design, and positive cultural im...
Optimize your game for Apple platforms
In this series of videos, you can learn how to level up your pro app or game by harnessing the speed and power of Apple platforms. We’ll discover GPU advancements, explore new Metal profiling t...
PTC is uniting the makers
APPLE VISION PRO APPS FOR ENTERPRISE PTC’s CAD products have been at the forefront of the engineering industry for more than three decades. And the company’s AR/VR CTO, Stephen Prideaux-Ghe...
JigSpace is in the driver’s seat
APPLE VISION PRO APPS FOR ENTERPRISE It’s one of the most memorable images from JigSpace’s early Apple Vision Pro explorations: A life-size Alfa Romeo C43 Formula 1 car, dark cherry red, bu...
The “sweet, creative” world of Kimono Cats
Games simply don’t get much cuter than Kimono Cats, a casual cartoon adventure about two cats on a date (awww) that creator Greg Johnson made as a present for his wife. “I wanted to make a ga...
Spotlight on: Apple Vision Pro apps for enterprise
Businesses of all kinds and sizes are exploring the possibilities of the infinite canvas of Apple Vision Pro — and realizing ideas that were never before possible. We caught up with two of thos...
Reimagine your enterprise apps on Apple Vision Pro
Discover the languages, tools, and frameworks you’ll need to build and test your apps in visionOS. Explore videos and resources that showcase productivity and collaboration, simulation and trai...
Announcing the Swift Student Challenge 2024
Apple is proud to support and uplift the next generation of student developers, creators, and entrepreneurs. The Swift Student Challenge has given thousands of students the opportunity to showcas...
Over 30 new developer activities now available
Ready to level up your app or game? Join us around the world for a new set of developer labs, consultations, sessions, and workshops, hosted in person and online throughout November and December....
Tax updates for apps, in-app purchases, and subscriptions
The App Store’s commerce and payments system was built to enable you to conveniently set up and sell your products and services on a global scale in 44 currencies across 175 storefronts. Apple...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 17.2, iPadOS 17.2, macOS 14.2, tvOS 17.2, and watchOS 10.2 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take advan...
TestFlight makes it even simpler to manage testers
TestFlight provides an easy way to get feedback on beta versions of your apps, so you can publish on the App Store with confidence. Now, improved controls in App Store Connect let you better e...
Scary fast.
Watch the October 30 event at apple.com .
New delivery metrics now available in the Push Notifications Console
The Push Notifications Console now includes metrics for notifications sent in production through the Apple Push Notification service (APNs). With the console’s intuitive interface, you’ll get...
Apple Vision Pro developer labs expand to New York City and Sydney
We’re thrilled with the excitement and enthusiasm from developers around the world at the Apple Vision Pro developer labs, and we’re pleased to announce new labs in New York City and Sydney...
“Small but mighty”: How Plex serves its global community
The team behind Plex has a brilliant strategy for dealing with bugs and addressing potential issues: Find them first. “We’ve got a pretty good process in place,” says Steve Barnegren, Ple...
The gorgeous gadgets of Automatoys
Steffan Glynn’s Automatoys is a mix between a Rube Goldberg machine and a boardwalk arcade game — and there’s a very good reason why. In 2018, the Cardiff-based developer visited the Mus�...
Hello Developer: October 2023
Find out about our latest activities (including more Apple Vision Pro developer lab dates), learn how the Plex team embraced Xcode Cloud, discover how the inventive puzzle game Automatoys came to...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, macOS 14.1, tvOS 17.1, and watchOS 10.1 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take advan...
Meet with Apple Experts
Join us around the world for a variety of sessions, consultations, labs, and more — tailored for you. Apple developer activities are for everyone, no matter where you are on your development ...
Pre-orders by region now available
Offering your app or game for pre-order is a great way to build awareness and excitement for your upcoming releases on the App Store. And now you can offer pre-orders on a regional basis. People...
App Store submissions now open for the latest OS releases
iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS Sonoma, tvOS 17, and watchOS 10 will soon be available to customers worldwide. Build your apps and games using the Xcode 15 Release Candidate and latest SDKs, test ...
Apple Entrepreneur Camp applications now open
Apple Entrepreneur Camp supports underrepresented founders and developers, and encourages the pipeline and longevity of these entrepreneurs in technology. Building on the success of our alumni fr...
Take your iPad and iPhone apps even further on Apple Vision Pro
A brand‑new App Store will launch with Apple Vision Pro, featuring apps and games built for visionOS, as well as hundreds of thousands of iPad and iPhone apps that run great on visionOS too....
Watch the special Apple Event
Watch the replay from September 12 at apple.com .
Updated Apple Developer Program License Agreement now available
The Apple Developer Program License Agreement has been revised to support upcoming features and updated policies, and to provide clarification. The revisions include: Definitions, Section 3.3.3...
Inside the Apple Vision Pro labs
As CEO of Flexibits, the team behind successful apps like Fantastical and Cardhop, Michael Simmons has spent more than a decade minding every last facet of his team’s work. But when he brought ...
Helping customers resolve billing issues without leaving your app
As announced in April , your customers will soon be able to resolve payment issues without leaving your app, making it easier for them to stay subscribed to your content, services, and premium fe...
List of APIs that require declared reasons now available
Apple is committed to protecting user privacy on our platforms. We know that there are a small set of APIs that can be misused to collect data about users’ devices through fingerprinting, which...
Meet with App Store experts
Join us for online sessions August 1 through 24 to learn about the latest App Store features and get your questions answered. Live presentations with Q&A are being held in multiple time zones an...
Take your apps and games beyond the visionOS simulator
APPLE VISION PRO COMPATIBILITY EVALUATIONS We can help you make sure your visionOS, iPadOS, and iOS apps behave as expected on Vision Pro. Align your app with the newly published compatibility ...
Upcoming price and tax changes for apps, in-app purchases, and subscriptions
The App Store’s commerce and payments system was built to empower you to conveniently set up and sell your products and services on a global scale in 44 currencies across 175 storefronts. When ...
Providing safe app experiences for families
The App Store was created to be a safe and trusted place for users to get apps, and a great business opportunity for developers. Apple platforms and the apps you build have become important to m...
New design resources now available
Now it’s even easier to design your apps quickly and accurately with new and updated design resources for creating apps on Apple platforms. visionOS design library and templates for Figma and...
visionOS SDK now available
You can now start creating cutting-edge spatial computing apps for the infinite canvas of Apple Vision Pro. Download Xcode 15 beta 2, which includes the visionOS SDK and Reality Composer Pro ...
Spotlight on: Developer tools for visionOS
With the visionOS SDK, developers worldwide can begin designing, building, and testing apps for Apple Vision Pro. For Ryan McLeod, creator of iOS puzzle game Blackbox, the SDK brought both exci...
WWDC23 resources and survey
Thank you to everyone who joined us for an amazing week. We hope you found value, connection, and fun. You can continue to: Watch sessions at any time. Check out session highlights. Read about ...
WWDC23 highlights
Looking to explore all the big updates from an incredible week of sessions? Start with this collection of essential videos across every topic. And as always, you can watch the full set of session...
News and Updates - Apple Developer
ACCESSIBILITY & INCLUSION Build great apps and games for everyone. APP SERVICES Extend your app's experience. APP STORE DISTRIBUTION & MARKETING Market your app and grow your audience. ...
Friday @ WWDC23
The final day of WWDC is upon us — but before we power down, here's a look at some of the activities and sessions available today. GET READY FOR DAY FIVE We’ve saved some of the best for l...
Meet three winners of the 2023 Swift Student Challenge
Every year, the Swift Student Challenge recognizes students all over the world who’ve created remarkable app playgrounds. The 2023 edition drew submissions from more than 30 countries and reg...
Thursday @ WWDC23
Day four is here — and a fresh round of sessions, labs, and activities await. GET STARTED WITH LABS AND SESSIONS Curious about the difference between the Shared Space and a Full Space in vis...
Discover documentation and sample code
Browse new and updated documentation and sample code to learn about the latest technologies, frameworks, and APIs introduced at WWDC23. You’ll find new ways to enhance your apps targeting the l...
Wednesday @ WWDC23
Two days are in the books — and there’s so much more to come. Get ready for another big day at WWDC. DIVE INTO SESSIONS AND ACTIVITIES Start off in Slack, where you can connect with Apple ...
Tuesday @ WWDC23
Welcome to day two of WWDC! There’s more than ever to explore this week: Xcode is getting updated, SwiftUI is getting animated, and — did we mention? — apps are getting a lot more spatial. ...
Sign up for WWDC23 labs and activities
Online labs and activities are a great way to connect with Apple engineers, designers, and experts all week long. ONE-ON-ONE LABS Get personalized guidance about development basics, complex co...
Behind the Design: 2023 Apple Design Awards
Every year, the Behind the Design series takes a special look at the remarkable teams behind the Apple Design Award-winning apps and games. Read on to meet 12 incredible teams from around the wor...
Behind the Design: Universe
As a kid, Universe founder Joseph Cohen loved nearly everything about the internet: how it brought people together, created avenues for his twin passions of creativity and commerce, and democrati...
Behind the Design: Duolingo
What makes Duolingo such an engaging way to learn a language? The answer is hiding in plain sight. “The secret to Duolingo is that we’re not an education company. We’re a fun and motivation...
Behind the Design: MARVEL SNAP
MARVEL SNAP reboots the entire collectible card game universe. The game is stacked with incredible visuals, a multiverse of gameplay variations, and a “snap” mechanic — a double-or-nothin...
Behind the Design: Afterplace
At first glance, Evan Kice’s Afterplace appears to have time-traveled from the late 1980s. It’s a 2D top-down pixelated adventure game full of blocky characters, blippy music, and retro typef...
Behind the Design: SwingVision
When Swupnil Sahai started creating SwingVision, he had no app-building experience — but he’d played a lot of tennis. “The initial idea was, ‘Maybe we can use the accelerometer and gyro...
Behind the Design: Headspace
Few apps have made mindfulness as accessible as Headspace. More than a decade since its launch, the app continues to set the standard for mental health apps — an especially notable accomplish...
Behind the Design: Any Distance
Workout tracking has never looked — or felt — like it does in Any Distance. “We’re building something for everyone, not just athletes,” says Luke Beard, the Atlanta-based designer who...
Apple Design Award winners announced
The Apple Design Awards celebrate apps and games that excel in the categories of Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation. Learn about the 20...
Behind the Design: stitch.
For all its many genres and styles, the gaming world has been awfully threadbare when it comes to experiences about embroidery. That all changes with stitch., a charming cross between casual puzz...
Behind the Design: Flighty
Flighty might be the easiest thing travelers navigate on their entire trip. “Travel can be a high-stress situation,” says Ryan Jones, the Austin-based developer who founded the app in 2019. �...
Behind the Design: Resident Evil Village
Evil has never looked better than it does in Resident Evil Village. The AAA horror adventure is a masterpiece of visual detail on Mac, a feast of creepy castles, decrepit factories, and majesti...
Behind the Design: Railbound
For a creative guy, Luke Spierewka, founder of the Poland-based game studio Afterburn, is certainly a fan of limitations. “We make comfy puzzle games that convey an idea quickly,” he says, ...
Behind the Design: Endling
Endling is all about survival in a changed world — and it’s a powerful mix of medium and message. The game is a gorgeous adventure in which you play as a fox navigating a land charred by en...
Spotlight on: Developing for visionOS
What’s it like to develop for visionOS? For Karim Morsy, CEO and co-founder of Algoriddim, “it was like bringing together all of the work we've built over many years.” Algoriddim’s Appl...
Meet visionOS
Get ready to design and build an entirely new universe of apps and games for Apple Vision Pro. Find out how developers of apps like djay, Blackbox, JigSpace, and XRHealth are starting to build fo...
Find out what’s new for Apple developers
Discover the latest advancements on all Apple platforms. With an incredible new opportunity in spatial computing in visionOS, new features in iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS, and major enha...
Introducing Apple Vision Pro and visionOS
Apple Vision Pro is a revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world, while allowing users to stay present and connected to others. Apple Vision P...
Updated agreements and guidelines now available
The App Store Review Guidelines, the Apple Developer Program License Agreement, and the Apple Developer Agreement have been updated to support updated policies and upcoming features, and to pro...
What’s new in privacy on the App Store
At Apple, we believe privacy is a fundamental human right. That is why we’ve built a number of features to help users understand developers’ privacy and data collection and sharing practices,...
WWDC23 Overview
Join us for an exhilarating week of technology and community. Be among the first to learn the latest about Apple platforms, technologies, and tools. You’ll also have the opportunity to engage w...
Xcode 15 beta now available
The Xcode 15 beta supports the latest SDKs for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. This version of Xcode helps you code and design your apps faster with enhanced code completion, interactive ...
WWDC23 schedule and lab requests now available
Check out the session schedule to plan your week! Sessions will be posted daily and will include links to resources and forums tags. And you can now request one-on-one lab appointments to get you...
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Upcoming tax changes for apps, in-app purchases, and subscriptions
The App Store’s commerce and payments system was built to empower you to conveniently set up and sell your products and services at a global scale in 44 currencies across 175 storefronts. Apple...
Code new worlds
WWDC23 is almost here. We’ll be kicking off with the Apple Keynote on June 5 at 10:00 a.m. PT. Watch online at apple.com or in the Apple Developer app. You can even use SharePlay to watch...
Upcoming changes to the App Store receipt signing intermediate certificate
As part of ongoing efforts to improve security and privacy on Apple platforms, the App Store receipt signing intermediate certificate that’s used to verify the sale of apps and associated in�...
Apple notary service update
As announced last year at WWDC , if you notarize your Mac software with the Apple notary service using the altool command-line utility or Xcode 13 or earlier, you’ll need to transition to the ...
Apple Design Award finalists announced
The Apple Design Awards celebrate apps and games that excel in the categories of Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation. Discover this year...
Swiftly developing
Get ready for an action-packed online experience at WWDC23. Join the developer community for a week of sessions, labs, and activities, starting June 5 at 10:00 a.m. PT. Find out what's ahead
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 16.6, iPadOS 16.6, macOS 13.5, tvOS 16.6, and watchOS 9.6 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take a...
Report bugs effectively
Bugs are an inevitable part of the development process. Though they can be frustrating, you can help squash these sorts of problems quickly by identifying the issue you’re running into, reprodu...
Q&A with the passkeys team
Get ready for a world without passwords. Passkeys are a replacement for passwords, offering a faster, easier, and more secure sign-in experience for your apps and websites. They’re strong, re...
Secure your apps and games
Security is at the core of every Apple platform. Discover how you can help guard your apps and games against potential threats, add support for passkeys, streamline authentication and authorizati...
Spotlight on: Passkeys
If you’ve ever dreamed of creating a more secure and phishing-resistant sign-in experience, we have good news. “There is a high chance that in a few years, Apple’s release of passkeys as ...
Get ready to help customers resolve billing issues without leaving your app
Soon it will be easier than ever for your customers to resolve payment issues, so they can stay subscribed to your content, services, and premium features. Starting this summer, if an auto-renewa...
Preparing for the enhanced global pricing update on May 9
The App Store’s world-class commerce and payments system provides a convenient and effective way to set equalized prices across international markets, adapt to foreign exchange rate or tax cha...
Swift Student Challenge applications now open
We’re excited to continue our long-standing support of students around the world who love to code. Show us your passion for coding by submitting an incredible app playground on the topic of you...
WWDC23
Mark your calendars for an exhilarating week of technology and community. Be among the first to learn the latest about Apple platforms, technologies, and tools. You’ll also have the opportunity...
WWDC23 is coming June 5
Mark your calendars June 5 through 9 for an exhilarating week of technology and community. Be among the first to learn the latest about Apple platforms, technologies, and tools. You’ll also ha...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 16.5, iPadOS 16.5, macOS 13.4, tvOS 16.5, and watchOS 9.5 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take a...
App Store submission requirement starts April 25
Starting April 25, 2023, iOS, iPadOS, and watchOS apps submitted to the App Store must be built with Xcode 14.1 or later. The latest version of Xcode 14, which includes the latest SDKs for iOS...
10 questions with the Live Activities team
With Live Activities, your app can provide up-to-date, glanceable information — like weather updates, a plane’s departure time, or how long it’ll be until dinner is delivered — right on t...
Explore Spatial Audio
Discover how you can bring a new dimension of sound to your apps and games with Spatial Audio. We'll show you how you can easily bring immersive audio to listeners with compatible hardware, help ...
Spotlight on: Spatial Audio
When designing soundscapes for apps and games, the right notes can make all the difference. And when those notes are built to support multichannel audio, they might even turn heads. (Literally.) ...
App Store pricing upgrades have expanded to all purchase types
In December, we announced the most comprehensive upgrade to pricing capabilities since the App Store first launched, including additional price points and new tools to manage pricing by storefr...
Celebrate women in app development
This International Women's Month, we’re celebrating women founders, creators, developers, and designers. HOW HALFBRICK CULTIVATED SUPER FRUIT NINJA ON APPLE VISION PRO Fruit Ninja has a juic...
Peer group benchmarks now available in App Analytics
App Analytics in App Store Connect is a helpful tool with a breadth of features to help you understand and improve how your app is performing on the App Store. With metrics related to acquisit...
Meet with App Store experts
Join us for online sessions February 28 to April 13 to learn about the latest App Store features and get your questions answered. Find out how to measure user acquisition with App Analytics and ...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 16.4, iPadOS 16.4, macOS 13.3, tvOS 16.4, and watchOS 9.4 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take a...
Level up your apps and games
Explore the latest developer videos and learn about Metal, SharePlay, enterprise apps and more. WHAT'S NEW FOR ENTERPRISE DEVELOPERS Discover how you can build compelling apps for your busines...
Upcoming tax and price changes for apps and in‑app purchases
The App Store’s commerce and payments system was built to empower you to conveniently set up and sell your products and services at a global scale with 44 currencies across 175 storefronts. Per...
Ask Apple Q&As and survey
Thank you to everyone who joined us during three great weeks of Ask Apple in October, November, and December. Q&As remain available in Slack for Ask Apple participants to review as needed. ...
Upcoming changes to the App Store receipt signing certificate
Starting January 18, 2023, the App Store receipt signing certificate will use a new WWDR intermediate certificate. The existing intermediate certificate expires on February 7, 2023. In most case...
Spotlight on: Apple Pencil hover
When it comes to designing creative interactions, the Procreate team knows how to get the job done. The illustration app kicked off in 2011 with touch-based controls — "just five fingers of i...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 16.3, iPadOS 16.3, macOS 13.2, tvOS 16.3, and watchOS 9.3 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take a...
A new week of Ask Apple starts December 12
Join us for another exciting week of Ask Apple, where you can connect directly with Apple experts to get your latest technical and design questions answered — or just hang out and learn from t...
Apple announces biggest upgrade to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points
Developers will also gain new flexibility to manage pricing globally Apple today announced the most comprehensive upgrade to pricing capabilities since the App Store first launched, providing ...
Get your apps ready for the holidays
The busiest season on the App Store is almost here! Make sure your apps and product pages are up to date and ready in advance of the upcoming holidays. We’re pleased to remain open throughout ...
App Store Awards 2022
For over a decade, the App Store editorial team has taken a moment at the end of the year to celebrate the very best apps and games. We’ve heralded the work of individual self-taught developers...
Congratulations to the App Store Award winners
Every year, the App Store editorial team celebrates exceptional apps that improve people’s lives while showcasing the highest levels of technical innovation, user experience, design, and posit...
There’s still time to meet with App Store experts
Connect with experts online to learn how to make the most of App Store features. Discover how to attract new customers, test marketing strategies, add subscriptions, and so much more. Live prese...
Q&A: 10 Questions with Design Evangelism
Last fall, members of our Design Evangelism team got together to answer your Slack questions about design philosophy, color guidelines, keyboard shortcuts, and much more. Here are a few highlight...
A new week of Ask Apple starts November 14
Join us for another exciting week of the Ask Apple developer series, where you can connect directly with Apple experts. Ask about integrating the latest technologies into your apps, designing in...
Spotlight on: The Dynamic Island
Shape-shifting animations. Effervescent effects. And a downright playful name. “I genuinely wasn’t expecting ,” says Christian Selig, developer of popular Reddit client Apollo. “That’s ...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of iOS 16.2, iPadOS 16.2, macOS 13.1, tvOS 16.2, and watchOS 9.2 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take a...
New ad placements from Apple Search Ads now available on the App Store
Apple Search Ads makes it easy to promote your app on the App Store. And now with new Today tab and product page ad placements, you can drive discovery of your app in more moments across the App...
Meet with App Store experts
Get ready to connect with experts online to learn how to make the most of App Store features. Discover how to attract new customers, test marketing strategies, add subscriptions, and so much mor...
SKAdNetwork 4.0 now available
The SKAdNetwork API lets advertisers measure the success of advertisements by attributing app installations to specific ad campaigns — all while maintaining user privacy. It supports multiple a...
App Store Review Guideline updates now available
The App Store Review Guidelines have been updated to support new features in upcoming OS releases, better protect customers, and help your apps go through the review process as smoothly as possi...
App Store submissions now open for iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1
iOS 16.1 and iPadOS 16.1, the world’s most advanced mobile operating systems, will soon be available to customers worldwide. Take advantage of Live Activities to help people stay on top of wh...
App Store submissions now open for watchOS 9.1
Integrate new and powerful communication features in your app with watchOS 9. Deliver timely information with rich complications on more Apple Watch faces, enable sharing of your app content, l...
Mac App Store submissions now open for macOS Ventura
macOS Ventura makes the things you do most on Mac even better, with powerful new ways to get more done, share and collaborate in your favorite apps, immerse yourself in next‑level games, and ta...
App Store submissions now open for tvOS 16.1
Integrate your tvOS app with your iOS, iPadOS, or watchOS app to unlock new experiences on Apple TV. Adopt multiuser support to make it easier for people to enjoy your Apple TV app with improve...
Apple Entrepreneur Camp applications now open
Apple Entrepreneur Camp supports underrepresented founders and developers with app-driven organizations as they build the next generation of cutting-edge apps and helps form a global network that...
Introducing Ask Apple
Join us for Ask Apple, a new series for developers to connect directly with Apple experts. Ask about integrating the latest technologies into your apps, designing intuitive UIs, testing on the l...
What's new in Camera and Photos
Discover how you can build rich photography apps with the latest Camera capture capabilities and by integrating with the system Photos library. We’ll take you through updates to the built-in Ph...
Explore Live Activities and the Dynamic Island
Live Activities display your app’s most current data on the iPhone Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, helping people keep track of tasks and events that they care about. Discover how you ca...
What's new in watchOS
Apple Watch development has never been simpler with watchOS 9: Discover how you can more easily accomplish common tasks in Xcode, including file management and icon design. Explore the latest nat...
Glance at WidgetKit
Learn how you can create great glanceable experiences with WidgetKit. We’ll show you how you can build a complication for Apple Watch and provide the same great experience for the iPhone Lock S...
Dive deep with SwiftUI
Whether you’re creating a new app or adding features like Swift Charts or widgets to an existing project, discover how the latest updates to SwiftUI can help you build powerful and flexible use...
Get started with App Intents
Learn how you can speed up common tasks for people using your app when you use the App Intents framework. Discover how you can programmatically bring your app’s content and functionality to sys...
Get started with Swift concurrency
Swift offers built-in support for asynchronous and concurrent code to help you optimize parallelization of tasks — especially on machines with more cores. With Swift concurrency, you can ensure...
Upcoming price and tax changes for apps and in‑app purchases
Periodically, we update prices on the App Store in certain regions based on changes in taxes and foreign exchange rates. This is done using publicly available exchange rate information from fina...
Behind the Design: Rebel Girls
Like the groundbreaking women it spotlights, the Rebel Girls app has a remarkable story. It began a mere six years ago with a book called Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. Written and art-dir...
Develop for Live Activities with iOS 16.1 beta and Xcode 14.1 beta
Discover how you can build Live Activities for your apps using the new ActivityKit framework, now available in iOS 16.1 beta and Xcode 14.1 beta. Live Activities help people keep track of y...
Get ready with the latest beta releases
The beta versions of Xcode 14.1, iOS 16.1, iPadOS 16.1, tvOS 16.1, and watchOS 9.1 are now available. Get your apps ready by confirming they work as expected on these releases. And to take a...
WeatherKit subscriptions now available
WeatherKit brings valuable weather information to your apps and services through a wide range of data that can help people stay up to date, safe, and prepared. It’s easy to use WeatherKit in yo...
Behind the Design: Overboard!
The murder mystery game Overboard! is a whodunit with a killer twist: You done it… and now you have to get away with it. In Overboard!, you play not as the detective but the murderer most fou...
Get ready for iOS 16, tvOS 16, and watchOS 9
Now that you’ve watched the Apple Event, get ready for the release of iOS 16, tvOS 16, and watchOS 9. Learn how you can submit apps for each platform and explore how you can support the latest ...
Xcode Cloud subscriptions now available
Xcode Cloud, the continuous integration and delivery service built into Xcode, accelerates the development and delivery of high-quality apps. Get started by configuring a workflow in Xcode and re...
The Xcode Cloud toolkit
Build, test, and distribute great apps using Apple’s continuous integration and delivery service, Xcode Cloud. This toolkit provides you with all the information you need to manage and optimize...
Behind the Design: (Not Boring) Habits
Few things are more emotionally gratifying than checking something off a to-do list (well, for some of us, anyway). But if that sort of thing pleases you currently, wait until you get a load of...
WWDC22 video subtitles now in more languages
You can now watch the Keynote, Platforms State of the Union, and nearly 200 sessions from this year’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference with Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese subt...
Apple Event: September 7
Watch the replay from September 7 at apple.com. Replay the special Apple Event
Behind the Design: Lego Star Wars: Castaways
The world of Lego Star Wars: Castaways contains many wonders — amazing animation, delightful storylines, and pitch-perfect physical comedy. Perhaps the most impressive among them, however, is t...
Upcoming tax and price changes for apps and in-app purchases
Starting next week, prices of apps and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) on the App Store will increase in Ghana and Türkiye. In Ghana, these increases also consider a n...
Behind the Design: Slopes
It is a demonstrable fact of app development that most great ideas arrive in late-night diners. At least, that’s how it went for Curtis Herbert — creator and mastermind behind the ski-trac...
There’s still time to meet with App Store experts
Connect with experts online to learn how to make the most of App Store features. Discover how to attract new customers, test marketing strategies, add subscriptions, and so much more. Live prese...
Behind the Design: Marvel Future Revolution
Marvel Future Revolution pulls off a balancing act that’s nothing short of heroic. Netmarble’s open-world superhero MMORPG is a massive Marvel mashup that unites heroes and villains from al...
Apple Entrepreneur Camp applications open for female, Black, and Hispanic/Latinx founders
Apple Entrepreneur Camp supports underrepresented founders and developers of app-driven organizations as they build the next generation of cutting-edge apps and helps form a global network that e...
Behind the Design: Odio
Max Frimout is an audio engineer for Odio, and it’s his job to transport you and your ears to a different world. From his home studio in the Netherlands — stocked with keyboards, instrumen...
Live Activities now available in beta
Live Activities help people stay on top of what’s happening in your app in real time, right from the Lock Screen. You can now get started with Live Activities and the new ActivityKit framewor...
Meet with App Store experts
Get ready to connect with experts online to learn how to make the most of App Store features. Discover how to attract new customers, test marketing strategies, add subscriptions, and so much mor...
Behind the Design: Wylde Flowers
Lots of games defy easy explanation, but Wylde Flowers is a particularly rare bloom. This charming Apple Design Award-winning game is a cross-pollination of farming simulation, eerie mystery, o...
Upcoming transition from the XML feed to the App Store Connect API
The App Store Connect REST API lets you customize and automate tasks across developer tools, giving you greater flexibility and efficiency in your workflows. Starting in November 2022, you’...
Behind the Design: Procreate
Procreate needs little introduction. For more than a decade, the world-class design app has served anyone looking to create high-caliber art: pro designers, calligraphers, influencers, schools ma...
Behind the Design: A Musical Story
Press play on Charles Bardin’s A Musical Story, and you might find yourself traveling back in time. “It’s all about the freedom of ‘70s music,” says Bardin, the French composer/develo...
Behind the Design: Halide Mark II
Halide Mark II's Sebastiaan de With is an analog guy in a digital world. As co-founder and creative lead at Lux Optics — the company behind the Apple Design Award-winning camera app — de With...
Get ready for RoomPlan
Now your apps can create 3D floor plans — including key characteristics, such as dimensions and types of furniture. Powered by ARKit, this new Swift API utilizes the camera and LiDAR Scanner ...
Update on apps distributed in South Korea
Apple designed the App Store to be a safe and trusted place to discover and download apps. Apple’s in-app purchase system, an integral part of our world-class commerce platform, offers people ...
Behind the Design: Gibbon: Beyond the Trees
Why design games? For Apple Design Award winner Felix Bohatsch, it’s about more than creating delightful diversions or telling a great story. “ a kind of asynchronous communication,” says...
Meet the prototypers
Creating a great app, game, or product takes work. Brainstorming ideas, thoughtful iteration, and — as Apple’s Prototyping team knows all too well — feedback. Constant feedback. “If we’...
Behind the Design: 2022 Apple Design Awards
The Apple Design Awards honors excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design. Our award-winning designers take thoughtful and creative approaches to their ...
WWDC22 resources and survey
Thank you to everyone who joined us for an amazing week. We hope you found value, connection, and fun. You can continue to: Watch sessions at any time. Read about newly announced technologies. ...
Further updates on StoreKit External Entitlement for dating apps in the Netherlands storefront
Following productive conversations with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM), today we’re introducing additional adjustments to Apple’s plan to comply with the regulator...
Challenge: Menu bar extras with SwiftUI
And now, a brief message from your friend, the Mac menu bar: Hi! ?? I’m the menu bar! I always love making File → New Friends. We might have first met in the early 1980s, but I’ve only go...
WWDC22 Daily Digest: Friday
Welcome! It's time for our final morning briefing. (We know — we can't believe it's Friday, either.) Before we power down for the week, however, we’ve got one more great day of events and a...
Best of WWDC22
BEST OF WWDC22 WWDC may have come to a close, but there's still so much to explore. Catch up on the highlights and enjoy videos all year long. WWDC22 DAILY DISPATCHES If it's a quick daily re...
Challenge: SwiftUI Animation Extravaganza!
Get your imagination ready for some high-quality visualization: We invite you to envision an animation and bring it to life using SwiftUI and Swift Playgrounds. Your animation can include text, s...
Challenge: Private Access Tokens
Private Access Tokens are powerful tools that prove when HTTP requests are coming from legitimate devices without disclosing someone's identity. This proof can help you reduce how often you show ...
WWDC22 Daily Digest: Thursday
It's Day 4 of WWDC and a fresh round of Digital Lounges, labs, and activities awaits you. Before we kick off Thursday, catch up on yesterday's dispatch: WWDC22 DAY 3 RECAP Your Day 3 status r...
Challenge: Design for superheroic navigation
Calling all designers: We're inviting you to use your powers to design a "super" navigation experience for an app that helps our developer heroes fight code-tastrophes and design disasters. In ...
Challenge: Bindless ray tracing
Mirror, mirror on the ... other mirror. In this challenge, we invite you to explore bindless rendering in Metal 3 and reflect rays on mirrored surfaces. Thanks to the bindless enhancements in M...
Challenge: Throwback Thursday with SwiftUI
Ready to add some chic retro styling to your SwiftUI views? In this challenge, we're inviting you to create a SwiftUI view that reimagines your app or concept clothed in the interfaces of the pas...
Sound advice
An immersive app doesn’t only look and feel great — it has to sound incredible, too. During WWDC, we spoke with Apple Design Award finalists about the sensational sounds of their apps and ga...
Sign up now for WWDC22 labs and lounges
Register for labs and Digital Lounges to connect with Apple engineers, designers, and experts online all week long. DIGITAL LOUNGES A wide variety of exciting activities are happening daily on...
Challenge: Create a reactive soundscape
Bring on the noise: It's time for a sound design challenge! We're inviting you to experiment with creative ways to manipulate sound on iPhone and iPad using its myriad sensors, inputs, and variab...
Challenge: SwiftUI science fiction!
With its robots, spaceships, and occasional brains floating in jars, science fiction is the perfect playground for a creative challenge with SwiftUI. And so we’re inviting you to conceptualize ...
Challenge: WidgetKit workshop
Take a glance at this WidgetKit challenge, won't you? With glanceable experiences coming to the Lock Screen in iOS 16, it’s the perfect time to try building your very own Lock Screen widget. ...
Challenge: Draw with metal-cpp
Metal is the foundation for accelerated graphics and compute power on Apple platforms — and if you’re familiar with C++, now’s the perfect time to explore its incredible power. For this cha...
Challenge: Go big or go home
What’s better than people loving your app on iPhone? People loving your app on iPad and Mac, too! This challenge invites you to explore the ways you can expand your app’s presence in the Appl...
Meet the WWDC22 Swift Student Challenge winners
In the lead-up to Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, young people from around the globe used Swift Playgrounds to showcase their coding skills as part of the Swift Student Challenge. This...
WWDC22 Daily Digest: Wednesday
Welcome to Wednesday at WWDC! We’re almost halfway through the week, and there’s so much still to come. But first: Let’s get the dispatch from day 2. WWDC22 DAY 2 RECAP Ready for your D...
Meet the new Human Interface Guidelines
MEET THE NEW HUMAN INTERFACE GUIDELINES Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) is a comprehensive resource for designers and developers looking to create great experiences across Apple platf...
Introducing WeatherKit
Bring valuable weather information to your apps and services through a wide range of data that can help people stay up to date, safe, and prepared. It’s easy to use WeatherKit in your apps with...
Challenge: Toolbar transformation Tuesday
Move over, Taco Tuesday. This week, it’s Toolbar Transformation Tuesday! With iOS 16 and iPadOS 16, you can now adopt powerful productivity improvements in your app like customizable bar button...
Challenge: You can build an app for that!
WWDC isn’t only about exploring the brand-new frameworks and APIs — it’s also an excuse to give yourself time to experiment and play with the APIs that already exist. Whether you've got a...
Challenge: Learn Switch Control through gaming
Learn more about a critical assistive technology this WWDC and solve a matching game using only Switch Control! We're inviting you to expand your skillset and familarize yourself with Switch Co...
Challenge: Pixel perfect design
Ready to show off your pixel perfect design skills? We're challenging you to embrace the constraints of a grid and design an app icon at pixel level using only black and white colors. When we des...
Challenge: SwiftUI navigation hotdish
What’s piping hot, golden-crusted, and filled with mystery ingredients? A divine hotdish, you betcha! But this SwiftUI challenge doesn’t involve tater tots or cream of mushroom soup; in fact,...
WWDC22 Daily Digest: Tuesday
We've been waiting all year to say it: WWDC is here! And after a packed day 1, we’re ready to get down to business — it's time to check out the new sessions, labs, and Digital Lounges. Here'...
Apple Design Award winners announced
The Apple Design Awards celebrate apps and games that excel in the categories of Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation. Learn about the wi...
Watch the Apple Design Awards
The Apple Design Awards honors excellence in innovation, ingenuity, and technical achievement in app and game design. Watch along as we reveal and celebrate the 2022 winners. APPLE DESIGN AWAR...
Xcode Cloud now available
Xcode Cloud is a continuous integration and delivery service built into Xcode and designed expressly for Apple developers. It accelerates the development and delivery of high-quality apps by brin...
Xcode 14 beta now available
Get the Xcode 14 beta, which includes SDKs for all Apple platforms. Leverage the simplicity and power of Swift and SwiftUI with a new multiplatform app experience, code faster with enhanced edi...
WWDC22 session and topic tags now available
You can now connect on the Apple Developer Forums through WWDC22 tags specific to sessions and topics. Learn more
Find out what’s new for Apple developers
The latest exciting advancements in iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS 13, tvOS 16, and watchOS 9 help you create powerful new experiences. Your apps can deliver information in new ways, make it easie...
Get ready for Developer Mode
Developer Mode protects people from inadvertently installing potentially harmful software on their devices, and reduces attack vectors exposed by developer-only functionality. Make sure to enable...
Updated agreements and guidelines now available
The Apple Developer Program License Agreement and the App Store Review Guidelines have been updated to support new features in upcoming OS releases, better protect users, and help your apps go ...
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Get the most out of WWDC22
WWDC22 is all-online and bigger than ever. With so much to watch, explore, and interact with throughout the week, it’s helpful to have a place to start. Here’s everything you need to know to ...
Get the most out of Digital Lounges at WWDC22
Digital Lounges are back for WWDC22! Starting June 7, Apple engineers and designers will be hosting text-based Q&As, watch parties, and community events across more than 15 topics. Whether this i...
Rewatch the Platforms State of the Union
Take a deeper dive into the latest tools, technologies, and advances across Apple platforms to help you create even better apps PLATFORMS STATE OF THE UNION Take a deeper dive into the latest...
Find the right documentation
Want to learn more about implementing WidgetKit or exploring SwiftUI? Apple Developer Documentation offers resources, sample code, and articles that support the latest frameworks and technologies...
Rewatch the Keynote
The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off with exciting reveals, inspiration, and new opportunities. Join the worldwide developer community for an in-depth look at the future of Apple p...
Discover the Apple Developer forums
The Apple Developer Forums are a great place to discuss and share information about all Apple platforms. You can use the forums to interact with the community and explore the latest technologies ...
Explore developer labs at WWDC22
Whether you have a question about a new API, want design guidance, have a question for the App Store Review team, or simply want to understand a bit more about a technology, WWDC developer labs a...
How to test your app on beta software
Apple regularly provides platform updates to add new features, fix bugs, and continue to improve the experience for everyone who uses our products. As part of that process, we offer beta software...
Enhance bug reports with debug profiles and logging
When you file bug reports through Apple’s Feedback Assistant, you help flag issues, improve our platforms, and elevate the experience for developers and customers alike. You can supply more i...
How to file great bug reports
Bugs are an inevitable part of the development process. Though they can be frustrating to bump up against, you can help squash these sorts of problems quickly by identifying the issue you’re ru...
File effective bug reports
Bugs are an inevitable part of the development process. Though they can be frustrating to bump up against, you can help squash these sorts of problems quickly by identifying the issue you’re ru...
Code one, code all
WWDC22 is almost here. We’ll be kicking off with the Apple Keynote on June 6 at 10:00 a.m. PT. Watch online at apple.com or in the Apple Developer app. You can even use SharePlay to watch ...
Apple Design Award finalists announced
The Apple Design Awards celebrate apps and games that excel in the categories of Inclusivity, Delight and Fun, Interaction, Social Impact, Visuals and Graphics, and Innovation. Discover this ye...
Welcome to the Apple Developer app
Welcome to the latest version of the Apple Developer app — your resource to help you create great apps for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, and the best way to experience WWDC. W...
Account deletion requirement starts June 30
As a reminder, apps that support account creation must let users initiate deletion of their account within the app starting June 30, 2022, as described in App Store Review Guideline 5.1.1(v) ....
Swiftly approaching
Get ready for June 6 at 10:00 a.m. PT, when WWDC22 gathers the developer community for an exciting online experience. Mark your calendars for the keynote and Platforms State of the Union. ...
Check out the latest App Store feature videos
The App Store provides a wealth of tools, resources, and features you can use to help people discover and engage with your app or game. Check out a few of the latest videos we've put together to ...
Update to subscription notifications
Auto-renewable subscriptions are a great way to let people access content, services, or premium features in your app. And Apple continues to set the bar in making it easy and transparent for subs...
WWDC22 special event submissions open
We’re hosting a special all-day experience at Apple Park on June 6 to kick off WWDC22, and we can’t wait to connect in person. Members of the Apple Developer Program and Apple Developer ...
Clarifying criteria & new timing extension for App Store Improvements process
User trust in quality apps is the basis for all we have done in building and running the App Store. Back in 2016, to ensure a great user experience and at the suggestion of developers , we lau...