iOS App Submission Cheat Sheet

Question

Is there a "Cheat sheet" for submitting an iOS app to the App Store

App is tested and ready for submission

Distribution provisioning profile is created and downloaded When attempting to add the distribution provisioning profile to the Library > Provisioning profiles - I get a "Valid signing identity not found"

I have spent a whole day going thru fragmented pieces of information but there seems to be no information that would outline the whole workflow - does apple make it this difficult for a reason.?

Answer 1

Although you can use the various online list to help check if you've forgotten anything, nothing beats reading all of Apple's documentation, all of it, including documentation in the iOS Developer Center, iOS Provisioning Portal and iTunes Connect, plus your Standard Developer agreement. Apple's documentation is their latest word, which changes from time-to-time, and includes tons of details not on all of the summary lists, stuff that could potentially get you into trouble if you don't understand all of these details.

Keeping up with the various iPhone/iOS developer forums on the various mistakes that developers occasionally make, and on interesting new or unexpected reasons for app rejections, also helps.

Answer 2

Try this two parts series tutorial "How to submit your app to Apple".

http://www.raywenderlich.com/8003/how-to-submit-your-app-to-apple-from-no-account-to-app-store-part-1

Edit: 2nd part of the tutorial: http://www.raywenderlich.com/8045/how-to-submit-your-app-to-apple-from-no-account-to-app-store-part-2

Answer 3

This isn't quite a workflow, but it's the most comprehensive list I know of things to check pre-submission: https://ontestpad.com/library/201/ios-app-store-submission-checklist

It's by no means a step-by-step walkthrough, but if you can answer yes to every item and still have issues submitting, I'll be surprised.