How to Design Effective and Engaging iPhone App?
There is no shortcut to success. You have to work hard if you really want to earn a satisfying amount of money. iPhone application designing is on the spree these days. iPhone app developers are in great demands because companies are getting iPhone apps developed relevant to their business and promote their services via iPhone application.
If you have an idea and you know how to grab your potential customers then read this article and design your own iPhone application easily. In this article we will discuss the major points that you should keep in mind for designing a high quality, innovative and interesting iPhone application.
Step 1:
Download Apple SDK:
- SDK stands for software development kit. You can find it very easily on Apple developer page. Including various other things you will also get the iPhone stimulator that will help you.
- Start reading about Apple’s iOS Dev Center that have a large number of documentation and various samples of how you can initiate with the application. Reading and getting introduced is the best way to start up with as you will get familiar with the things before you start anything with your app.
- Log into the Apple developer account and then download and run some sample projects given in XCode and enjoy the feel of the projects. Also try some demo applications and read the tutorials from the web resources. Do not hurry. Spend some quality time doing all this.
Step 2:
Setting up your iPhone Application
- Every application that runs on the iPhone is given with its unique ID and a set of certificates like the Ad-Hoc certificate, development certificate and the distribution certificate that are required to authenticate the passionate developer present in you.
- If you want to test the application that you have designed on any other device that does not belong to you, you have to create an Ad-Hoc certificate that will contain your friend’s device UDID. When it is the time to spend your application to the App Store, you have to create a distribution certificate.
Step 3:
Coding of your application:
- Initiate the XCode, then create a new project for your iPhone giving the name of the app and then set up your project info. This step is important to tell XCode what SDK, what architecture and what device type and certificates are required.
- Make sure that you have selected the Debug configuration drop down and the select the Development certificate for code signing.
- Select the configuration drop down to release and then choose the Distribution certificate for your code signing.
- Click on the configurations Tab which is present at the top of the list and inside the list, select your Release, and then click duplicate at the bottom.
- Go back in XCode, choose the file, New File.
- Go back to your project window and select the Ad-Hoc from the configurations and then set the particular value for code signing entitlements etc.
Step 4:
Testing of the Application:
- Select the stimulator and debug it from the dropdown list and then press the build and run icon.
- Debug the errors
- Check for the memory usage
- Review your application
Step 5:
Submit your application:
- Create your own distribution set up by selecting the device and the release from the drop down.
Step 6:
Promote your Application:
- If everything goes well, advertise your application via social media and various other means available online.
Creating an iPhone application is not very easy but it is not that tough too. With little concentration and studying the market properly you can design an attractive and useful iPhone app for your clients.
Author Bio:
I am Macy Jones from Australia and I am presently working with one of the best iPhone App Development Companies in Australia. I work as a Senior Mobile app developer for this company. I also manage a blog in which I always write something useful for my readers related to the new and old mobile applications.