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Developers say Apple is preventing them from renewing their accounts
By Joe Wituschek published
Developers, particularly those outside of the U.S., are running into payment issues when signing up or renewing a developer account.

Apple extends Search Ads to Russia for developers
By Stephen Warwick published
Apple has extended its Search Ads tool for developers to Russia!

Apple holding live developer accessibility session on April 23
By Stephen Warwick published
Apple is inviting some developers to take part in a live-streamed session on Thursday, in what could be a trial for WWDC.

Apple updates guidelines for HealthKit, where developers can put HealthKit badge
By Bryan M Wolfe published
Cupertino has published new HealthKit guidelines for developers. The SDK allows app developers to integrate health-related insights to users by working with the Apple Health app for iOS.

Apple developers have earned over $155 billion since the App Store's launch in 2008
By Stephen Warwick published
Apple has announced that developers have earned over $155 billion since the launch of the iOS App Store in 2008.

This iOS tweak means your iPhone alerts could soon get a lot more annoying
By Oliver Haslam last updated
Apple previously tried to prevent apps from sending push notifications that were nothing but ads. Many developers did it anyway, and now Apple has changed its developer guidelines to allow it.

Developers must build apps using the iOS 13 SDK or later from April 30, 2020
By Oliver Haslam published
Following the updating of Apple's developer guidelines yesterday, the company has also told app builders that they must use the iOS 13 SDK or later as of April 30.

Apple suggests truly universal apps are coming soon
By Bryan M Wolfe last updated

Apple extends developer membership fee exemptions to Australia, Canada and more
By Stephen Warwick published
Apple has extended membership fee waivers for the Apple Developer Program to eight more countries.

Developers in China can now sign up via the Apple Developer iOS app
By Oliver Haslam last updated
Apple has shared details on how developers in mainland China can now sign up via the free Apple Developer iOS app

App Store Connect server-to-server notifications improved to aid devs
By Oliver Haslam published
Developers will now receive improved notifications to inform them when a user's subscription fails, and why.

Apple introduces the Apple Developer App, replacing the WWDC app
By Joe Wituschek published
Apple has updated and renamed the long-running WWDC app to the Apple Developer App with news, videos, and more.

Apple is rejecting Electron apps from the Mac App Store because of private API calls
By Oliver Haslam published

Apple's SwiftUI engineering director tells its origin story
By Oliver Haslam published
SwiftUI is a big deal for Apple and its developers right now. Josh Shaffer, engineering director with theUIKit and SwiftUI team spoke with John Sundell to discuss how it came about.

Apple reminds developers of planned App Store Connect downtime October 20th
By Stephen Warwick published

Developer outlines his experience with Apple's Catalyst
By Oliver Haslam published
With Catalyst Apple hopes developers will be able to take their iPad apps to macOS. But things aren't all rainbows and unicorns in Catalyst land according to those who have to use it.

Developer has iOS 13 app rejected because reviewer isn't using iOS 13
By Oliver Haslam last updated
Apple told developers to start submitting iOS apps recently. But that isn't stopping at least one app reviewer from rejecting that require iOS 13.
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