Source: Christine Romero-Chan / iMore
One of the biggest features that iOS 14 made possible was the ability to customize your app icons through the Shortcuts app, as well as creating custom Home screen widgets, all without needing to jailbreak your iPhone. However, the biggest issue with using Shortcuts for app icons is that it s a tedious, time-consuming process (you need to do each icon one-by-one). You have to put up with an annoying banner notification each time you launch an app that you changed the icon for in Shortcuts (though it doesn t launch Shortcuts first before your app, so that s one improvement since launch).
What you need to know
Developers can now see data on how their apps are performing after being installed via the Mac App Store.
Information on app usage and stability is now available via App Store Connect.
Apple has told developers that they can now see more information about how their Mac apps are performing after being installed via the Mac App Store. The new information is available via App Store Connect – just like apps downloaded from the iOS App Store.
Apple says that developers can access data such as whether or not their app was uninstalled as well as information on crashes. General usage data is also available including user sessions and more.
What you need to know
As developer Sean Harding found out the hard way, you can t transfer apps and be part of the Apple Small Business Program.
Transferring apps means you will not be elegible for a reduced App Store cut to going to Apple.
Here s a quick public service announcement specific to developers –
if you transfer your apps to another App Store Connect account, you can t then apply to be aprt of the Small Business Program.
That s somethign developer Sean Harding just found out.
See, Apple s Small Business Program entitles successful applicants to pay Apple 15% of their App Store revenue, rather than the usual 30%. To be eligible, developers must be earning less than $1,000,000 per year. That covers the vast majority of developers, but there s an important point here – apps can t be transferred to another App Store Connect account because the account won t then be able to apply to be part of the same program.
Apple on Monday announced integration of App Clips analytics data in App Store Connect, allowing developers to study how users engage with the new iOS 14 feature.
Apple on Monday announced integration of App Clips analytics data in App Store Connect, allowing developers to study how users engage with the new iOS 14 feature.