15. Deploying Applications

The CarValet app is complete, performance is perfect, and the bugs have been found and squashed. Now you are ready to show your app to the world. Or are you? Ready on your machine is not necessarily App Store-ready. You need to take a few more steps before uploading your app.

In this chapter, you learn how to take your app from the simulator to the App Store. You start by learning about certificates, profiles, app IDs, icons, and launch images. Then you explore all the things you need to do before launch: doing better bug reporting, adding metrics, doing internal and external testing, and preparing for marketing.

Next, you learn the details of creating an app listing, uploading your app, and making it available, as ...

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