Mac App Store Guidelines

General
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Are there any guidelines for preparing XOJO apps for submission to iTunes Connect for approval for the Mac App Store?

2

I recently wrote a blog post about this: http://www.xojo.com/blog/en/2013/07/mac-app-store.php

3

Thanks Paul, just what I was looking for!

4

there are several tools out there for a Mac to help with all the little details getting the app ready for MacAppStore. If you want some of the titles, let me know and I can dig them up.

sb

5

I’m using AppWrapper from www.ohanaware.com seems very good although I have not submitted yet it has good reviews

6

Well there’s several things to think about.
#1 Does your application meet Apple’s Guidelines?
https://developer.apple.com/appstore/mac/resources/approval/guidelines.html

#2 Can it be Sandboxed, this one is perhaps a little harder to answer yourself, but if you ask I’m sure we can help.

#3 Then there’s the part of setting the properties, code signing and applying the sandbox. There’s a couple of apps that can help you with this stage.

7

Forgot to mention that yesterday Apple approved “App Wrapper Mini”, which is a smaller version of “App Wrapper”, but the key is that App Wrapper Mini is a Retina ready, Sandboxed application on the Mac App Store (where as App Wrapper can’t be Sandboxed).
http://appstore.com/mac/appwrappermini

I’ve posted a table showing the other differences.
http://www.ohanaware.com/appwrapper/mini.php#comp

8

@Sam

You should add the icon editor to App Wrapper too. :wink:

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[quote=19881:@Christophe De Vocht]@Sam

You should add the icon editor to App Wrapper too. ;-)[/quote]
It most likely will end up in there, it does have to be redesigned as it’s designed for a Cocoa application and I might have difficulty getting it into a Carbon app.