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10. Complete the App Studio iOS build form

Title

Fields Explanation
Short App Name The name for the App on the home screen (beneath the icon).
Long App Name If you would like to expand on the Short App Name, add your app's full name here for display within the app. It is displayed throughout the app e.g. in the Scrubber view.
Help Page URL The page which is shown when the user clicks the help icon located on the navigation bars within the app.
Device Targets This determines whether your app will be offered to just iPads, just iPhones, or both iPad and IPhone. If you create a universal app, App Studio will automatically scale iPad sized content down to iPhone size, therefore, a universal app must be created with iPad content.
Orientation Lock                                        This determines whether your app is locked to one orientation to prevent it from being rotated. You will need to set this to either portrait or landscape if you are designing content for only one orientation. Please note, this option only applies to the iPad as the iPhone only displays portrait content.
Home Screen Icon We require a PNG image with the following pixel dimensions: 1024x1024.

iTunes Connect

When creating an app, you must enter the following information into iTunes Connect first. Enter the same information below.
See section Create an App ID

Fields Explanation
App version Every time you submit a version of you App to Apple you must increment the version number. Typically the first version you submit to Apple will be like 1.0.0
Apple ID Please copy and paste this information from iTunes Connect.
Bundle ID Every app has a unique identifier and is usually of the format com.<organization>.<organization> e.g. com.quark.appstudio

Certificates & Profiles

Fields Explanations
Distribution certificate
Upload the p12 file created from the instructions: Create IOS certificates
Distribution certificate password Enter the password created when saving the p12 file
Distribution profile Upload the mobileprovision file created from the instructions: Create IOS certificates
Development certificate Upload the p12 file created from the instructions: Create IOS certificates
Note: this could be a development, ad-hoc or enterprise certificate
Development certificate password Enter the password created when saving the p12 file
Development profile Upload the mobileprovision file created from the instructions: Create IOS certificates

iPad Assets

These items are required if you have selected "iPad" or "Universal" from the targeted devices drop down on the Title section.

Fields Explanation
iPad Splash Landscape We require a PNG image with the following pixel dimensions: 2048x1536 
iPad Splash Portrait We require a PNG image with the following pixel dimensions: 1536x2048

iPhone Assets

These items are required if you have selected "iPhone" or "Universal" from the targeted devices drop down on the Title section.

Fields Explanation
iPhone 4 Splash Screen We require a PNG image with the following pixel dimensions: 640x960
iPhone 5 Splash Screen We require a PNG image with the following pixel dimensions: 640x1136 
iPhone 6 Splash Screen We require a PNG image with the following pixel dimensions: 750x1334
iPhone 6 Plus Splash Screen
We require a PNG image with the following pixel dimensions: 1242x2208

Optional Configuration section of the Application build form

Field Explanation
All issues will be free If you do not intend to sell issues within the app as in-app purchases then the app will be configured without any purchasing logic. 
The 'Store' tab will be renamed to 'Issues' and 'Buy more app issues' will be renamed to 'Get more app issues'.
Latest issue will be auto-downloaded if user is entitled When a new issue is published and is added to the app, if the user is allowed to access it without payment should its download begin automatically?
Single-issue app Is your app for a single issue i.e. you are not going to publish additional issues? If so, once the app has been installed, and the issue has been downloaded, there will be no route back to the issues page.
Latest issue will be promoted with large preview The 'Store' page within the app is formed from a grid of issues. You can choose to highlight the most recently published issue with a large preview image at the top of the page. 


Issue navigation scrubber is not included By default scrubber is enabled. Pinching within an issue or tapping 'Scrubber' will display the Scrubber view. This includes a preview for every article within the issue.


Navigation bars will be hidden on adverts You can choose to hide navigation bars on adverts so as not to interfere with the advert content.
Navigation bars permanently displayed Instead of the top menu bar and bottom scrubber bar hiding and revealing when the screen is tapped, you can choose for them to be permanently displayed. 


Search required
App Studio offers a full-text search function. Select this if your content is suitable (native text) and you require the function.
Notes required App Studio offers notes functionality allowing users to add notes to article and jump to them quickly later.
Bookmarking required
App Studio offers a bookmarking function allowing users to bookmark articles and jump to them quickly later.
Orientation lock If you want to produce content in only one orientation, you should lock the app to prevent users rotating.

Social Media

Field Explanation
Email sharing Check this option to allow users to email a screenshot of the current page.
Facebook sharing Check this option to allow users to share this on Facebook.
Twitter sharing Check this option to allow users to share this on Twitter.
LinkedIn Sharing Provide the access key and secret key from LinkedIn. See instructions for help setting up an application. Help.

Third Party Subscription Service

Field Explanation
Prompt for login on first-run Check this option to prompt user for login on first launch of app.
Subscription API URL Prefix Prefix to subscription url. App Studio apps will construct on the fly the full URL by appending to the above URL Prefix a) the organization code e.g. “/mypub” and b) either “/authorise” or “/authenticate” in order to make an API call. The URL can start with http:// or https://
Subscription Login Header
Text to appear in the subscription login header.
Register
Full URL to the registration page.
Forgot password URL
Full URL to the forgotten password page
Username Label
Text to appear as placeholder for the username field.
Password Label
Text to appear as placeholder for the password field.
Publication Code
The organization code used in the API.
API Label
Label to include in the API call (optional).
Print Subscriber Instructions
Text displayed next to the print subscribers' login button.

More Information

To fulfil the Subscription API, please refer App Studio Subscriber Fulfillment API

Google Analytics

Field Explanation
Google Analytics site id Create a new property (new-style) or site (old-style) in your Google Analytics account.
Add the Property ID or Site ID to this field.

More Information

Google Analytics includes details of what pages and events are tracked by the standard App Studio app.

Newsstand

Field Explanation
Apple Newsstand Select the box and upload the correct image size if you have a monthly issue and want to be present in the Newsstand

Theming

Brand and theme your app. For help setting up your theme, please view the PDF attached.

The attached PDF shows the following areas you can theme:

  • Store Page
  • Issue Page
  • Issue Preview Subscriptions Popup
  • Side Nav
  • Reader Actions
  • Scrubber View
  • Login Page

[10. Theming your iOS app^Custom-Options.pdf]

Important: Several views have a transparent background, for example the scrubber page. The transparency will either be light or dark depending on what you select for option 7, the store background colour.

Please note: The default colour for the app is set to the App Studio colours.

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