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February 21, 2019
Make sure your iOS and watchOS apps continue to deliver outstanding user experiences. Take advantage of new Siri Shortcuts design templates, the SF Compact Rounded font for watchOS, and the watchOS design kit for Adobe XD. You can also get updated design templates for iOS Home Screen, Notifications, Widgets, and Home Screen Quick Actions.
February 20, 2019
In an effort to keep accounts more secure, developers with the Account Holder role in a developer program will need to enable two-factor authentication to sign in to their Apple Developer account and Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles starting February 27, 2019. This extra layer of security for your Apple ID helps ensure that you’re the only person who can access your account.
Learn more about this requirement
January 18, 2019
Starting February 12, 2019, managing your organization’s team in the Apple Developer Program will be simpler. Teams will be unified across the Apple Developer website and App Store Connect, with one team and one set of roles. Find out how roles on your team may change and make updates if needed.
Learn more about these changes
January 9, 2019
Create engaging, native apps for iPhone and iPad that connect to the Salesforce platform. Optimized for Swift and iOS 12, the rebuilt SDK brings together the latest in modern programming with powerful developer tools to transform customer experiences.
December 13, 2018
Your app data from the new Mac App Store on macOS Mojave is now available in App Store Connect. Now you can find out how many times your app was seen on the Mac App Store, how many times your product page was viewed, and how many new customers downloaded your app. You can also see sales numbers for in-app purchases as well as for paying users, and more.
Learn more about App Analytics
You can now provide localized metadata for your App Store product page in any of the following languages when you submit a new version of your app: Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Hindi, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak, and Ukrainian.
December 10, 2018
As a reminder, new apps and app updates will not be accepted December 23 to 27 (Pacific Time), so any releases should be submitted, approved, and scheduled in advance. Other App Store Connect and developer account features will remain available.
December 3, 2018
Congratulations to the developers featured in the App Store Best of 2018. This showcase honors our favorite apps and games on the App Store, and celebrates the amazing experiences that developers have created for Apple platforms.
See all the featured apps and games
Give users even more confidence in your software distributed outside the Mac App Store by submitting it to Apple to be notarized. When users on macOS Mojave first open a notarized app, installer package, or disk image, they’ll see a more streamlined Gatekeeper dialog and trust that it does not contain known malware. Starting spring of 2019, macOS Mojave will more prominently highlight notarization status. In an upcoming macOS release, Gatekeeper will require Developer ID–signed software to be notarized by Apple.
We believe apps for everyone should be made by everyone. Yet research shows that women face unique challenges in technology, especially when starting and leading companies. That’s why we created Apple Entrepreneur Camp for app-driven organizations founded and led by women. With unprecedented access to Apple engineers and leaders, this program provides a two-week technology lab with one-on-one code-level guidance, as well as mentorship, inspiration, and more. Applications are being accepted now.
